#double flip

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Yoshiaki Toeda // 3rd Base

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Something I’m actually proud of, surprise

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Double flips come and go, back pain comes and goes

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I don’t even know if it’s my turn, but here is a double flip! Anyone who wants to go next, can I guess.

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Day number... uhm... I lost count :/

Well, yesterday I went to the rink even though it’s still winter break and I knew it’d be full of people. And in the end it hasn’t even been that bad.

My worst jump was the Axel. I did it and even did two of the in sequence, but boy if the were ugly! The worst axels I did in ages... The toeloop instead wasn’t very high but had very good flow, so I took advantage of that and trained the 2T+2T combination. It was decent, but I can’t get enough height on the second jump, land facing forward and fall. The loop was even better so I tried the 2Lo+2Lo combo too, and the same thing happened again. I really need to get some strength and stamina back. Anyway, the interesting thing that happened with the loop is that on one of the first I tried I got a terrible cramp on my left calf. Mid-jump. In air. It was really scary because it was totally unexpected, I never got such a strong and sudden cramp, neither on nor off the ice. Anyway I still did a nice loop and many more after that.

The spins were terrible, a bit because of the totally ruined ice and a bit because I suck, so after just a few of them I passed on to choreographies! 

I did a sketch of the layouts for my gold and my friends’ silver and bronze programs, but we had to try if the use of space and time was reasonable; turns out I was accurate enough for a start. I gave them the paper with the layout and explained my scribbles, then I tried my own. Without the transitions it’s totally ugly and empty but at least I memorized the layout. (my friend found it really funny how I skated while looking at the paper and talking to myself, they say it seemed like I was studying for an exam and just happened to be skating at the same time; I feel embarrassed now ><)

Anyway! Since I’m lazy you get another video instead of the drawing. This one is from last time when I went to another rink and the three of us were the only ones there (such a paradise, but with a bad ice!): double flip! I really need to control the free leg :/

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It's amazing what just one lesson with a good coach can do. This past year I've been skating on the varsity team at my university. As much as I love being on the team, I've found it very difficult to progress, as we only skate 3 days a week and get minimal coaching. As a result, my double flip has been gone since the summer. Now that I'm home (just for a week), I was able to go see my old coaches, and after just one lesson today, my double flip was back. Lutz and loop were both extremely close. I'm hoping I can retain the progress I made today when I go back to school. I also hope I can get lots of coaching during the summer so I can skate my best at team tryouts next September.

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My one true love

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