As the 2011-2012 competitive season ended, one US figure skater that was out of sight and out of mind for many skating fans was the once highly-discussed Rachael Flatt. No longer evaluated as an elite skater who could contend for the World team, Flatt was relegated to the lower ranks of America's ladies figure skating. That said, what are your impressions of her skating in general but also of her performances this season and especially at Nationals? Classified by many as simply as a solid jumper with no other redeeming features, it would be satisfying to draw up a more complete profile of Rachael's strengths and weaknesses. Certainly she has used her jumps to score points; that cannot be denied. However, no worthy skater's accomplishments can only be summed up in terms of their jumps. Even for Miki Ando and Irina Slutskaya, two ladies often derided as pure jumping machines without skating skills, there are aspects to their skating outside of their jumps that have made them the remarkable skaters they are.