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- Feb 5, 2004
Watching this made me very happy that HOLDING the spiral positions is something the CoP has reinforced...I think she may have had 3 seconds total in her three spiral positions, and it all looked very rushed and forced.
I'm just a firm believer that if you can't do a move in a way that it looks good (B-mann, catchfoot, donut, spirals, etc) DON'T do it!
I think the sprial sequence should be changed back to having to make a discernible shape on the ice and you get marked down for not doing one. At the moment the skaters are all over the ice trying to yank their skate over their head and change edge and throw their kitchen sink in (to coin a phrase from the eurosport commentators). It would take greater skill to either do the spirals in a circle (no change of edge would be possible there) or in a proper serpentine pattern than to crawl all over the ice hitting ugly positions. At least the basic skating pattern would have to be met.
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