Caught the coach during warm up and expressed my concerns being a newbie in a difficult level, that I am a slow learner and really appreciate feedback, if I keep making the same mistakes please keep reminding me etc. Coach laughed pleasantly and said don't worry.
So today's lesson was more productive than yesterday, there was some instruction from him!! We went through footwork while keeping his attention. Then back scratch spin. There were only 2 students, assistant coach was helping the other girl and I had him. Now his eyes were following the FS6 students setting up jumps. Then he wandered off to the other class and spent 5 minutes there. Finally I had enough of spinning and asked the assistant coach what should I do. Coach came back and asked us to do camels, then engaged the assistant coach to passionate conversation again, meaning turning away and not looking at the ice at all. Arrg. Seriously people, I don't know how to tell him that he is talking too much.
To make the rant complete, ISI FS5 footwork step 8 is RFI bracket, he keeps telling me I did a 3 turn and I said it's a bracket, pointing at the tracing. It went like bracket! 3 turn! bracket! 3 turn! for a while until assistant coach said my edge was wrong and I felt like knocking my head on the boards. I knew my bracket has edge issues but does it make it a 3 turn? Also he said my step 12 step forward was not inside edge, to which I went extremely puzzled because my step was very curvy. I asked and asked for explanation to no avail. (ETA: I think I figured it out! step 12 is RFI and 16 RFO, he did the opposite. Need to bring diagram to next class.) Assistant coach said in the first class that she does not know the FS5 footwork, guess she either felt already disagreeing too much today or she still did not know it. Poor fellow student (also new to class) had to follow me on this obviously flawed pattern over and over and "watch". When coach demonstrated the LFI open choctaw at the end of footwork, the RBO half was a deep, curvy RBI. I said: It's inside edge! Assistant coach was standing right by me and said: You know it. . .
Seriously, I would be happy with just the assistant coach on the ice with 2 students, at least she won't have to spend time talking to him, and I could teach myself the footwork steps and ask for help on bracket / choctaw edges.
Rant over. Time to write to the skating director.