We debated how ugly death spirals can be when current top pairs try to do more difficult type to jack up points under CoP. I have collected some youtube clips so you guys can comment who has the best death spiral! I am not familiar with the technical details of different death spirals, so I classified death spirals into two categories: 'easy'(or more 'beautiful one') and 'ugly' one. Before this year, two death spirals were required in the long program, so it's quite a fun to compare the 'easy' one with the 'ugly' one.
Here's my collection, I marked each 'death spiral' in the program.
Pang & Tong, 2006 worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2dur1z2ru0
1:50 (ugly)
3:15 (easy)
I&B 2006 worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C-yTq9pLzg
1:50 (easy)
3:35 (ugly)
Petrova and Tikhonov 2006 worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMDDefnahwY
4:00 (easy)
5:15 (ugly)
Zhang/Zhang 2004 worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXT3zGKoJi4
2:55 (ugly)
3:30 (easy)
O/S 2005 worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvontQSgz7g
2:15 (ugly)
4:40 (ugly)
Shen/Zhao 2004 GPF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHQRfNDX3kI
2:00 (ugly)
3:00 (easy? forward)
2003 worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hbaclG6B1c
2:40 (easy)
2006 GPF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py2cbRtvLpo
1:50 (ugly)
TT/MM 2006 Olys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zytM0JVXNY
3:40 (ugly)
4:50 (easy)
M&B 2006 Olys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JazJLIrpf6A
0:00 (easy?)
3:20 (easy?)
S&S 2006 GPF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBRKR8y9GPs
4:14 (ugly)
Based on these video clips, it seems to me Pang &Tong can do a very decent 'easy' death spiral, shen&zhao, M&B and zhang&zhang are also not bad at doing 'easy' death spiral. My standard is that their body position is quite low and speed is good.
I&B seem to have the ugliest 'death spiral' even doing an 'easy' one, position is high and there is no speed at the end. TT&MM's death spiral is also not up to their world-class standard.
When top pairs do the 'difficult' death spirals, every pair seems to be quite ugly!!
Your opinions?
Here's my collection, I marked each 'death spiral' in the program.
Pang & Tong, 2006 worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2dur1z2ru0
1:50 (ugly)
3:15 (easy)
I&B 2006 worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C-yTq9pLzg
1:50 (easy)
3:35 (ugly)
Petrova and Tikhonov 2006 worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMDDefnahwY
4:00 (easy)
5:15 (ugly)
Zhang/Zhang 2004 worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXT3zGKoJi4
2:55 (ugly)
3:30 (easy)
O/S 2005 worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvontQSgz7g
2:15 (ugly)
4:40 (ugly)
Shen/Zhao 2004 GPF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHQRfNDX3kI
2:00 (ugly)
3:00 (easy? forward)
2003 worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hbaclG6B1c
2:40 (easy)
2006 GPF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py2cbRtvLpo
1:50 (ugly)
TT/MM 2006 Olys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zytM0JVXNY
3:40 (ugly)
4:50 (easy)
M&B 2006 Olys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JazJLIrpf6A
0:00 (easy?)
3:20 (easy?)
S&S 2006 GPF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBRKR8y9GPs
4:14 (ugly)
Based on these video clips, it seems to me Pang &Tong can do a very decent 'easy' death spiral, shen&zhao, M&B and zhang&zhang are also not bad at doing 'easy' death spiral. My standard is that their body position is quite low and speed is good.
I&B seem to have the ugliest 'death spiral' even doing an 'easy' one, position is high and there is no speed at the end. TT&MM's death spiral is also not up to their world-class standard.
When top pairs do the 'difficult' death spirals, every pair seems to be quite ugly!!
Your opinions?