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Leanne
on 09/07/2020 at 11:55 am
That’s nearly exactly how my coach is teaching me for the preliminary pattern test here in Australia….except for the BO we do the change of arm scissor action at the top of the lobe in prep for the next one. I had no idea that clean Back Inside were so difficult…..our test pattern has 4 lobes of BO, change to 4 lobes of BI down one length of the rink…..well my BO fill out the four lobes with no trouble, but my BI were so skinny it took me 8 lobes in the second half..😬….after much practice they are getting better….can do the second half in 4 or 5 lobes now, so still a bit of refinement, but I’m pleased with how far they have come. I still have some difficulty with the change of going from LBO into the LBI – that’s my weakest one and what causes me to have to do 5 lobes.
The scissoring arm is sometimes used by coaches to make things simpler and easier to control for people when first learning the move. So it’s good if your coach showed you that way. Eventually, when you improve you won’t need to scissor the arms. Typically backward inside edges should be easier by the way! It’s hard to say what the issue is without seeing it for myself, but I would hazard a guess that you need to improve your backward push so that you can get more speed and flow to fill a good-sized lobe.
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That’s nearly exactly how my coach is teaching me for the preliminary pattern test here in Australia….except for the BO we do the change of arm scissor action at the top of the lobe in prep for the next one. I had no idea that clean Back Inside were so difficult…..our test pattern has 4 lobes of BO, change to 4 lobes of BI down one length of the rink…..well my BO fill out the four lobes with no trouble, but my BI were so skinny it took me 8 lobes in the second half..😬….after much practice they are getting better….can do the second half in 4 or 5 lobes now, so still a bit of refinement, but I’m pleased with how far they have come. I still have some difficulty with the change of going from LBO into the LBI – that’s my weakest one and what causes me to have to do 5 lobes.
The scissoring arm is sometimes used by coaches to make things simpler and easier to control for people when first learning the move. So it’s good if your coach showed you that way. Eventually, when you improve you won’t need to scissor the arms. Typically backward inside edges should be easier by the way! It’s hard to say what the issue is without seeing it for myself, but I would hazard a guess that you need to improve your backward push so that you can get more speed and flow to fill a good-sized lobe.