Today I had my second lesson with my new coach at Sherwood Ice Arena, Leone Spalding. Things are going well so far. She has looked at all of my Juvenile MIF and my Bronze dances and given me some useful feedback. I had gotten lazy and learned to neglect my hips. Her first feedback to me was to focus more on keeping my hips up, in order to help me balance better over my skating side. When I tried this, I felt more comfortable and got better flow over the ice immediately. It takes a lot more energy to keep my hips up and properly aligned, though, so right now I can’t skate as long as I’d like. It’s difficult to find time to squeeze in skating more than 2 days per week, and with an hour drive each way to the rink, I like to skate at least 2-3 hours each time I go up there.  Still, I feel like I’m making progress on my moves and dances. Hopefully, I’ll be able to test before I go back to work in July.

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