COP has not improved things, in my opinion, in a couple of key areas. These are some impressions post-Campbells:
Spins: quality of spins, on the whole, has gone down since the advent of COP. Skaters are trying to jam in too many positions and changes of position. They have sacrificed quality of position and speed to do so. As a result, many, if not most of the spins out there on the ice these days look laboured and you can't properly enjoy any of the positions in them because they change before you can blink.
Three-jump combos: these are, quite simply, ugly. Especially if one or two of the jumps in question are edge jumps. Difficult, I know, blah, blah, blah. But ugly. And very slow exits with no speed. And that's got to count for something.
I actually didn't see the overload of Beillman positions that I did last year, so maybe things are a-changing. I, for one, would be very greatful if this is the case. It was sooooo dull to watch last year.
I like the COP on the whole, but I think these are some areas where there can be tweaks to the system. Sometimes, simpler is just as good or better or than complex with mediocre execution.
Feel free to add to my list.
Spins: quality of spins, on the whole, has gone down since the advent of COP. Skaters are trying to jam in too many positions and changes of position. They have sacrificed quality of position and speed to do so. As a result, many, if not most of the spins out there on the ice these days look laboured and you can't properly enjoy any of the positions in them because they change before you can blink.
Three-jump combos: these are, quite simply, ugly. Especially if one or two of the jumps in question are edge jumps. Difficult, I know, blah, blah, blah. But ugly. And very slow exits with no speed. And that's got to count for something.
I actually didn't see the overload of Beillman positions that I did last year, so maybe things are a-changing. I, for one, would be very greatful if this is the case. It was sooooo dull to watch last year.
I like the COP on the whole, but I think these are some areas where there can be tweaks to the system. Sometimes, simpler is just as good or better or than complex with mediocre execution.
Feel free to add to my list.