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Van der Perren skates and spins so slowly I don't think the jumps (and like bekalc said, no clean 3A) made up for it.
I found him slightly better than 'usual' for the slow skating/spins.
Van der Perren skates and spins so slowly I don't think the jumps (and like bekalc said, no clean 3A) made up for it.
Terrible skate all across the board. Kozuka's program will NOT challenge Chan's LP.
The program has nothing but jumps.I believe this program, skated cleanly, has the potential to challenge anyone, including Patrick Chan.
I would take it as a compliment. As you said, he won with great skating skills and all other well executed elements. Unless you subconsciously think it was a shame or insult to skating that he won it that way, there is no reason for you to be afraid or automatically become defensive when people mention it. Let's face it: His three-fall win has set a high standard for all skaters who strive to be competitive, a standard that has been ingrained in everybody's mind. How can you stop people mentioning it? And why do you even attempt to do so? My logic is straightforward: If Kozuka couldn't win with two falls in this weak field, he should be worried and seeking areas for improvement in order to have any hope of challenging Chan, who could rightfully win a competition with three falls.I think the continual yap about "Chan's 3-4 falls still win" is kind of insulting to Chan's skating and his effort.
The program has nothing but jumps.
I think the continual yap about "Chan's 3-4 falls still win" is kind of insulting to Chan's skating and his effort. He did not win with just 3-4 falls. He won with great skating skill and all other well executed elements.
The program has nothing but jumps.
Now, here comes the part I need enlightenment from the experts: What should he do to improve his PCS so there will be a big enough cushion against his falls? He has a very difficult choreography, but it doesn't seem to bring him more points.
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Even he has not much expression, Kozuka has great skating skills, speed and flow on ice.
If we had a separate SP without the music and concentrated on defined elements we would have a real Sport. But some people are looking for grand emotional ballet movements as they sit in their ez chairs and watch tv and refuse to see real ballet on stage. Very few teenagers can emote. They live a sheltered life.That's one of the problems with the CoP. If you get ahead in the SP, you can coast in the finale and still win.
The program has nothing but jumps.
I feel Kozuka's PCS, at least the less subjective Skating Skills, Transitions, and Choreography, deserved a bigger margin over the others, considering the extremely difficult and intricate steps he did throughout the program. However, comparing his getting 3rd place with 3 falls to Chan's 2010 SC win with 4 falls, the difference is mostly on jumps. Besides the pretty random footwork fall, all Chan's falls happened after full rotations. And he did land a quad beautifully. In SA, Kozuka received 4 URs and 1 edge call. He missed Gold by less than 4 points. Rotating one of his 4Ts alone would have given him an additional 3.1 points. Correcting one or two other jump errors would have gotten him to the top of the podium. Considering Amodio's ridiculous LP and Brezina's propensity to mess up the later half of his LP, this was not a challenging field for him.
My concern is only in PCS. Patrick's PCS was 84.06 for his LP with three falls at Japan Open, while Kozuka received 74.86 with two falls at SA, almost a 10-point difference. How can he close the gap? To my understanding, a fall is a fall; under rotations or edge calls should have no bearing with PCS. I was hoping to get constructive suggestions for his PCS improvement, but based on your answer, I conclude that Kozuka's PCS has been under-marked. That's depressing to know.
I'm not worried about Kozuka's TES. He scored 98.53 vs. Chan's 96.44 in the last Worlds' LP. He can possibly beat Chan in that regard. But if Kozuka cannot close the gap in PCS no matter what he tries, that's depressing.
You can't compare one event's scores to another. And I did not say Kozuka's PCS was underscored in SA, just that I felt that, relative to the field, he should have a bigger margin than was given.