It happened.
I did not just one, but 6 axels today. Full rotation (I checked my marks on the ice). One foot, backwards landings. OH MY GOSH!
The feeling from 98 was there.
I started the session (just Tanith and I) doing waltz jumps, thinking and concentrating on my arms. I remembered how Vassili had pulled my arms back. How he kept telling me to bring my arms in gently without whipping.
Then I got in position to do my axel...started crying. I took a break and FBed that I was too scared to try one without my coach.
"Pull up your big girl panties" someone told me on FB.
So I did.
And it happened. I landed backwords, on one foot!
OH MY GOSH! I DID AN AXEL!
I did this 6 more times. 6 full rotation axels. Of course i also did some cheated ones, and fell a few times. But those 6!! I DID IT!
Don't Rush
Don't whip
Use your arms
Gentle
Step up
It worked!
Thanks Vassili for teaching me to be calm, and think about only one thing at a time. You truly are a master at coaching and understand how to read your students and get them to do things correctly.
JUMP!
--Super Angie
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