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Do You Think Compulsory Figures Made A Difference In Our Skaters? How So?
I think figures taught edge control and I do notice a difference in skaters who had them. Not to say , that moves are not great maybe in some ways more relevant but I can see the difference when I watch the stroking of say Dorothy Hamill and her technique even though she is not doing triples.I would never want to go back to the days of 60/40 judging but they do call it figure skating. I was just thinking , what are your thoughts?
I think figures taught edge control and I do notice a difference in skaters who had them. Not to say , that moves are not great maybe in some ways more relevant but I can see the difference when I watch the stroking of say Dorothy Hamill and her technique even though she is not doing triples.I would never want to go back to the days of 60/40 judging but they do call it figure skating. I was just thinking , what are your thoughts?
