gio said:IMO COP fixes ex ante what should be done. With the 6.0 it was more an ex post fixation of the rules. What I want to say is that before there were the skaters who defined the trends and then ISU intervened to correct some "distortions" (Zayak rule - very debatable, because the Toe-Loop and Toe-Walley are two different jumps). Now with COP it is the ISU who defines what to do and what not to do and the skaters obviously follow the rules.
As gio points out in the 2.0 bonus thread, a code-of-points judging system has a tendency to specify in advance what kinds of skills will be rewarded and skaters tend to follow rather than lead, whereas the old judging system tended to be more reactive to the variety of what skaters were doing.
I think there are a number of different areas where the rules for the current judging system could be adjusted to encourage more innovation and more variety. There are also areas where skaters could be more proactive in demonstrating innovation and variety under the current rules.
I'll use this thread to discuss several of those areas in separate posts. I'll start with senior-level singles disciplines. Maybe we'll talk about pairs and dance later.
Detailed posts to come on the following topics as I have time
Short program rules
Long program rules
Jumps
Spins
Step sequences
Spiral sequences
Other