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- Nov 14, 2007
Overall thoughts on World Team Trophy
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10) Ice coverage, speed and presence on ice:
When watching a competition live, one thing I enjoy and appreciate is speed and ice coverage by skaters. Without any knowledge on the rules or requirements for levels, these things are clearly visible even to the eyes of casual fans like myself, as well as successfully landed jumps and/or well-executed spins/step sq.
Unless we are from a wealthy family, we can not afford to buy rink-side tickets all the time. For most of the spectators who sit far and above in the aerna, they just can not see skater's facial expressions or complexity of choreography. But they can see whether s/he skates with the music or just goes through the music, whether s/he skates with the decent speed that the music requires or not, whether s/he skates big or not. (They can also notice connecting steps, moves inbetween, or complicated transitions in and out of each jumps/spins/lifts, if they look for them intently, of course. But they need to be more familiar with rules, first.) So they tend to be more appreciative for speed and ice coverage. Patrick, Meryl/Charlie.:agree: Tessa/Scott, not so much with Funny Face program this season, unfortunately. Presence on ice is also appreciated. Daisuke, Brian, Florent, Ashley this season, all have it. Jeremy prior to the start of music, less presence, maybe. Music choice and its choreography are important. Carolina and Jeremy, hands down! But in order to reach the audience, it is more important for a skater to make his/her music and choreo his/her own's, and show the audience his/her take on the program. For me at this WTT, I got to see many great performances, so I don't name them all here, but Kevin, your SP is definately one of them!
I would like young skaters who competed with big guns at this WTT for the first time in their career; namely Kovtun and Bush from Russia, or Silete, Meite, Popova and Massot from France, to realize what the audience love and enjoy. They can also learn these things from their fellow (elder) skaters at this WTT, who are definately the top skaters of the world, not only how to land a quad/3A or how to get levels for spins.:yes:
Also, I would like to encourage members here on this board, if you never got to see competitions live yet, please go when there is a chance. There is nothing like live competitions! I can assure you it's worthy to pay for a ticket. And if you get to see a lot of skaters back to back, you may discover good things in your non-favorite skaters, or a reason may come to your sense one day why, what do you say in English, 'X skater gets love from judges no matter what'?, before complaining in front of PC.
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10) Ice coverage, speed and presence on ice:
When watching a competition live, one thing I enjoy and appreciate is speed and ice coverage by skaters. Without any knowledge on the rules or requirements for levels, these things are clearly visible even to the eyes of casual fans like myself, as well as successfully landed jumps and/or well-executed spins/step sq.
Unless we are from a wealthy family, we can not afford to buy rink-side tickets all the time. For most of the spectators who sit far and above in the aerna, they just can not see skater's facial expressions or complexity of choreography. But they can see whether s/he skates with the music or just goes through the music, whether s/he skates with the decent speed that the music requires or not, whether s/he skates big or not. (They can also notice connecting steps, moves inbetween, or complicated transitions in and out of each jumps/spins/lifts, if they look for them intently, of course. But they need to be more familiar with rules, first.) So they tend to be more appreciative for speed and ice coverage. Patrick, Meryl/Charlie.:agree: Tessa/Scott, not so much with Funny Face program this season, unfortunately. Presence on ice is also appreciated. Daisuke, Brian, Florent, Ashley this season, all have it. Jeremy prior to the start of music, less presence, maybe. Music choice and its choreography are important. Carolina and Jeremy, hands down! But in order to reach the audience, it is more important for a skater to make his/her music and choreo his/her own's, and show the audience his/her take on the program. For me at this WTT, I got to see many great performances, so I don't name them all here, but Kevin, your SP is definately one of them!
I would like young skaters who competed with big guns at this WTT for the first time in their career; namely Kovtun and Bush from Russia, or Silete, Meite, Popova and Massot from France, to realize what the audience love and enjoy. They can also learn these things from their fellow (elder) skaters at this WTT, who are definately the top skaters of the world, not only how to land a quad/3A or how to get levels for spins.:yes:
Also, I would like to encourage members here on this board, if you never got to see competitions live yet, please go when there is a chance. There is nothing like live competitions! I can assure you it's worthy to pay for a ticket. And if you get to see a lot of skaters back to back, you may discover good things in your non-favorite skaters, or a reason may come to your sense one day why, what do you say in English, 'X skater gets love from judges no matter what'?, before complaining in front of PC.