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Whoa, the tunnel-wrap game looks awesome! He is able to find both with barely any motion! So fun! He still prefers the wing wraps a tiny bit but the value is looking a lot more equal now. You can add in more motion to keep it exciting – cue the tunnel then when he exits, connect and cue the wrap by moving in towards it. The extra excitement of the motion will add challenge in that moment – and definitely keep using your verbals. He is ready for more challenge, this is looking so strong!
Strike A Pose also looks awesome! Your physical cue is so clear and the serp is so different looking from the tunnel cue. The one time he went to the tunnel instead of the serp was just him asking a question: “Are you SURE it is not the tunnel? I really like this tunnel thing now” LOL!!!! With this one too… add more motion – start to walk into position and release when you are maybe halfway across the bar but still moving. When you have more room, you can work it up to running.
Wing racer track also looked good! Try to just run with connection, rather than using a step to send to the wing. I think he was committing really nicely so that send step was more than he needed. On the very last rep, you were not really doing the step/send and he was great! I suggest moving more (as long as you keep connected) for two reasons: he is going to go even faster when you are driving harder, and he is going to go even faster – which means you have to drive harder haha!!! The wrap cues are also looking super, and the turn and burn right at the end was great – lovely commitment and turn!
One thing I notice with his turns here and in the tunnel-wrap proofing game is that he is leading with his head through the turns. That is super exciting to see that element being generalized to all the turns. Yay!
He is definitely ready for the full diamond 🙂Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! The ladder grid looked really nice! He had no trouble with the center bar at 8”, and only one broken stay moment LOL! It is possible that now that the center bar is higher and the trajectory is slightly different, that the reward target needs to move further out – it looks like he was having to shorten up on the last bar to get it it (because treats are a priority, of course :)) So on the next go round, you can move the reward target out another 4 or 5 feet from jump 3. We will be building on this in a couple of weeks, so the only challenge for now is to angle the jumps so he reads the grid with a more difficult visual of angled jump bars.
Doing the find the jump with the tire is actually very clever, it works the independent jumping skill of finding the the tire – I have seen so many ugly tire crashes that it was great to see him finding the tire so nicely! You were lateral and you were ahead: in problem! So now you can drive in close to the tunnel so that he can drive ahead of you to the tire after the tunnel exit. Your connection looked really good here, I don’t think he was considering a threadle on any of your reps here. You can also experiment with keeping the eye contact like you had, but using your arms to pump & run and see if he can still find the line (I am quite sure he will be fine with finding it 🙂 )
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! I blame Elektra’s keyboard walking on her Papillon half – all of my Paps seem to feel that walking on tables and keyboards is totally acceptable LOL!
And great news about the zig zag working nicely, and in a new location! Double win!!!!On the Diamond video – yes, he was right up on your tail! Nice!
On the blind reps, a couple of ideas: leave the toy in one hand rather than switch – when you were switching, it was making the blind late 🙂
At :20, when he didn’t go to the wing – it wasn’t so much that you were early starting the blind, it was that he needed a little more connection on the tunnel exit to help commit him – he ws already looking at you and not committing which is why he turned into you so quickly. Compare that to :26 when you had great connection on the tunnel exit and he committed so nicely! Then when you switched sides, you had lovely connection too like at :56, so you were able to commit AND turn early – look how tight he can turn on the blinds!
He had a little oopsie on commitment at 1:14, you were connected but tried to leave as soon as he crossed your feet and he said it was a little too early for now 🙂 You can work that early timing (I think it is good!) but start it with less speed for now 🙂 You delayed the exit by one step at 1:26 and he was successful, so now you can make it harder by leaving earlier 🙂
On your right and left verbals – the verbal is for the wing, so you were actually a little too early 🙂 He was hearing the right/left before and during the tunnel, which is the timing to turn right on the tunnel exit. So, you can hold the verbal til he exits the tunnel then start telling him about the right.You are doing a great job with your exit line connections, he is turning so nicely especially on the wrap wing back to the tunnel on the blind sequences!!
On the race track – I think on the last rep you figured out the magic, which was to ramp up the connection on the middle wing and on the tunnel entry. Because there is a lot of yardage on this set up and because he is so young – commitment is hard unless we humans are soooooo connected and running great lines (that is why I kept whining about it being hard in the demo video LOL!!) With our older dogs, it is very easy because they don’t need us to be so literal 🙂 With the youngsters, it is much harder because if we disconnect a tiny bit or if we take a step or two off the line, they ask questions. That is what happened on his questions on the 1st 2 go-rounds. But then on the last one, you emphasized the connection and line to the middle wing and to the tunnel – nailed it! You can break the set up in half – start at the middle wing and then use work the drive down to the tunnel. Then start at the tunnel and work the drive up to the middle wing. He will figure it out really quickly then you can put it all back together.
Nice work here!!! He is looked great! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
She is doing really well here!! I think she likes this 🙂 Her commitment is much better wen you make a lot of connection and you don’t point your arms to the obstacles 🙂 On the first reps, you had quiet arms and tons of connection and she was great!!! At :17, you pointed to the tunnel and didn’t connect as much, so she zig zagged before finding the tunnel. On your big race track line after that, you had great connection and she was perfect!
At :30 – :45, she gave you good feedback: you were pointing your arm and your dog-side leg was not moving, so she didn’t understand the commitment cue and went off to sniff. At :46 when you moved into it with connection, she was happy to commit. But then you disconnected and she didn’t know which end of the tunnel at :50. At. this stage, you should reward her anyway otherwise the rate of success drops too low. It took a while to get a reward into her there and she was losing steam. You had good connection on the last rep and it helped!
She might be stronger turning to her left than to her right, but you can also show more connection and motion – it looked pretty equal when you did that.Also note that after about 30 seconds of the session, she was panting – so try to limit your sessions to 30 seconds. She is so young that she doesn’t have the physical or mental stamina to do much more and we don’t want her to lose steam 🙂 And, short sessions will give you a chance to practice your connection in between reps! a 90 second session might not feel like a long one but she is doing a lot of running in that time so it is a lot for a baby 🙂
>>Also wondered if I should stick with these games or move onto another one?
You can have a rotation of some of the games – this one, and a coupe of the others, all mixed in. The zigzag game on the wings is a good one for her to balance this one too! And the Diamond game too!
Nice work here 🙂
TracyGood morning!
The blinds are going well! These tight blinds do feel weird at first 🙂 and muscle memory is going to want to do a spin. You were doing a great job on these, turning the correct direction and she was reading them really nicely! The main suggestion on these is how to connect on the exit: try not to catch her with connection on the dog-side arm. Instead, have the dog-side arm back so she can see your face. I accomplish that by having the reward across the body. The toy is in the hand next to her before the blind, so it is then shown across your stomach as you finish the turn. that drops the dog side arm back and opens the connection which makes the blind very clear. You had the reward in the dog side arm after the blind, so she was exiting wide. You can see it at :10 and :26 when your back was to the camera – she is not sure of where the connection is as she exits the wing, so she drifts a little wide until she sees the line and toy. You can get it tighter, sooner, with the dog-side arm back (not being used as part of the reconnection) and more eye contact. When you put a tight blind in the bigger circle at :57, you had more eye contact and she immediately turned tighter 🙂 And later in the big runs, compare it to 1:39 where you were looking back but your dog-side arm was high and out to the side, so she couldn’t see the connection as well and ended up drifting wide.
I think she did like the race tracks!!! She is giving good feedback on the cues – when she could see motion and connection, she was super fast! When she couldn’t see enough connection, she would look up and slow down. an example is when she was on your left exiting the tunnel at :42, your arm was low so she could see connection and there was a lot of motion, she drove with a lot of confidence! At :46, you turned forward with a higher arm, so connection was not as clear, so she looked up and slowed down. On the last big race track, she was really good about responding to the turns versus the big race tracks! One thing to try on these is to not use your arms on the are tracks when you are moving along the line – you can shift to pumping your arms and just running with connection. Then you can incorporate a send to the middle wing, then pump arms and run back down to the tunnel. That can help her read the lines with more speed and also get you even further ahead while still showing motion, while also adding in big sends!
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
TracyAh, perfect about that c/t head turn game for the RCs! It is a great training game for so many different things: stays, rears, isolating the head, etc. I am sure it will help! Fingers crossed that the rain goes way fast!
Good morning!!
>>Funny how I think I’m doing the right thing until I have someone with your good eye to point out the minute handling details that can make it better!
You are doing so much right, and that is why we can dive into the minute details 🙂 Agility is a game of tiny details to obsess on LOL!
>>It’s one thing to know that you need to keep connection, and actually doing it?
I know that when I was learning about connection, I originally thought of it as a this vague thing – but not I think of it as a very specific handling cue (where to look. when to do it and how to do it) which helped me keep connection. There are also times where we *don’t* have to stay connected (whew!) stay tuned for more on that soon 🙂
Tracy
Good morning! He looks like he is moving much better!!!
On the FC exit line connections –
Your line of motion (close to the wing then directly back to the tunnel) looked great and so did your exit line connection!!! He knew exactly where to drive to after the turn!!
I agree that he landed out long on the jump on the first several reps – that was mainly a timing thing: you were facing forward and moving forward til he took off, so he made a jumping decision to jump long based on that. In the week 2 work, I added in transitions which are mainly about decelerating while he is maybe one stride our of the tunnel and looking at the jump so you can rotate and run the new direction as he passes you and before he takes off. That will change his takeoff decision and he will jump nice and tight. You were earlier on your deceleration at :30 and you had your verbal going so that was the nicest rep!! On the wraps, as you play with the timing of the transitions, have the bar super low. The low bar will allow for more reps while still honing your timing – but will save his shoulders if he lands long. Then when you are comfy with the transition timing, you can raise the bar again. A 26″ bar requires early info for a tight turn, plus 26″ jumping is really hard on the dog, so I like to rehearse on low bars before bringing them back up.The driving ahead looked GREAT! I love how you put yourself further and further behind – but stayed connected and he confidently drove ahead. Yay!! The last couple of reps were great!!!!
Well done! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
Hi!
The 12 hour drive was brutal, I am looking forward to flying again LOL!On the video –
The first rep with the FC looked good – I think you can accelerate into it more to show the transition better – she had a little question at :09 because the fast – to – slow was not that as obvious so she was surprised when you rotated. Nice exit line connection!2nd and 3rd reps- lap turn – two little suggestions – call her before the tunnel so she comes out looking for you more and then use your leg (the one closer to the jump) to help draw her back and through the turn – you connected but then flipped her away and she had to think hard about committing as you left – setting the turn with your leg will help her turn before you leave.
4th and 5th rep – throw back – I think a transition will be smoother here – you can be moving forward as you slow down, then rotate to throw back. She was looking at you here waiting for a commitment cue, and I think the motion forward will help – and then the arm cue can come as you rotate. At :34, you had the arm cue up as the first element so it looked like a tandem turn for a moment. One other thing to consider – the decel wil help you turn your feet, so you can already be facing the new direction on the throw back which makes the exit line connection smoother because you won’t have to spin as fast 🙂
At 1:24 you went back to the lap turn but this can also have a clearer transition – she is reading your motion but deceling and rotating earlier to face her and draw her to your lap turn hand will make it look pretty different than the throw back.
Blind cross sequence: at 1:37 you had great exit line connection on the blind! Yay! You can now start it sooner so it is finished one stride earlier 🙂 I think she will commit nicely – when she exits the tunnel, cue the jump and when she looks at it, slide into the blind. That will allow you to finish it sooner which then gives you more time to decelerate into the spin after it – she caught up pretty quickly at 1:38 so she had to go around you. Great exit line connection after the spin!
On the shifting connection sequences – it was a little hard to see where you were looking from this angle – but the turns were nice on the spin at 1:51 and FC at 2:00! I think you can move out of the FC sooner – as she is passing you, start moving forward, rather than waiting til she lands. Great exit line connection on both!
On the wrap to the other side of 3 – leading out more laterally will help yo get the BC started before she enters the tunnel so you will be finished with it before she exits – you were a little late there, which made the spin a little late starting. But you got outta there really fast and had great exit line connection, so the wrap was lovely!
On the FC – I would say that cue is too soft for her at 2:15 – you had a soft outside arm cue but she was wide on the FC. So, a bigger transition into decel and more connection to her eyes will help her collect more. Unless you were trying to cue an in? It is hard to make out the verbal cue.
Same thing at 2:20 – you were there and rotated but she was a little wide – so try shifting more directly to her eyes, including your hand lower and on the takeoff side of the bar to see if she can collect more – then as soon as she passes you, move forward to the tunnel rather than wait til she lands.
At 2:28 you had a better in cue! You can get it even tighter by calling her name before the previous jump rather than saying jump – the jump verbal is not really an attention verbal or a turn verbal, but a strong name call will get her ready for the turn cue for sure!
And at 2:29, this is where you can use your inside leg to help set up the turn before you leave – you left fast without setting the turn, so she hit the wing of the jump then dropped the next bar (you were looking forward there, not as connected as you normally are). You were more connected on that line at 2:43, but as funny as this might sound… move more slowly through those lap turn type crosses LOL!!! They work best when set on the flat before indicating the jump, and by leaving so quickly, she needed to set it by herself on the jump.On the bigger sequence at: this is a spot to drive into the tunnel more in the opening, so you can show transition on the wrap at 4 at 2:57 and 3:13 and 3:30 rather than being decelerated already when she exited the tunnel. Also, keep driving forward on the line to the wrap wing – you were pulling at at 3:46 so she wasn’t sure if she should commit to it. All that will tighten then turn on the blind or the FC, whichever you choose there 🙂 And then I think the staying in decel bit you at 3:05 where she didn’t read the turn and ended up in the tunnel. By cuing the big lines while decelerated, she missed the turn cue – so make sure you power into acceleration for a couple of steps before decelerating then shifting connection to her eyes. You definitely had more transition and shifted connection to her eyes more at 3:18 and 3:36 in that spot and got a really nice turn 🙂 Yay! At 3:52 she read the turn but you did not shift to her eyes, so it was not as tight as the other reps – good to know that the shift to her eyes with your hand on the takeoff side is very effective!!
So now to answer you question about this course:
>>For the last course, what’s the decision process to determine the best handling? I tried two options. The BC seemed to get me further up the line. Also, if I’m trying to time both options to see which is faster, how much of the course do you include for effective evaluation?
>>My decision making process is about which turns my feet to the next line sooner: FC or BC? So on the turn on 4-5, the FC will turn my feet to the 5 jump sooner than the BC will. So I basically ask my feet! And then you can confirm it by timing it, I generally time starting from the previous line to at least one or two more jumps after it, to get the full picture 🙂
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
>>I wonder if time wise it would be faster to slow and take off closer to the mump and get a tighter turn or jump the way she does ?>>
You can try it different ways and time it to be sure! Generally the good turns are faster because there is less yardage and the dogs don’t have to re-balance and turn again on landing.
I think there is a specific style for each dog to get the best turns, we just have to figure it out – for her, I think it is a combo of very direct eye contact and stopping your motion (from wherever you are :)) Here are details:Looking at the tunnel sends on the 1st 2 sequences. – your body language looked identical (you were running away to the far end of the tunnel on both) so I can see why she chose the same end. 2 things that will help answer the question of when to let go (which I take to mean as when to give the ‘forward’ cue such as go tunnel) – 1 thing to remember is to make the cues look distinctly different, like driving the different lines. The other is to watch her head – only give a forward cue when she is looking the direction you want her to go. Otherwise, keep handling the turn to get her to look the direction you want.
So the main thing on the tunnel entries here is to run directly at them for longer rather than pull away. You had better connection on the next 2 reps but then you pulled your shoulder away at :28 and turned away from it, so she didn’t take it. You used the same body language at :36 and did flip her back to it so she took the tunnel but she said a curse word LOL!
On the serp at :38 and the push at :45, try to connect back to her more – you were looking forward at the jump a bit, so she barked and had a question on the line.
Nice job on the shifting connection at :48! I really liked the turn!!! And it set you up for a really nice turn on the next jump too at :50!!!
On the FC wrap at :55 – One thing to try is as you shift connection, also stop moving – moving backwards overrides the rotation so she was a little wide there. Your timing and connection were good but that one or two steps back (along with your right arm moving back) propelled her a bit too much. Nice exit line connection at :57 there and you drove a great line back to the tunnel!
On the next rep at 1:03, I was surprised that she had a better turn even though you were moving backwards more… but it was because you had a guide there LOL!!! So… don’t use a guide, let her give you feedback on the handling 🙂 You were moving backwards there too so the turn would not have been as good without the guide 🙂 You drove out to the tunnel with great exit line connection and running line there!
On the RC rep – you can still make the strong connection to her eyes and stop moving on the RC line – this one had a lot of swoosh so she was a bit wider than she can be on these.
On the very last rep, you did a great job of stopping your motion! You shifted connection to the landing spot, and it was a little too much propulsion – so shifting to her eyes plus stopping your motion should be the right combo!Nice work! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! You are not a slacker, you’ve been busy!!
The first video was overall super lovely!! I have a few tiny obsessive details 🙂 Exit line connection on the FC and the spins looked great! When you do the week 2 sequences with the shifting connection, play with a stronger connection to see if he can collect more. You shifted to the landing spot on the FC and I think we should try shifting to your hand to shifting to his eyes and see what he does.
The speed circle on seq 3 looks great! On the serp, the exit line connection arm can come a little later and actually, I think you can start to fade it – do a tiny arm cue and lots of eye contact. You did it really well and he reads it really well, so we can fade the exaggerated arm cue because your eyes and shoulders are in the right place 🙂Video 2 – this was a good one to work out the FC exit line connection! You are correct, on the first rep you had the toy in the right spot but think of it as showing it to him and not just putting it on your hip. When you did that on the next 2 reps – he easily found the correct side. Yay! You were thinking about out so you were a little late on the FCs, but the showing-him-the-toy for the exit line connection really helped him see the line!
Video 3 – Seq 5 – this went well (until you started second guessing yourself, but even then you maintained connection nicely!!) Opening looked great and your ‘soft brake’ on 3 looked GREAT! On the FC on 4: when you do the week 2 shifting connection, try shifting more to his eyes on the FCs. And then show him the toy on the exit line connections and I think you’ll get a super tight turn. I know you kinda forgot the rest, but great job staying connected even when you were not sure if you were heading the right way!
Video 4 – Connection was great on both reps! On the first rep you got a little far ahead so he was parallel but didn’t have time to get ahead. On the 2nd rep, you planned really well to help set up p driving ahead… but he slipped in the tunnel so you ended up ahead LOL! You can start closer to the jump and send him away from the tunnel on it to do a FC then run in closer to the tunnel to make it easier to drive ahead. Or, maybe use a short tunnel so he doesn’t have as much yardage.
Great job here!! I am looking forward to shifting the connection on turns in week 2!
TracyHi!
He seemed to do really nicely with the distractions, and did a great job holding his stay while you reset the bar! Baby dog is growing up and doing adult stuff!!!
He is doing a great job on his lines!! Nice job on the opening speed circle – you can lead out more to establish a bit more connection before the release, otherwise it was perfect. The 2nd sequence was lovely too – the bar at the end was just you stopping short to throw the reward, so remember to run through the last jump for longer, for at least one more stride past landing. The last rep looked great too! He is really appreciating the connection and driving those lines so nicely!! You can try these on taller bars and see if it feels different in terms of the timing and such. Otherwise, onwards to the turns and exit line connections 🙂
Great job!
TracyHi!
Sorry to hear about the crazy week and bad weather, but I am glad you got out to play! These are good choice for Tilly because they strongly put her into handler focus then ask for commitment – hard!!!!
These are hard skills for the dog because turning away is not natural for them. You did a GREAT job of connecting down to your hand on these so she wears driving right in to you. Nice!!! Looking at the reps where she was successful with committing versus the ones where she had questions – it was more about the legs than the arms. On the reps where you stepped forward too early with your outside leg by stepping forward with the outside/opposite leg before she was fully turned (:04, :19, :36
On the reps where you stepped back with the leg under your magic cookie hand, turned her and THEN stepped forward, she got the turn every time: :09, :27, :42, 1:13.
Also, she did better on the reps where you were facing her rather than when you were more facing the jump – I think on those reps where you were facing her, your footwork was more patient so the timing of the step forward was good.
On one rep she thought it was a throwback (:49) because you connected with the outside arm then switched to the arm closer to the jump – but by then she was committed to the slice. Good girl, that was an excellent choice because when I first met her, she might have barked at you and not committed to anything in that moment 🙂 At 1:02 you had a similar move but switched to your inside hand sooner and were patient with your feet – nice commitment and turn!!!
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyOMG I need to gt to Walmart now and go to the boys section!! Running pants with pockets are like gold 🙂
Hi!
Getting the low arm and all of the little details takes practice, this connection stuff is probably a bit different in feel – I see you working it and it gets smoother each time! You are doing a great job, it is easy for me to see the successes!The first video was all the FCs – I think your hands were good here! It is informational in terms of what helps her the most!
Rep 1 was good, it looked like a shift of connection to the landing spot, a softer connection. Rep 2 was also a softer connection but a little later, so she took off early. Rep 3 had the connection shifting very strongly to her, she said perhaps it was a little strong but definitely helpful for a better turn! On rep 4 and 5, I think you unlocked the right amount of cue for her – it looks like it was definitely towards her eyes and very clear! Those were both really nice turns. Also you were making very clear connection on the exit so that exit lines looked good too!2nd video, spins: picking up where you left off shifting connection to her eyes on the FC – these start the same way as a FC would start. I think you were saying you were too abrupt and needed to be smooth like a fresh jar of Skippy? Lol!
Your conversations were so funny!
Yes, you were beginning to shift more strongly to her eyes and it really helps – the last rep was fabulous!!! And it might feel abrupt because it is a very strong connection but dang she likes it and turns so nicely!3rd video – throwback – you had great shifting connection to her eyes (and more good conversation LOL!) – after you connect to her eyes and see her collect, don’t need to then shift to the landing spot – you can start to just move forward to the next line without looking back at the landing spot. At :41 and at 1:07, you shifted connection directly to her and did less looking back at the landing – you can probably strip out looking back at landing event more! The connection to her eyes like that is also the commitment cue, I bet she will commit without you needing to then also support the landing spot. She is a smaller version of my Voodoo (the big black dog) who needs the connection directly to his eyes but no support of the landing spot.
You mentioned not liking your arms on these, but I think your arms were great – low so she could see the connection, but also natural so you could move freely. Yay!
Sequence video:
1st run: you risked your life in the name of connection and almost took out a jump! LOL! You were beautifully connected – you can mark your running line off the tunnel exit, lining yourself up to the outside edge of it, so you can stay connected and end up in the right spot. Other than that – great connection on the lines! And you can start your decel transition into the FC sooner – as she is in the air over the jump before the FC, you can start slowing down to then slide into the connection shift to her eyes when she lands.2nd run – this was also really nice, so we can obsess on the little details: you were in a good spot on the bubble for the jump after the tunnel, so you probably don’t need the outside arm to help the jumping effort on it – which frees you to up to use it help with the connection shift when she lands. Then, to be able to get to the spin after the tunnel – your lower body can be leaving for the jump and upper body staying connected to cue the send to the tunnel, so you end up running less to the tunnel and more to the wrap jump. You don’t need to stay within the bubble for the tunnel send and I think the good connection shift to her eyes on the jump after the tunnel will solve any bubble issues 🙂
She did well on the wrap at :46! We can challenge her commitment skills now: as soon as she passes your feet, there is nothing more you can do… so move forward out of the wrap to show the line to the tunnel. This is harder for her to maintain commitment but I think she can do it! You mentioned needing better exit line connection there and leaving forward sooner will give you the time to do it. When she jumps tight and efficiently like she did there, you won’t have a lot of time to reconnect so leaving early helps.
3rd run: you are really mastering the connection! For the FC, anticipating the landing from the previous jump will help you slow down into it, so the collection cue will be earlier and she will be tighter. And on the wrap after the tunnel, you got there beautifully! As soon as she has the commitment…. giddy up 🙂 You are waiting til she lands before you leave, but you can leave before she takes off.
4th run: you started your transition earlier for the FC so she saw the decel sooner – already a tighter turn. Yay! You are getting to the wrap perfectly so I will keep bugging you to leave sooner and not watch her land there (you can see her landing, but it shoulder be after the blind part of the spin :))
5th run – I call this a ‘comparison’ run: you were a little later on the wrap cues so she was wide, and you did landing spot connection on the spin – definitely wide 🙂 You can totally reward that – she was following the cues perfectly. Compare it to run 6 – you had the earlier decel into the FC and the connection to her eyeballs on the spin – so much tighter! yay!!!
Who knocked over the camera at the end? LOL!!
So overall – your arms are looking good: low and natural! Don’t worry about them too much 🙂 Connection to her eyes is the way to go on the tight turns, but you can leave sooner rather than wait to see her landing.
I didn’t want to jinx it while watching and typing the comments… but her jumping effort on ALL the videos looked great, there was only one big takeoff and that was on a late cue. You are definitely getting close to your goal of commitment with a good jumping form too! YAY!!!!
Great job! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
