After our practice yesterday morning must admit that Riff and I are still having trouble with rear crosses. Our discriminations were working really well...YAY!....but he did a loop-de-loop the wrong way during several rear crosses from right to left. I wish I could say our trouble is one-sided...that we're fine going left to right... (I can almost say that...but not 100%.)
Riff corrects himself very quickly...but we definitely need to get rid of that spin, and tighten up the line.
Am I crossing too late? Maybe I'm adding an extra half-step, waiting for Riff to go by ("After you, Sir!") and, since he has such a long, ground-eating stride, that half-step is costly. And/or maybe I'm decelerating just after the first jump, and he reads it as a possible wrap?
So I did my best to get through the sequence with a correct, smooth and timely cue. Hmmm. Why didn't that work?
I added a verbal, "Riff!" Was my verbal too late? Shoot.
SO...You'd think I'd know this by now: Those questions marks would disappear if I'd had my video camera out there with me!!!
Ah, well. Next time. Hopefully...
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