Yuka happens to be one of my favorites, both as a skater and as a coach.
It's fun researching the veteran skaters. You'll find some who really amaze you. We're so lucky nowadays: YouTube is like a time machine. We can even see skaters from the sixties and earlier. Some of the earlier skaters make you realize how far the sport has progressed. But others are awesome to watch even today. Have you ever seen John Curry's 1976 Olympic long program, for example, or the early achievements of Gordeyeva and Grinkov? A vast treasure house of skating enjoyment awaits you!
Ok, so here's a question I have as a relatively uninformed fan. Is it worse to fall on a jump, or to pop it? I thought it might be worse to fall since you can redo a popped jump, right? But then you have to fit it into your program somewhere which can be very stressful. Or am I wrong and you can't do that? Or is the points you lose by popping worse than falling. Help!
At this point I really don't care who Canada sends to worlds.......
Falls are severely penalized but on a fully rotated high value jump, there may be enough points left to be worth it than a popped jump with practically no Base Value. Falling on a low value jump will likely wipe out all points, plus hurting PCS.
Send Najarro!!