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Hello,
What are the names of some elite clockwise skaters?
Thanks!
What are the names of some elite clockwise skaters?
Thanks!
Clockwise Skaters
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You mean the lefty skaters?
I'm sure the list is much longer, but off the top of my head... Carolina Kostner, Alissa Czisny, Johnny Weir, Sarah Hughes, Todd Eldredge, Denise Biellmann, Tanja Shevchenko.
I'm sure the list is much longer, but off the top of my head... Carolina Kostner, Alissa Czisny, Johnny Weir, Sarah Hughes, Todd Eldredge, Denise Biellmann, Tanja Shevchenko.
Kaetlyn Osmond is one, so is Rudy Galindo
I think Satoko was a clockwise skater when she started out is the US but when she got to Japan everyone else was counterclockwise so she eventually learned how to do it the same way. Same with Jayne Torvill, she was a clockwise skater before teaming up with Christopher Dean, then she switched.
I think Satoko was a clockwise skater when she started out is the US but when she got to Japan everyone else was counterclockwise so she eventually learned how to do it the same way. Same with Jayne Torvill, she was a clockwise skater before teaming up with Christopher Dean, then she switched.
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Definitely Rudy - I recall the conversation by the commentators when he was skating with Kristi who skates counter-clockwise. It made their presentation more complex to choreo.
It's quite a feat for someone to change their natural turning direction. Very few can turn both ways well for either jumps and/or spins and perform them equally well. So, it's very impressive that Jayne could change her direction and attain the levels she and Chris performed at.
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That's impressive. I guess switching the rotation on the ice would be very hard.
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Globe/Times article on the rareness of "southpaw" skaters.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...a-different-set-of-challenges/article7454406/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...a-different-set-of-challenges/article7454406/
Well, they were a dance team, in an era before multirotational twizzles or lifts were common.
I'm pretty sure that most of the moves they did that did involve quick rotation were performed clockwise.
Yamaguchi and Galindo were a mirror pair also and Tiffany Scott and Philip Dulebohn were a clockwise pair.
Rudy and Kristi jumped and spun in opposite directions. However throws, lifts, twists, death spirals and pair spins were done in Kristi's counterclockwise direction. They were wonderful to watch. If only there had been more time available to allow them to develop further.
John Curry spun in both directions in most of his programs.
Rudy and Kristi jumped and spun in opposite directions. However throws, lifts, twists, death spirals and pair spins were done in Kristi's counterclockwise direction. They were wonderful to watch. If only there had been more time available to allow them to develop further.
John Curry spun in both directions in most of his programs.
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Sarah Hughes!
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Vise and Trent, the first pair to have a ratified quad throw, were a mirror pair.
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I think what we're seeing here is that if you happened to be left handed, you might well excel at skating. Some of my favorites listed here 
I think what we're seeing here is that if you happened to be left handed, you might well excel at skating. Some of my favorites listed here
Clockwise skaters aren't all lefties though
Ashley and Caro are indeed left-handed, I believe, but Johnny is right-handed. I don't have enough data for a statistical analysis, however 
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Clockwise skaters aren't all lefties though
This is true. I am not left handed and I jump clockwise. I can spin in both directions.
