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- Feb 5, 2004
Joesitz said:Good point, Ant - Why is there a choice between a sit spin and a camel? They are entirely different. What if there was a choice of layback or scratch spins?
It's the choices that bother me in the SP, but that's me.
Joe
Honestly i don't know the history for why you have a choice. I think the rationale is that you have to do a flying spin and you have to do a combination spin, the ladies have to do a layback spin so what do you ask the men to do?
A change of foot spin makes sense but rather than get another combination spin force them to hold one position or the other and make it a free choice - sit or camel. I don't have too much of a problem with it but if they're going to have "required elements" then it would make more sense to require different elements each year - mandate that this year its a sit, next year its a camel, why not even throw the upright in to the mix and see how many men work on their laybacks?!
Actually the more i think about it the more i like the idea - they tell the juniors what kind of flying spin they want and what solo triple (or optional double) they want to see. I'd much prefer (especially given how how the LP and SP are practically the same) them to rotate through the upper triples for solo jumps annually in seniors too. I liked it when they had to perform a double loop and seeing how people would combine that, actually mandate a bit more and then we can directly compare each competitor like for like (ish!).
Ant