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Should base value for a 3A be higher?

guanchi

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No, leave the value of the 3a as is.
Everyone whining, and I mean whining, for it to be higher are mao fans desperate for her to win in Sochi. They think it is her calling card to be out of reach for anyone come next year.
Well, let's remember, a 3a in the short was allowed in the combo jump. And the hollow argument that the 3a she be allowed as the steps jump is ridiculous, since it's extremely difficult for a woman to do 3a from preceding steps- did Ito and Harding ever do them out of steps.
You really think Mao was hindered from not being allowed- haha, imagine how much little flow she would have in and out of the jump. A sure underrotation or dg is more likely.
Please- all she had to do was to a 3lz-3lo, 3f or 3lo, and a 2a in the short in previous years and her base would've been higher than Yuna's, pretty simple. But we all know she can't to a 3lz, and her 3lo is not good enough for 2.75 revolutions to be ratified in the combo- that's not the rules fault, not the tech callers fault-blame them all you want. It's Mao's fault, pure and simple, yet her fans want another boost to the now 3a to give her the best chance. Cmon, she was never hindered in any way, and the rules were never against her. In fact, she got away with alot of ratified lutzes and combos that she shouldn't have before 2008, when they finally decided to drop the hammer on bad edges and ur's.
 

CarneAsada

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No, leave the value of the 3a as is.
Everyone whining, and I mean whining, for it to be higher are mao fans desperate for her to win in Sochi. They think it is her calling card to be out of reach for anyone come next year.
Well, let's remember, a 3a in the short was allowed in the combo jump. And the hollow argument that the 3a she be allowed as the steps jump is ridiculous, since it's extremely difficult for a woman to do 3a from preceding steps- did Ito and Harding ever do them out of steps.
You really think Mao was hindered from not being allowed- haha, imagine how much little flow she would have in and out of the jump. A sure underrotation or dg is more likely.
Please- all she had to do was to a 3lz-3lo, 3f or 3lo, and a 2a in the short in previous years and her base would've been higher than Yuna's, pretty simple. But we all know she can't to a 3lz, and her 3lo is not good enough for 2.75 revolutions to be ratified in the combo- that's not the rules fault, not the tech callers fault-blame them all you want. It's Mao's fault, pure and simple, yet her fans want another boost to the now 3a to give her the best chance. Cmon, she was never hindered in any way, and the rules were never against her. In fact, she got away with alot of ratified lutzes and combos that she shouldn't have before 2008, when they finally decided to drop the hammer on bad edges and ur's.
?? I'm not exactly sure what you mean the steps part; 3A out of steps was always allowed. You also seem to not have paid attention to what Mao did until 2009, which is pretty much exactly what you described: 3F-3Lo, 3Lz, 2A, and she even attempted to fix the flutz back in 2008, getting it ratified cleanly a few times. If the 3A was allowed in the SP back in 2008 then guess what she would've been doing - 3A, 3F-3Lo and 3Lz. So yes, the rule was limiting her and your argument again is invalid.
 
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guanchi

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?? I'm not exactly sure what you mean the steps part; 3A out of steps was always allowed. You also seem to not have paid attention to what Mao did until 2009, which is pretty much exactly what you described: 3F-3Lo, 3Lz, 2A, and she even attempted to fix the flutz back in 2008, getting it ratified cleanly a few times. If the 3A was allowed in the SP back in 2008 then guess what she would've been doing - 3A, 3F-3Lo and 3Lz. So yes, the rule was limiting her and your argument again is completely worthless.
No, I should've been clearer, but it's clear that as a mao fan, your argument is worthless as you haven't been paying attention.
Of course the 3a was allowed out of steps, but did asada ever attempt a 3a out of steps? Was it ratified? Can you imagine her trying to do a 3a out of steps- hello ur and dg's.
And no, you are quite stupid in saying that the rules were limiting were for- did you even try to read what I wrote? She had the higher base value even with no 3a. She could've done the 3a in a combo, or from steps, but did she? Well, did she? You have no argument, you're just a desperate fanboy thinking the whole skating world is against her. Gimme a break.
Where is her correct edge in a 3lz-3lo combo? Can she even get enough rotations in that 3lo? So who's fault is it, who is limiting whom?
You have no argument.
 

guanchi

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^^Well, do you know if a 3a and 2a were both allowed in the short?
If so, then she could've done a 3lz-3lo, or 3f-3lo, a 3a, and a 2a in the short. That's even high bv than 3lz-3lo, 3f, 2a.
If she was capable, and the rules allowed it, why not stick with that plan?
Thus, I don't understand all this chanting for an even higher bv for a 3a. Improved your other elements, and your pcs will rise. The tops girls tech content is tough enough as is under CoP.
 
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factor of goe was reduce(except triple axel),she cannot recieve goe more than 2 points no longer.

By "she" you mean Yu-na, right? Mao can receive +1 GOE for 3A, +.7 for 3F+2T, and +.7 for 3Lo (for +1's across the board).

Krislite said:
I'm pretty sure the ISU was aware Vancouver wasn't the very last Olympics. They knew Mao had every incentive to go for Sochi. Besides, they've probably learned not to be too over with such things

I think they are short sighted, What if the next triple Axel lady to come along is *gasp* Korean?. ;)
 
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CarneAsada

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No, I should've been clearer, but it's clear that as a mao fan, your argument is worthless as you haven't been paying attention.
Of course the 3a was allowed out of steps, but did asada ever attempt a 3a out of steps? Was it ratified? Can you imagine her trying to do a 3a out of steps- hello ur and dg's.
And no, you are quite stupid in saying that the rules were limiting were for- did you even try to read what I wrote? She had the higher base value even with no 3a. She could've done the 3a in a combo, or from steps, but did she? Well, did she? You have no argument, you're just a desperate fanboy thinking the whole skating world is against her. Gimme a break.
Where is her correct edge in a 3lz-3lo combo? Can she even get enough rotations in that 3lo? So who's fault is it, who is limiting whom?
You have no argument.
I seem to have touched a nerve. Did I ever claim she did 3Lz-3Lo? She did flip-loop and was getting it consistently ratified until 2008. She even did several clean 3Lz near the end of 2008. Look it up. As for 3A out of steps, she was doing 3A out of brackets in her free program back in 2007 - again she managed it a few times. As for her current state, you know that she is incapable of most of this right now; I'm sure that she is not even close to it. So yes, you're right in that she was limiting herself at times. But even if she can't do it right now and she never managed to do a 3A out of steps, a clean 3F-3Lo AND a clean 3Lz in one program, she has done each thing before at some point. I have never said anything about the whole skating world being against her, whatever that is supposed to mean. So yes, the rules were partially limiting her - back in 2007 and 2008.

Now on the subject of whether base value for a 3A should be higher, I suppose I should mention that no, I don't think it needs to be any higher as of now. If the value of an Axel is raised, then Lutz should be as well, and flip and loop bumped up slightly.
 
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guanchi

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You didn't touch any nerve, you don't have that ability so try not to praise yourself too highly ;)
The rules were never limiting against her, omg that is a really specious argument.
 

hurrah

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^^Well, do you know if a 3a and 2a were both allowed in the short?
If so, then she could've done a 3lz-3lo, or 3f-3lo, a 3a, and a 2a in the short. That's even high bv than 3lz-3lo, 3f, 2a.
If she was capable, and the rules allowed it, why not stick with that plan?
Thus, I don't understand all this chanting for an even higher bv for a 3a. Improved your other elements, and your pcs will rise. The tops girls tech content is tough enough as is under CoP.

This occured when she was with Rafael and they were just beginning to penalize flutz/lip. I think you just need to go to YouTube and you'll find it. I'm not sure what the rest of her jumps were. The point is, amazing Mao did that one too, 3-axel out of steps. :cool:

I don't think it's Mao fans who are calling for higher BV on the triple-axel (if anyone is, that is). I think it's clear to Mao and everyone else that she doesn't need the 3-axel BV to be higher to win. She won GP without a 3-axel or 3-3 and with under-rotations, because Mao is so much more than just about jumps. Of course, I'm sure she won't be satisfied until she's got her jumps, and hopefully (knock wood) she'll get those back too, soon.

In any case, I'm sure that an additional point or two on the triple-axel base point makes no difference to what Mao will attempt as a skater or her outcome, but it may make it more enticing for future champions to train for the triple-axel.

I think it is a legitimate question to ask, just how many base points is enough for female skaters to try and train for the 3-axel under CoP? Because, since we haven't seen any female skater besides Mao put it in competition, it could be that 8.5 just isn't high enough.
 

CarneAsada

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You didn't touch any nerve, you don't have that ability so try not to praise yourself too highly ;)
The rules were never limiting against her, omg that is a really specious argument.

So you don't think that Mao was being limited when in her SP she could have attempted 3A, 3F-3Lo and 3Lz back in 2008 if the rules hadn't required a double axel. Well I guess there's nothing more to say.
 
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guanchi

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Omg, the rules were set back then and didn't target any specific skater- i.e., they were not set up to single out any specific skater, even if said skater could do a more difficult jump. Did you even read what jaylee wrote- the sp has required elements, but hey, if you want to make it so that you could have a more unrestrictive jump layout, why not 3a combo, 3a steps, and 3a. Gee, I guess the ISU really wanted to hold back a specific skater in mind. Hmm, never mind that other jump layouts are possible even with the 3a restriction as the axel requirement in the short.
You really have nothing more to say- why don't you write the ISU why they were wrong in not allowing that 3a back in 2008, gee I guess they will listen to you since you believe it was all so unfair back then. I guess they know nothing about requirements, but you do.
Have some cheese with your whine, now will you?
 
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Setting aside – um – all this :laugh: -- the question that we should be debating is, just how hard is the Axel jump anyway, compared to other take-offs?

The IJS seems to feel that adding an extra revolution approximately triples the difficulty. So, all things being equal, an extra half revolution should be multiplied by 1.73. (The square root of 3. One extra revolution = two half-revolutions, 3 = 1.73x1.73.)

Multiplying the base value for a double Axel by 1.73 gives 5.7 for the scaled base value for a two-and-a-half Axel, which would be the same number of revolutions as a normal triple jump. So applying the difficulty-per–three-revolution standard puts the Axel, at 5.7, halfway between the flip, 5.3, and the Lutz, 6.0, in terms of the intrinsic difficulty of the take-off edge.

Therefore a triple Axel, 3-and-a-half revolutions, should be worth 5.7x1.73 = 9.9.

It’s just arithmetic, not who we like better, Mao or Yu-na.

This is what I admire about the CoP. :yes: This kind of objective analysis would not have been possible under earlier judging systems.
 

guanchi

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This occured when she was with Rafael and they were just beginning to penalize flutz/lip. I think you just need to go to YouTube and you'll find it. I'm not sure what the rest of her jumps were. The point is, amazing Mao did that one too, 3-axel out of steps. :cool:

I don't think it's Mao fans who are calling for higher BV on the triple-axel (if anyone is, that is). I think it's clear to Mao and everyone else that she doesn't need the 3-axel BV to be higher to win. She won GP without a 3-axel or 3-3 and with under-rotations, because Mao is so much more than just about jumps. Of course, I'm sure she won't be satisfied until she's got her jumps, and hopefully (knock wood) she'll get those back too, soon.

In any case, I'm sure that an additional point or two on the triple-axel base point makes no difference to what Mao will attempt as a skater or her outcome, but it may make it more enticing for future champions to train for the triple-axel.

I think it is a legitimate question to ask, just how many base points is enough for female skaters to try and train for the 3-axel under CoP? Because, since we haven't seen any female skater besides Mao put it in competition, it could be that 8.5 just isn't high enough.

I think you have good points- just what will it take to get more women to put in a 3a in the short. But the problem is that most women, with 2 obvious exceptions, have small wimply looking 3a's. There is no scale, or flow. Men have been doing 4t's for a while, but they get immense height and flow, and can tack a 3t or 3lo as an end combo. Not so with women and 3a's. Put a 3a in the short, it's nice, but it always looks strained. Yukari, Kimmie, Mao- not impressive. I think we have to wait for Gracie, Courtney, or Adelina to get some nice scale on a 3a, if they train and attempt it. Girls can do it, and there's no need to have an extra incentive out there, imo.
 

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Setting aside – um – all this :laugh: -- the question that we should be debating is, just how hard is the Axel jump anyway, compared to other take-offs?

The IJS seems to feel that adding an extra revolution approximately triples the difficulty. So, all things being equal, an extra half revolution should be multiplied by 1.73. (The square root of 3. One extra revolution = two half-revolutions, 3 = 1.73x1.73.)

Multiplying the base value for a double Axel by 1.73 gives 5.7 for the scaled base value for a two-and-a-half Axel, which would be the same number of revolutions as a normal triple jump. So applying the difficulty-per–three-revolution standard puts the Axel, at 5.7, halfway between the flip, 5.3, and the Lutz, 6.0, in terms of the intrinsic difficulty of the take-off edge.

Therefore a triple Axel, 3-and-a-half revolutions, should be worth 5.7x1.73 = 9.9.

It’s just arithmetic, not who we like better, Mao or Yu-na.

This is what I admire about the CoP. :yes: This kind of objective analysis would not have been possible under earlier judging systems.

Base value for triple Axel should be 9.9. :) Each extra revolution = multiply by three.

1A = 1.1, 2A = 3.3, 3A = 9.9.

1Lz = 0.67, 2Lz = 2.0, 3Lz = 6.0, 4Lz = 18.0 :yes:
That's really fascinating. But some values would have to be jiggled around a bit to fit into that framework...

LTN = "lower than now"
HTN = "higher than now"

1T = 0.4, 2T should be 1.2 (LTN vs. 1.4), 3T should be 3.6 (LTN vs. 4.1), 4T and 4S should be 10.8 (slightly HTN of 10.3 and 10.5)
1F = 0.5, 2F should be 1.5 (LTN vs. 1.8), and 3F should be 4.5 (LTN vs. 5.3). 3Lo would also be 4.5 by this reasoning (LTN of 5.1)

3Lz+3T would be...9.6. Very close to theoretical 3A value of 9.9. When Kristi was competing against Midori, the 3Lz+3T was regarded as her way of challenging Midori's 3A, although certainly the 3A among ladies is much rarer...
 

Li'Kitsu

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guanchi said:
Everyone whining, and I mean whining, for it to be higher are mao fans desperate for her to win in Sochi. ....
Thus, I don't understand all this chanting for an even higher bv for a 3a.

And when exactly did that chanting and whining happen? Where did someone in this thread say "Yes, the BV of the 3A needs to be higher!"?


Jaylee, for your last response, CarneAsada answered what I would have said too. Yes, the JSF were the ones proposing that rule, and they did it for Mao. But the ones to change the rules are the ISU, and it is your interpretation that the ISU did that for Mao's benefit (if I understood you correctly). Maybe they did it because they thought this is a sport, so more difficulty should be allowed. (And yes, I would generally want the rules to allow for more variety, the so called free skate has very limiting rules concerning the jumps too. And I'm definitly not asking for Mao to be allowed to exchange the combo now with an additional 3A-combo or some nonsense like that.)
 

Bruin714

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I agree. If we're going to be fair and want to push the technical aspect forward, boosting the value of 3/3's will go a longer way than boosting the already highly valued 3Axel, which as of now benefits only one female skater. On the other hand, more than a handful of girls can do 3/3's, even difficult ones like 3Lz+3T.


I think this supports the argument that the triple axel is much more difficult than the tripe-triple combination.
 

CarneAsada

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You really have nothing more to say- why don't you write the ISU why they were wrong in not allowing that 3a back in 2008, gee I guess they will listen to you since you believe it was all so unfair back then. I guess they know nothing about requirements, but you do.
Have some cheese with your whine, now will you?
I don't need to write the ISU because they already realized their mistake. :)

The IJS seems to feel that adding an extra revolution approximately triples the difficulty. So, all things being equal, an extra half revolution should be multiplied by 1.73. (The square root of 3. One extra revolution = two half-revolutions, 3 = 1.73x1.73.)

Multiplying the base value for a double Axel by 1.73 gives 5.7 for the scaled base value for a two-and-a-half Axel, which would be the same number of revolutions as a normal triple jump. So applying the difficulty-per–three-revolution standard puts the Axel, at 5.7, halfway between the flip, 5.3, and the Lutz, 6.0, in terms of the intrinsic difficulty of the take-off edge.

Therefore a triple Axel, 3-and-a-half revolutions, should be worth 5.7x1.73 = 9.9.

An interesting point about the exponential increase in jump values. I suppose that would mean an underrotated jump should receive only 1/1.732 of the value, or ~58%. In other words, the people complaining that 70% for underrotations is too high have a good reason.

That's really fascinating. But some values would have to be jiggled around a bit to fit into that framework...

LTN = "lower than now"
HTN = "higher than now"

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When Kristi was competing against Midori, the 3Lz+3T was regarded as her way of challenging Midori's 3A, although certainly the 3A among ladies is much rarer...

I think that is a very good way to fairly decide the proper BV of jumps, but I question the wisdom of starting from singles. Everything is rounded to the nearest tenth and even for doubles, T=S and Lo=F. I'd say fix the values for doubles, then divide/multiply by 3 to get all the proper point values for singles/triples.
 
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hurrah

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That's really fascinating. But some values would have to be jiggled around a bit to fit into that framework...

LTN = "lower than now"
HTN = "higher than now"

1T = 0.4, 2T should be 1.2 (LTN vs. 1.4), 3T should be 3.6 (LTN vs. 4.1), 4T and 4S should be 10.8 (slightly HTN of 10.3 and 10.5)
1F = 0.5, 2F should be 1.5 (LTN vs. 1.8), and 3F should be 4.5 (LTN vs. 5.3). 3Lo would also be 4.5 by this reasoning (LTN of 5.1)

3Lz+3T would be...9.6. Very close to theoretical 3A value of 9.9. When Kristi was competing against Midori, the 3Lz+3T was regarded as her way of challenging Midori's 3A, although certainly the 3A among ladies is much rarer...

I really don't care if jump points are upgraded or not, but if they are, I'm not sure that there should be an increase in difference of value between lutz and flip. Someone mentioned on the 4CC thread that there were 10 lip calls versus, I forgot, something like 3 or 5 flutz calls in the men's competition. I guess the poster was questioning why there were more lip calls than flutz calls when flips are meant to be easier than lutzes. That's a question I'd like an answer to too. I know that rotation-wise, lutzes require more than flips, but are they so much more difficult than flips to warrant it to be scaled higher in relation to flips and loops than it is now? It seems to me that most skaters (even men) who can lutz can't flip, and vice versa.
 

gkelly

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I think it is a legitimate question to ask, just how many base points is enough for female skaters to try and train for the 3-axel under CoP? Because, since we haven't seen any female skater besides Mao put it in competition, it could be that 8.5 just isn't high enough.

I don't think the reason that more women aren't doing triple axels is because it isn't worth enough points. I think the reason is that they can't do it, no matter how hard they try.

And the harder they try, the more likely they are to get injured and lose the ability to do some of the other triples, temporarily or permanently, with the same quality or consistency, that they have been doing already.

I.e., I think if you make the value of a triple axel so high that every girl with a triple lutz and a good double axel will devote herself to learning it, we're going to see a lot more broken girls and we will not see greatly increased jump content.

Quite likely decreased jump content, because the injured ones will either scale back their jump content until they're fully recovered, or they won't be able to compete at all and the next-best skaters who take their places will be weaker jumpers to begin with.

So you don't think that Mao was being limited when in her SP she could have attempted 3A, 3F-3Lo and 3Lz back in 2008 if the rules hadn't required a double axel.

She could have done 3F-3Lo, 3A preceded by steps, and 2A. That would still give her an advantage in base mark over what anyone else was doing jumpwise.
 

CarneAsada

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I don't think the reason that more women aren't doing triple axels is because it isn't worth enough points. I think the reason is that they can't do it, no matter how hard they try.

And the harder they try, the more likely they are to get injured and lose the ability to do some of the other triples, temporarily or permanently, with the same quality or consistency, that they have been doing already.

I.e., I think if you make the value of a triple axel so high that every girl with a triple lutz and a good double axel will devote herself to learning it, we're going to see a lot more broken girls and we will not see greatly increased jump content.

Quite likely decreased jump content, because the injured ones will either scale back their jump content until they're fully recovered, or they won't be able to compete at all and the next-best skaters who take their places will be weaker jumpers to begin with.

She could have done 3F-3Lo, 3A preceded by steps, and 2A. That would still give her an advantage in base mark over what anyone else was doing jumpwise.
I have to agree that being incapable of doing the triple axel is probably the main reason, not a lack of incentive. Or if it's a lack of incentive, it's not just the axel, it's the other more difficult triples too.

But your other point doesn't really address the argument I was making. We can discuss potential vintage Mao Asada SP layouts all day, but it doesn't change the fact that even if she could've gained a BV advantage without the SP axel rule change, it would not have been as big an advantage as she would've had with it, and moreover, the advantage would have come with unnecessary strings attached (requiring a combination or requiring steps).
 
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