Kim to skate at 2011 Worlds: Press release

janetfan said:

The first picture I saw of Yuna and her new coach had him grabbing her leg and trying to make her turn out not to mention point her toes. And he looked somewhat baffled

Like I said, nobody is perfect. Yuna's great qualities more than overcome a few minor flaws.
Actually Dick Button said that .......

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mskater93 said:

Completely disagree with the speed of the layback spin being sacrificed with PROPER turn out on a layback - reference Denise Bielman, Sasha Cohen, Alissa Czisny, Mirai Nagasu, and Caroline Zhang who all have beautiful free leg position in their layback and who all spin fast. I have found on my own layback that when the hip is turned out properly, it spins faster than if it's not...

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SkatingAnalyst said:

Here's the proof what I said about Button...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bYtM0vmtkM&feature=related

Listen to him when Yuna spirals and layback spin.
I forgot to mention about STRETCH though.

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SkatingAnalyst said:

Again...
Look at her SPEED in layback and her LEG POSITION.

I can't find any faults with the LEG POSITION.

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SkatingAnalyst said:

Again...
Look at her SPEED in layback and her LEG POSITION.

I can't find any faults with the LEG POSITION.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytq9fZ7-O0s

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SkatingAnalyst said:

The layback is VERY FAST, BEAUTIFUL, CENTERED and NATURAL.

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janetfan said:

The other day you asked about good skating from 14 year olds........

Here is a 14 year old at the senior World championships landing 7 triples........not 5, not 6, but 7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHsorCH-690

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