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- Jan 15, 2010
I think Yu-Na has good speed and nice centering on her spins which are two of the three things that make a spin great. I think the area she needs work is positioning. Her positions are decent but not great, except for her back position in her layback. It's lovely and very good; however, her leg and arm positions aren't that good which lessens the effect somewhat.
Getting off the general topic here, I think Yuna's spiral positions improved under Peter Oppegard, actually. Before him, she either (1) never did the arabesque spiral on the outside-edge, or (2) never got the chance to before the SpSq was abolished in 2011. Before then, she'd always do her arabesque in the inside edge, and then transition into her weird I'm-nonchalantly-throwing-my-jacket-behind-my-back catch-foot position on the outside edge.
(BP = Before Peter, AP = After Peter)
BP - Catch-foot spiral (2008-2009): http://www2.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Yu+Na+Kim+2008+Skate+America+Day+3+DbXOuINekt1x.jpg
AP - Catch-foot spiral (2010-2011): http://file2.cbs.co.kr/newsroom/image/2011/03/22114919296000_61000080.jpg
BP - Arabesque spiral (2009-2010): http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Yu+Na+Kim+Skate+America+FozHL1W-lkMx.jpg
BP - Arabesque spiral (2009-2010): http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100225/000d87ad41a00cf060f761.jpg
AP - Arabesque spiral (2010-2011) - Practice :thumbsup:: http://xportsnews.hankyung.com/contents/images/upload/article/2011/0322/1300761196744.jpg
AP - Arabesque spiral (2010-2011) - Practice/All That Skate show: http://oi41.tinypic.com/r2813c.jpg
YouTube - Before Peter versus After Peter. Her turn-out/free leg position seems quite improved. Flexibility is still "meh", but I'll take what I can get.
It's really a shame she hasn't worked on her positions with him since then. hwell: Her arabesque spiral (2012-2013) has reverted back to its earlier forms: http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/...da3cced3f6ae901e93901203f9224_zps3478ae9a.jpg
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