I told Cinderblock that she was here and met Coach Lizard in the center of the rink. She explained to me that today I would be testing for the next level. I couldn't believe the test was finally here! I asked if I could spend the first hour practicing the TTL skills, and the second testing. Coach Lizard said that I could spend one and a half hours practicing, because the test only took thirty minutes. After thanking her, I practiced the millions of skills I needed to master before I could be in the Toontastic Eleven Level; Biellmann Spin, Split Falling Leaf, Cantilever, and all the Triple Jumps.
I started with the jumps first. I was doing fine until I fell on the Triple Axel. Coach Lizard said to brush it off and try again. I wasn't that disappointed, since it was the hardest of the jumps. A Single Axel was one and a half revolutions in the air, while a normal Single jump would only be one! So a Triple Axel was three and a half revolutions! I decided not to practice that again until the end, and to practice the Biellmann Spin next. A Biellmann Spiral was easy, just hold one foot with one hand above your head while gliding forward. A Biellmann Spin was the same concept, except you were spinning around in a circle. I did five Backward Crossovers, then began spinning on one foot. I grabbed the blade of my right skate with one hand, then pulled it up to be even with my head. I took my other hand and put it on my other wrist. Then, I brought my leg way up above my head! I felt so elegant and pretty, I could feel the whole rink looking at me. After fifteen fast revolutions, I slowly and safely put my foot down on the ice. I was very dizzy, but I didn't care! I checked my watch and realized I had an hour left. That was more then enough time to practice.
I decided to take a break from practicing and simply skated around the rink, doing five Forward Crossovers around each turn. I told myself to practice a different skill every other time I went around. After skating around the ice one time, I practiced a Cantilever by squatting down to the ice and leaning backwards. On the forth time around, I practiced a Split Falling Leaf jump by entering it as a Loop then doing a split position in the air. I was so concentrated on a perfect split, that I forgot that I was going to be landing soon! It was too late to correct the landing! I crashed hard onto the ice and yelped a screech of pain.
