LADIES LONG PROGRAM Thread

[lise]

she may win it on PCS.

Ok, Amelie, show us why you should go to Worlds

[Figga]

Cynthia has such stunning eyes. Nice to see her with no falls and all smiles this time.

[Mao88]

Position After 14 Of 24

1. Cynthia PHANEUF (CAN) - 147.47 (FS = 96.71 (TES: 44.83, PCS: 51.88))
2. Haruka IMAI (JPN) - 134.49 (FS = 89.30 (TES: 49.05, PCS 42.25, DED: 2.00))
3. Alexandra NAJARRO (CAN) - 117.11 (FS = 80.03 (TES: 40.29, PCS: 40.74, DED: 1.00))
4. Melinda WANG (TPE) - 103.69 (FS = 68.34 (TES: 32.15, PCS: 36.19))
5. Sandra KHOPON (THA) - 103.15 (FS = 67.57 (TES: 35.39, PCS: 32.18))
6. Qiuying ZHU (CHN) - 102.77 (FS = 66.34 (TES: 34.09, PCS: 34.25, DED: 2.00))
7. Chantelle KERRY (AUS) - 102.49 (FS = 70.21 (TES: 37.72, PCS: 32.49))
8. Mimi Tanasorn CHINDASOOK (THA) - 97.19 (FS = 59.96 (TES: 28.04, PCS: 32.92, DED: 1.00))
9. Yea-Ji YUN (KOR) - 96.85 (FS = 64.39 (TES: 33.50, PCS: 31.89, DED: 1.00))
10. Melanie SWANG (THA) - 96.16 (FS = 64.95 (TES: 36.05, PCS: 28.90))
11. Chae-Yeon SUHR (KOR) - 94.95 (FS = 58.41 (TES: 28.47, PCS: 31.94, DED: 2.00))
12. Lejeanne MARAIS (RSA) - 94.34 (FS = 62.19 (TES: 30.20, PCS: 32.07))
13. Crystal KIANG (TPE) - 93.79 (FS = 62.88 (TES: 31.61, PCS: 31.27))
14. Zhaira COSTINIANO (PHI) - 87.26 (FS = 56.93 (TES: 27.64, PCS: 30.29, DED: 1.00))

[lavender]

I guess no lutz or flip. I hope that doesn't cost her. I kind of like her skating and I'm not into Amelie's skating at all but Amelie may deserve it this year depending.

[herro]

Yuka happens to be one of my favorites, both as a skater and as a coach.

It's fun researching the veteran skaters. You'll find some who really amaze you. We're so lucky nowadays: YouTube is like a time machine. We can even see skaters from the sixties and earlier. Some of the earlier skaters make you realize how far the sport has progressed. But others are awesome to watch even today. Have you ever seen John Curry's 1976 Olympic long program, for example, or the early achievements of Gordeyeva and Grinkov? A vast treasure house of skating enjoyment awaits you!

Haha I'll definitely look into those suggestions!

[Spun Silver]

^ Falls can be better than pops because you get partial credit, sometimes quite a lot of it! A pop is wasted space.

[SkateFiguring]

Ok, so here's a question I have as a relatively uninformed fan. Is it worse to fall on a jump, or to pop it? I thought it might be worse to fall since you can redo a popped jump, right? But then you have to fit it into your program somewhere which can be very stressful. Or am I wrong and you can't do that? Or is the points you lose by popping worse than falling. Help!

Falls are severely penalized but on a fully rotated high value jump, there may be enough points left to be worth it than a popped jump with practically no Base Value. Falling on a low value jump will likely wipe out all points, plus hurting PCS.

[lise]

i see going down to PCS..

[SGrand]

At this point I really don't care who Canada sends to worlds.......

[ks777]

Lacoste steppted out of 3sal and lost balance during step sequence and popped a jump.
she also double a jump.

[evangeline]

At this point I really don't care who Canada sends to worlds.......

Yeah...neither lady is skating well enough to have it really matter anyway.

[Kissx3]

Poor Canada.

[herro]

Poor Lacoste. Not having a great skate tonight...

[Blades of Passion]

Hmm, LaCoste gave it away. I have no idea why she keeps trying to do the Triple Flip.

[Olympia]

Falls are severely penalized but on a fully rotated high value jump, there may be enough points left to be worth it than a popped jump with practically no Base Value. Falling on a low value jump will likely wipe out all points, plus hurting PCS.

Do the relative values of falls and pops fluctuate each season as the rules are changed? It must be so frustrating for coaches and skaters to have to learn new rules every year.