I'm just looking at these particular clips; for some of these skaters we could find other examples with greater or lesser overall quality.
I had deliberately chosen examples all from before IJS so that they would not include Biellmanns (and none of them would be more than level 2). There seems to be a glitch with the link to the Lucinda Ruh example that I chose, which wasn't her best layback ever in any case. Should I choose a different clip for her?
I also wanted an example of Slutskaya doing the sideways twist instead of the haircutter, but I couldn't remember which competition(s) she did that at.
Anyway, I think I would consider the quality of the spinning (speed, centering, finding the "sweet spot" of the blade) before the position. Beyond that, I know what looks more or less attractive to me, but it's hard to quantify that quality and not dependent on choosing or eschewing the classic attitude position.
With no levels, how should added difficulty figure into the scoring (e.g., see Yamaguchi's "level 2" example with sideways position, basic attitude, and then haircutter)?
Of the links I posted, I'd only give +3 to Krieg, but most of the others would be positive, either +2 or +1.
The Zhang example CanadianSkaterGuy posted looks like a definite +3 to me and it also has all those extra features for a higher level.
Specific clips, please?
I'm curious as to where Caroline Zhang would fall in that list: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQhf7WSUsGE Same with Nagasu, Czisny, and Lipnitskaia.
I had deliberately chosen examples all from before IJS so that they would not include Biellmanns (and none of them would be more than level 2). There seems to be a glitch with the link to the Lucinda Ruh example that I chose, which wasn't her best layback ever in any case. Should I choose a different clip for her?
I also wanted an example of Slutskaya doing the sideways twist instead of the haircutter, but I couldn't remember which competition(s) she did that at.
Anyway, I think I would consider the quality of the spinning (speed, centering, finding the "sweet spot" of the blade) before the position. Beyond that, I know what looks more or less attractive to me, but it's hard to quantify that quality and not dependent on choosing or eschewing the classic attitude position.
With no levels, how should added difficulty figure into the scoring (e.g., see Yamaguchi's "level 2" example with sideways position, basic attitude, and then haircutter)?
Of the links I posted, I'd only give +3 to Krieg, but most of the others would be positive, either +2 or +1.
The Zhang example CanadianSkaterGuy posted looks like a definite +3 to me and it also has all those extra features for a higher level.
Also wondering where Daisuke's and Rohene Ward's would fall under those.
Specific clips, please?