geez! all these talk about how bendy she has to be!
Poor girl does not
lack flexibility, it is simply not her greatest strength.
Sure, if you compare her to skaters like cziny and cohen her positions may look mediocre. But they had
exceptionally great flexibility and it doesn't mean yuna has horrible one. Her biellman position is pretty and she has wonderful upperbody flexibility. Compared to flatt, ando, suzuki and rochette, Yuna's flexibility is decent IMO. What does she have to do more to prove herself? She could probably work more on turnouts in layback spins, but I think people are waaay too nitpicking. Her flexibility is decent enough to put her in top ten, I think.
Originally Posted by ryoko
geez! all these talk about how bendy she has to be!
Mirai would be an exception though- she has wonderful stretch and superior speed.
. She is skinny and has big feet (could grow to Kostner height potentially) but she looks more like a teenager and less like a little kid than most of her miniature Russian teammates. She hasn't done 3-3 yet in competition but does them in practice. She is very fast and has the best footwork and choreography of the junior ladies IMO, plus she really attacks and sells her programs for all they are worth so it's exciting 
. Jump technique is a bit funky but she can do flip and lutz, does not get edge calls for either jump, and rotates her triples. She has improved a lot this year and I think will really make a splash at junior worlds, and will likely go on the senior grand prix circuit next year just considering how many younger Russian girls will finally be eligible for junior grand prix next year.
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