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- Jun 21, 2003
With so much discussion over the new "Mao rules" I was wondering about the Men and the step sequence change.
Is there anything proposed to takes it's place or will this be the official time for posing, pelvic thrusts and crossovers?
Are these new "Joubshenko rules" likely to be disputed?
Here is what I am hoping, perhaps naively.
It looks to me like the ISU is diminishing the idea of step sequences and spirals as separate scored elements in order to give them more weight in the program components. Especially Transitions, but also Choreography and Interpretation.
I think the Joe Inman letter represented just the tip of the iceberg with respect to dissatisfaction over judges giving out PCSs for nothing just because someone jumps a quad. I think the ISU is trying to give the judges something to get their hands on: this skater deserves strong component scores because he did a three-turn into a spread eagle. That sort of thing, not just, well, this guy is pretty good, I guess i'll give him an 8.
If this is the ISU's intent, I like it and I hope it works.