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- Jun 21, 2003
On the TV coverage of Skate Canada, Suzie Wynn made this comment in contrasting Fumie Suguri's jumping style with that of a skater like Irina Slutskaya.
In the "Russian jump technique" the upper body leads, almost with a pre-rotation, then the hips catch up in the air.
In the Japanese style, the rotation of the upper body is delayed.
Have any of you guys ever noticed this? Is there a "North American" style? How similar are the jumping styles of, say, Slutskaya, Sokolova and Liashenko? Or for that matter, of Suguri, Arakawa, Ando and Asada? what about the men?
Mathman
In the "Russian jump technique" the upper body leads, almost with a pre-rotation, then the hips catch up in the air.
In the Japanese style, the rotation of the upper body is delayed.
Have any of you guys ever noticed this? Is there a "North American" style? How similar are the jumping styles of, say, Slutskaya, Sokolova and Liashenko? Or for that matter, of Suguri, Arakawa, Ando and Asada? what about the men?
Mathman