Thanks, gkelly. That does explain it, though I think it's an odd rule. Then again, may be they want to limit the importance of jumps for SP.
Thanks, gkelly. That does explain it, though I think it's an odd rule. Then again, may be they want to limit the importance of jumps for SP.
Do you think that skaters should have gotten credit for doing jumps that didn't fit the short program rules under the old system? They would have been penalized at a minimum with the "not according to requirements" deduction, more likely with deductions for an added element and an omitted required element, which would add up to a bigger penalty than just doing the easier required jump in the first place.
It didn't happen very often under the old system and shouldn't under the new system either. It's just a way of enforcing that the same required elements still apply, you can't just do your favorite or your hardest jumps with no regard to the short program rules.
On the other hand, if you do a good double where a triple was required, or single axel instead of required double axel, under the old system there was a 0.4 deduction, as bad as falling on the required jump. Under the new system, you get a minus 3 GOE.
thank you so much for the explanation! that makes better sense now.
I found this other document regarding to the program components, for those who wanted to know about what the scores reflected. Here's the link
http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/...-0-file,00.pdf
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