Unfortunately, this thread will be about Mao and Yu-Na until somebody posts a practice report about the other ladies.
I also hope Caro will surprise us. Go Carolina~!
I don't want to sound all anti Mao in what I'm saying. Because I love Mao's skating. But I think there's a difference between challenging yourself, and making not great choices.
OK that is it, where is a mod, I am creating a Mao vs. Kim thread and everybody who wants to debate GO THERE !!! Leave this thread for discussion on all of the other skaters.
this is a practice reports thread, no? and the only full-length practices that have been posted so far are Asada's and Kim's. So it would be quite reasonable that most discussion would center on those two skaters?
Tinymavy said:If Yu-na win everything this season with the two programs she has got it will be a gift.
Yu-na's LP is a yawner. She is capable of so much more, as we saw in Sherezade. Sure, she was just doing a cut and dry practice, but I saw very little connection to the music as she had last year. I personally love the Allegro (the last part) of that concerto, so I am partial to it, but that footwork looked labored and slow and not as difficult as Mao's and some of the other ladies. If Yu-na win everything this season with the two programs she has got it will be a gift.
Or how about she actually earns it??If Yu-na win everything this season with the two programs she has got it will be a gift.
Mao trying the 3 axel in the short is a huge risk. I guess that is why she is pretty much skating last year's free program as her short, hoping that the muscle memory and comfort level of trying a 3 axel right off the top will help her chances. i don't love it, but don't hate it.
Yu-na's LP is a yawner. She is capable of so much more, as we saw in Sherezade. Sure, she was just doing a cut and dry practice, but I saw very little connection to the music as she had last year. I personally love the Allegro (the last part) of that concerto, so I am partial to it, but that footwork looked labored and slow and not as difficult as Mao's and some of the other ladies. If Yu-na win everything this season with the two programs she has got it will be a gift.