Best way to handle this situation?

[Landing~Lutzes]

Good day everyone, hope everyone is well & skating happy!
I am competing Saturday morning out of town and my program has been running very smoothly! However, one little detail is throwing me off - my camel-sit spin. I have worked extremely hard on this spin and it is very hit-and-miss. I have tomorrow morning practice and Friday morning practice as well as 30 minutes of practice ice Saturday morning before my competition. I am very worry about this spin and worried I won't have it down solid.
Has anyone else encountered an issue like this? How did you handle it?
Thanks so much,
LL

[hopskipjump]

My daughter grew and it threw her camel combo spin off.  I was nervous about it in competition but it worked!  I am thinking it will be the same for you - sometimes that pressure of competing can be helpful.

If you are very nervous you could also talk to your coach.  But I am guessing your coach would have suggested something different if they were concerned.  good luck~!

[Skittl1321]

I would talk to your coach. I have substituted an easier element at last minute when the hard one wasn't quite there.

However, since it is summer and that is usually off season, your coach may prefer you to TRY for this one, even if it isn't quite ready.  You have to put it out there sometime!

[VAsk8r]

I agree, talk to your coach. She/he may have some idea of who you're up against in this comp, what the required elements are and whether your placement really matters. Sometimes my coach wants or needs me to take a chance on elements that aren't where I'd like them to be, and sometimes she prefers to substitute something easier.

Regardless, I've never gone into a comp 100 percent confident in every element, and I doubt anyone else in your group is either. Good luck!

[Landing~Lutzes]

Thanks so much everyone! I am competing in no-test 14-18 yrs and a camel-sit is required.
I went and had my blades looked at, and the guy said that they were about 3/4 way needed to be done. I went ahead and got them sharpened anyways and I will see if that helps.
Wish me luck for the weekend...I'll need it LOL!

[jjane45]

Lots of good luck <3

[Skittl1321]

Best of luck!  I think sharpening your blades was a good idea. I always like to have mine fresh (but with a few practices on them) for a competition.

A camel-sit for no test sounds tough.  Are you in the USA?

[Rachelsk8s]

I know that you already competed, but this is a belated "good luck"!!  I hope you did well, let us know how you did

[Nate]

Best of luck!  I think sharpening your blades was a good idea. I always like to have mine fresh (but with a few practices on them) for a competition.

A camel-sit for no test sounds tough.  Are you in the USA?

You'd be suprised what people show up at No Test throwing around these parts.  There are 6 year olds with Axel-Loop combos here.

Bare minimum only seems to work for Carolina Kostner these days. 

[Skittl1321]

You'd be suprised what people show up at No Test throwing around these parts.  There are 6 year olds with Axel-Loop combos here.

Bare minimum only seems to work for Carolina Kostner these days. 

I've actually seen axel-loop at no test (she won), but I've also seen barely out of basic 8 doing waltz jumps and bunny hops only. So I was surprised this combo spin was a REQUIRED eelement.


Original poster- how did it go?

[techskater]

You'd be suprised what people show up at No Test throwing around these parts.  There are 6 year olds with Axel-Loop combos here.

I think with the new limits you can't do Axels in no-test. 

[hopskipjump]

It was not permitted to do an  Axel last spring in no test (that was why she did no test - her Axel wasn't there).  That is why it's often called lutz level here.