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- Mar 13, 2008
It's my understanding that for MITF a skater has to do turns 'good enough' to pass onto the next level and there's no micro-examination of technique, which works for young skaters but which can have serious repurcussions later.
Thats exactly it. I know kids who pass tests with brackets and rockers and whatever else (I'm not sure of the levels because I test the adult track , and the levels are different there), but they don't do the moves well enough to make them flow nicely in a footwork sequence in their programs, for example. And six months after the test if you ask them to do the brackets or the rockers, they look at you like they have no idea what you are talking about, and they sure as heck can't do the moves! With figures, the skaters had to have the moves down so solid, and with all the repetitions they could probably still do the figures years later.