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- Dec 29, 2011
You don't need a high ranking education to be able to deduce something like that when it's SPELLED OUT on paper for you. But if you are watching it as it happens as a person who's completely new to figure skating, you probably wouldn't even notice or pay attention to the amount of one foot vs two foot skating. Also, if you just read the boards without watching or knowing anything about figure skating, you'd probably get the impression that Chen is some kind of truck driver with no grace or SS, when in contrary he's a pretty exceptional skater for his age in his own right even without the quads. In fact, that's what he was always known for before the quads came along, and he has made strides in presentation since those days too. Sure, he may not be at Chan or Hanyu's level overall, but is the difference so stark that a first time watcher can pin point and articulate so distinctly? I highly doubt it.
Well sorry, but just because you can't, doesn't mean other people can't either. It's not as if people might have other experiences that help them? Geez, I had a friend once watching with me who was doing ballet her whole life, and she caught on very quickly to how some people pump their backs doing cross overs to gain speed faster. To the point where she said that during the very first skater she watched. I'd think she immediatly had a better understanding about some aspects of skating and skating skills than a lot of people on this board. Some people actually don't need stuff spilled out for them. And yeah, I'm very sure a first time watcher could tell the difference between Patrick/Yuzu and Nathan pretty well. Different people to different extents, different things specifically, and they wouldn't know the right terms to describe stuff. But I'm sure they'd get the feeling of "yes, they're better".