Random Figure Skating Questions
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well, I finally pick up the courage to pop this question, which is potentially an epitome of a stupid question, but this move is becoming so popular and as spectacular as it looks it highly disturbs me every time I see it... it looks utterly painful...
Do the male dancers wear some sort of protection on their thighs for this sort of lifts??? https://it.pinterest.com/pin/123567583504048735/
Sorry IF this has already been asked, just simply direct me to the answer...
I don't see an answer, but I'm curious too!
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I was beginning to resign to the thought that it was indeed too stupid of a question unworthy of a reply, but hey look, I am not the only one!!!! :hap57: I hope someone gives us the answer!!!
I've read that some do and some don't. Apparently some get a Kevlar patch sewn into the costume for protection and others just put up with bruises. I have read that in 2010 when Davis/White did a lift with Meryl balancing on Charlie's calf that they used padding of some sort initially but decided it was too much bother and he would just bruise. I'd imagine when it is up on the thigh like that it is more likely to require protection since the area is more prone to injury.
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I have a potentially dumb question on Choreo Sequences: Has any skater ever gotten a level higher than ChSq1? I'm surprised that a skater like Jason Brown or Joshua Farris hasn't achieved a ChSq2 or better. Or am I thinking about that element wrong? Is the best a skater can ever get on them is a +3 GOE on a Level 1?
There's only one level for Choreo Sequence.
Either you meet the basic requirements or you don't.
The variations in scores come only from the GOEs.
This element replaced the men's second step sequence and the ladies' spiral sequence in the free skate specifically so that skaters would take the time to include skating moves chosen for their choreographic value rather than choosing skills specifically to earn higher levels. Hence the name "choreographic sequence."
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Ah thanks. This makes sense. Every skater I know who lips already does the max number of lutzes, haha.
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I asked this in their fan thread, but maybe the smart people skipped it or thought the question was more rhetorical... but.
What would this be called?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCjniP_h7ke/
My best guess is that it is a Salchow with the landing leg crossed in front rather than in back. He takes off on the opposite foot he lands on, and he lands on the foot crossed in front, i caught that part... he is not counter rotating on the entrance so i am guessing he is on an inside edge (then again with Rohene, I could see him doing this off and outside edge to show off so who knows... i mean i think a toeless lutz is something we have not seen yet have we?).
So yeah... is there a name for this... other than "Salchow with air position variation" for that matter would crossing the foot in front like this count as a variation in much the same way a Rippon or Tano does? Is there any technical reasons why this would or would not be called a Salchow?
This is kinda the type of stuff i just love to learn about... i.e. stuff I have not seen, so if anyone has anything to add, id love to learn from those who know more than me. I know there are weird jumps named that are just not used... so i was wondering if this is something like that.
What would this be called?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCjniP_h7ke/
My best guess is that it is a Salchow with the landing leg crossed in front rather than in back. He takes off on the opposite foot he lands on, and he lands on the foot crossed in front, i caught that part... he is not counter rotating on the entrance so i am guessing he is on an inside edge (then again with Rohene, I could see him doing this off and outside edge to show off so who knows... i mean i think a toeless lutz is something we have not seen yet have we?).
So yeah... is there a name for this... other than "Salchow with air position variation" for that matter would crossing the foot in front like this count as a variation in much the same way a Rippon or Tano does? Is there any technical reasons why this would or would not be called a Salchow?
This is kinda the type of stuff i just love to learn about... i.e. stuff I have not seen, so if anyone has anything to add, id love to learn from those who know more than me. I know there are weird jumps named that are just not used... so i was wondering if this is something like that.
It would be called a (double) salchow because the jumps are named based on their takeoff edge.
If there's a variation worth noting, then it would be added to the basic identification of the jump. E.g., "delayed axel," or "one-foot axel" or "one-foot (double) salchow" for jumps with those takeoffs that land on the takeoff edge.
And yes, if the judges note a variation in the air position that makes the jump harder, they should reward that as a positive GOE bullet point.
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Thank you gkelly... that was what I was looking for and feel much relief at having a better understanding of it.
I have to admit I liked how it looked... kinda wish IJS would start bribing skaters with points to do stuff like this.
I have to admit I liked how it looked... kinda wish IJS would start bribing skaters with points to do stuff like this.
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I have a question for someone with experience in doing a "Haircutter" spin. I just watched a program by A.P.M. and she kept grabbing her ear after she performed her short program. I can imagine she may cut her ear with her blade during her Hair Cutter. Is that a common error when doing a Hair Cutter spin?
It depends on how she does her haircutter. Some skaters like to pull their skate to their heads, while others would rather have it beside their ear. And since blades are basically knives, cuts can happen at anytime the blade is close to skin. It's actually the first time that I've heard of an ear cut, normally we see a lot of cuts on hands. So a cut is usual, but not an ear cut (to my knowledge)
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Thank you for answering my question. I was just thinking that since I didn't see blood, maybe she just lost an earring during the spin. The mysteries of skating.
True haha, skaters can lose just about anything on the ice! I myself have lost a bobby pin on the ice once..... probably one of the most dangerous things to lose since you can't see it and if you're unlucky, you might step on it and just wipe out. Maybe she lost an earring, maybe she cut herself but it was a shallow cut and didn't bleed (sometimes it just brushes the skin and there's only a mark but no blood) or maybe her ear was bothering her for another reason!
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Heh, heh, I've got a more dangerous one. How about a screw? Or rather, all the screws from the sole plate of a blade...during a spin?
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I have a question for anyone who might know the answer. With the return of Scott and Tessa, I was wondering what the average age of most Ice Dancers might be? I know the Shibs are fairly young but since there are no jumps involved, I was thinking that Ice Dancers might have longer career's. Is this the case? If so, I think Jeremy Abbott and Alissa Czisny should get together and see if they could make a competitive team. I seem to remember them talking about it at one point.
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Really tiny
https://twitter.com/ISU_Figure/status/710860194809569281
smaller than a cookie i would say, well maybe the size of a diet cookie.
The way I see it is that ISU should make that thing which goes around your neck much narrower because that thing makes those small medals look even smaller. And it looks so stupid because you have a very wide and large thing around your neck but the medal is so tiny. Also because of that lace, or whatever it is called, is so big the medals on Alisa and Maria are sideways. Medals are suppose to be desing in a way that this should not happen. It doesn't look good in pics when it does happen.
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