I actually don't know what this communication is. I thought that they were going to have a big conference in June. But this preceeds it in timing. Does anyone know why?
Wow. This... is.... very difficult to interpret for me.
There are several things I don't get clearly.
Hopefully someone else here can give me some light...
About jumps, what does 'poor take-off' mean? Is this about two-footed take-off? Or pre-rotation? Or something else?
About spiral, 'holding spiral position without interruption for 6 or more sec' means holding 'one' spiral position for 6 sec? And they still have to do 3 positions? Is this going to make spiral sequences longer?
Wow. This... is.... very difficult to interpret for me.
There are several things I don't get clearly.
Hopefully someone else here can give me some light...
About jumps, what does 'poor take-off' mean? Is this about two-footed take-off? Or pre-rotation? Or something else?
About spiral, 'holding spiral position without interruption for 6 or more sec' means holding 'one' spiral position for 6 sec? And they still have to do 3 positions? Is this going to make spiral sequences longer?
Holy smokes!! It's a good thing they DID do it before the summer meeting to give the skaters teams a chance to figure it all out. You need to have a PhD in math to keep track. Not only do the skaters have to DO the moves, now they have an even more detailed list of WHAT to do.
Glad all I have to do is watch.
Bennett, didn't you mention a while ago that GOEs are 50% lower unless step sequences are level 4? Because it looks like now level 3 and 4 GOEs are the same - so even if level 4s are rarely awarded, at least the GOEs will make more sense. But they still emphasize upper body movement, ugh. :scowl:For guys, getting 3A and quads done would become even more crucial than before.
I am a bit dissaponted that the double penalty on downgrade is not really solved.
I am very, very happy to see that they increased the base value for level-3 and -4 steps except for spirals. Only I hope that there will be more skaters who get level-4!
Bennett, didn't you mention a while ago that GOEs are 50% lower unless step sequences are level 4? Because it looks like now level 3 and 4 GOEs are the same - so even if level 4s are rarely awarded, at least the GOEs will make more sense. But they still emphasize upper body movement, ugh. :scowl:
Quad Axel, 13.3 points. Does anyone anticipate seeing one anytime soon?
Although it's ruining the choreo, and the presentation in general, the 'long preparation' does give the judges (and the Tech Spec an easier look for a wrong edge take off.Same here.
I don't quite get what they mean by deduction on a long preparation for jumps. How are they going to quantify a "long preparation"? 1 second of telegraphing can be qualified as a long preparation, whereas 0'59'' is not? You can almost start a consulting business on CoP.