I'm still on my phone but whatever.
The similarities between two jumps are they both take off on an backwards inside edge. However before the toe pick hits the ice Carolina "pushes" the edge and it goes to a pretty deep inside, making a deep curve. By that she gains some rotational force just like a Salchow jump. In short, her flip not completely toe-assisted.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NqYLMnyl8VA (starts at 7:40)
Yuna Kim moves her body's center of mass to her free leg. The toe pick of her right foot hits almost right behind the skating leg, after an almost straight line trace after a 3-turn. That is a perfect flip jump.
As a skater of many years and a coach I can tell you that there is absolutely nothing wrong with Carolinas flip, her triple flip is perfect, TBH I don't see how one could have a salchow like flip the weight has to be over the right side on a flip take off or the toe will slip for it to be like a salchow the weight would have to be over the opposite side. hope that clears it up
But there's a reason that Yuna is Olympic champion, and they are not (yet), and I don't think it's trollish to consider what is special about Yuna.
I gotta say, I honestly don't get it. I find her bland and nothing special. But I tend to find most of the ladies that way.
And 2011 Worlds really rubbed me up the wrong way. She had the arrogance and conceit to just swan in to Worlds, not even having earned her place there, having even skipped her own Nationals, while everyone else had been working their butts off all season. Oh man, did that EVER rub me up the wrong way.
before you start calling her arrogant and conceited just do some research first. she didn't even want to compete but the pyeongchang committee pressured her to do so. And to say not having earned her place there is ridiculous. she earned that spot whether she wanted to compete or not because she finished second in 2010 worlds and no other korean lady even cracked at the top 10.
yuna winning this year's worlds is a slap in your face and her haters.
Now now, nobody slaps anyone anywhere...
It's right that in 2011 Yuna skipped the Grand Prix season and directly participated at Worlds, but in an interview later on she revealed, that she actually desperatly wanted a break from skating and that it was pressure from outside, plus her own feelings for responsiblity towards her nation, that made her compete at worlds. One can now argue, that she still could have refused etc. but I don't think this indicates her being arrogant or conceited.
From what I can see, she's a nice person, just like Mao and Caro being lovely personalities.
Now back to topic: In a recent interview with David Wilson he said: I think, what sets Yuna apart is her work ethic. The top ladies have approx. the same amount of talent, but when I saw her perform this programm, everything just looked ... so trained!
Also Brian Orser and her Korean coaches have complimented her work ethics.
I'm not saying that other skaters are being lazy, but I believe yuna's work ethics is one of the main reasons she's so consistent.
Yuna herself said in an interview once: There're lots of skaters who work harder than I do. I think I'm lucky to have the talent and the right body proportions. (Not a quote, just recalling out of memory)
This indicates good self confidence, which is (the way I see it) the second big reason she's able to handle the pressure in competitions. Again not implying that the other skaters lack self confidence...
Now now, nobody slaps anyone anywhere...
hehe.. i just find it hilarious now because i know a lot of her critics/haters were hoping that she would fail miserably in her comeback and to win like what she did in this year's worlds made me chuckle even more.
what a lame troll bait thread and posters jumped in!
Hahaha. Plu threads survive for 50(!) pages with much heavier trolling than here. And you are already whining? Then don't even bother to try to convince me that she is a queen if she has such a lame fan-court.To Administrator/Moderator(s):
Ummm, Is it possible to have this thread combined/absorbed into other ones, e.g. "Who can rival Kim in Sochi", please? :sarcasm: Don't get me wrong, I LOVE YuNa. I fully agree YuNa is such a gorgeous and dominant skater in every way, but I don't see it necessary to create a new one to discuss (almost) the same things over and over. That's one of reasons that I don't like to often visit threads on Ladies...
Yeah I got that, still very unfortunate choice of wording^^ Personally I would get angry, no matter how reasonably or not, if anyone told me: ha, slapped/ punched / kicked you in the face! Even if it's just via internet on a most subjective discussion board.
Hahaha. Plu threads survive for 50(!) pages with much heavier trolling than here. And you are already whining? Then don't even bother to try to convince me that she is a queen if she has such a lame fan-court.
actually it's a phrase/idiom.. you know..
I know, but it's not exactly a compliment either