If you see only crossovers in her programs, it's not Mirai's problem.I'm thinking maybe the problem is Mirai's inability to do complex choreography. Her programs start to look exactly the same with simple crossovers thrown in.
If you see only crossovers in her programs, it's not Mirai's problem.I'm thinking maybe the problem is Mirai's inability to do complex choreography. Her programs start to look exactly the same with simple crossovers thrown in.
If you see only crossovers in her programs, it's not Mirai's problem.
I tried to post this earlier, but it was trash-canned I guess. My bad.
The Junior and Senior Ladies/Mens SP and FS will be on IceNetwork, video-on-demand, about 1 to 2 weeks after the competition. So, Toni, if you can't make it, you can watch it on IN.
But, it's always better in person!
Mirai's LP on the other hand is a mess.
Starting from the first lutz, it feels like she had no choreography going afterward. Any of her movements had no relation to the music, at all. And then the next 2A-3T was just randomly there, it was like she's skating to a different tune. Wow, what a hopeless FS.
I'm thinking maybe the problem is Mirai's inability to do complex choreography. Her programs start to look exactly the same with simple crossovers thrown in. I thought Lori was the problem, giving her uninspired craps to work with.
Mirai can do complex choreography, have you seen Carmen? But I think considering it's the start of a season which followed her worst season on the senior level, I'm guessing they wanted to play it safe for now. I actually liked how they placed a few of the elements like the first triple lutz and the double axel-triple toe(it had a nice build up to the entrance) and how they used the combination spin to highlight a change in the mood rather to finish like everyone does now the layback at the end. I also liked the transitions into the second lutz and the first loop. The choreography outside of that was pretty mediocre but I thought Vanessa's free skate was actually worse; there were points at the end where I thought she was being possessed by Rachael Flatt, and her try-hard jazz moves, except at least Rachael smiled.
Really? Says the person who claims Rachael deserved the 2010 National title? Mirai's long program last year was the worst of the season without a doubt, and I said that its pretty mediocre this year and she needs to work on it. But Vanessa's long has less potential in my opinion.Hi Mirai's mom.
I think that Mirai had good transitions footwork and difficult step-wise into a majority of her jumps (all but the first lutz and 2A-3T had some sort of footwork leading in) but I agree that some parts really need to be filled in as the program looks a bit awkward at times. At least the 2A-3T looked pretty good! Mirai actually gets decent height on her jumps but I think she rotates too slowly/starts rotating too late.
Mirai can do complex choreography, have you seen Carmen? But I think considering it's the start of a season which followed her worst season on the senior level, I'm guessing they wanted to play it safe for now. I actually liked how they placed a few of the elements like the first triple lutz and the double axel-triple toe(it had a nice build up to the entrance) and how they used the combination spin to highlight a change in the mood rather to finish like everyone does now the layback at the end. I also liked the transitions into the second lutz and the first loop. The choreography outside of that was pretty mediocre but I thought Vanessa's free skate was actually worse; there were points at the end where I thought she was being possessed by Rachael Flatt, and her try-hard jazz moves, except at least Rachael smiled.
Really? Says the person who claims Rachael deserved the 2010 National title? Mirai's long program last year was the worst of the season without a doubt, and I said that its pretty mediocre this year and she needs to work on it. But Vanessa's long has less potential in my opinion.