- Joined
- Jul 11, 2003
brenlyn - I really don't remember them last year, and I was there. But from this year's Nats, they look fine.
Doris - They have a very good routine and most of it is skated well, but as you say, there are little trips and stumbles here and there (mostly by Garret). Hopefully they've worked on that, and more coordination on their lifts.
Lifts, by any Pairs team, are pretty much of a trick. The two skaters must work in sync. The point is for her to jump as high as she can for him to extend his arms over his head. That's the foundation. Then the danger part comes in. What kind of acrobatic or circus moves they make during that lift, and then their smooth landing. This takes a lot of months of practice to make it feel easy.
BTW, I find Garret looking different from all male figure skaters. He looks to me like a blue collar worker. I actually like the look. What do you think?
Joe
Doris - They have a very good routine and most of it is skated well, but as you say, there are little trips and stumbles here and there (mostly by Garret). Hopefully they've worked on that, and more coordination on their lifts.
Lifts, by any Pairs team, are pretty much of a trick. The two skaters must work in sync. The point is for her to jump as high as she can for him to extend his arms over his head. That's the foundation. Then the danger part comes in. What kind of acrobatic or circus moves they make during that lift, and then their smooth landing. This takes a lot of months of practice to make it feel easy.
BTW, I find Garret looking different from all male figure skaters. He looks to me like a blue collar worker. I actually like the look. What do you think?
Joe