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Sigh. I miss Ziggy.
2014 Skate America SD 10/24
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I'm wondering why Madison's very obvious stumble on first set of double twizzles in the footwork was not properly penalized. The stumble should have reduced the Level by one and earned negative GOEs. They got a Level 3 on footwork, but, to be sure, it is highly, highly unlikely they were going to earn Level 4 on that footwork, if error free. I also don't recall any negative GOEs on footwork.
The Shibs attempted to capture a Latin flavor. I detected no such attempt on the part of C/B.
Hadn't thought about Ponomarenko's link to Shpilband. But now that it's been mentioned, it is somewhat unseemly for Ponomarenko's to serve as Asst. Technical Controller because of Shpilband's coaching relationship with Anthony.
AFAIK, the Asst. Controller has virtually as much authority as the Controller.
The Shibs attempted to capture a Latin flavor. I detected no such attempt on the part of C/B.
Hadn't thought about Ponomarenko's link to Shpilband. But now that it's been mentioned, it is somewhat unseemly for Ponomarenko's to serve as Asst. Technical Controller because of Shpilband's coaching relationship with Anthony.
AFAIK, the Asst. Controller has virtually as much authority as the Controller.
I was careful.
All three teams I watched were out of the rhythm hardly and then sudennly kept the rhythm for some seconds and then once again fell out of the rhythm. The same for timing of big gestures into beats of music - sometimes to the rhythm, sometimes out the rhythm. This is not problem of broadcasting when parts of keeping the rhythm and not keeping the rhythm are changing during one routine.
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Yes!!!!
He coaches in Novi with Igor's group; and I was so excited to see him in the k&c!!!Judy Blumberg has indeed worked with Davis/White, while she was a ISU technical specialist, as recently as last season.
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2013/08/27/58610472
So yes, Judy Blumberg was employed to help D/W.
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2013/08/27/58610472
So yes, Judy Blumberg was employed to help D/W.
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Alex did the most representative 'behavior' associated with a matador (in a dance form). Evan did a very good symbolic movement of a matador - in fact, he displayed the matador's temperament in many different ways. What was obvious was his intent to show the matador in its different stances - not just its arrogance but its masterful behavior in a bullfight. Evidently, Madison functioned both as a flamenco dancer ... as well as the cape _ when she swirled in the end, her skirt mirrored how the cape looked when the matador swirled it around signifying its intent to conquer the bull. They skated a multi-faceted paso-doble which was so entertaining. I am glad they dared to be different .... not just do the expected....
Wow. This is like those eSURANCE commercials where someone, unaware of their cluelessness insists on their point of view; then another person says "that's not how this works. That's not how any of this works"
Judy Blumberg is not EMPLOYED by Zoueva or any skater or coach to work with them, either at Champs Camp or during the season. The federations, in this case USFS, commonly have top international judges and technical specialists interact with athletes, either at the training camp of the athlete or (in the case of Champs Camp, in Colorado Springs.). The federation is the one who is engaging the judge or technical specialist on behalf of their athlete. The coach is not PAYING the judge or specialist, and neither is the athlete.
This is COMMON and ACCEPTED practice. It is done by all of the major federations. There are specific guidelines which are in place to make sure that a given judge or specialist does not work with an athlete, if they are all to be judging/calling/competing at the same event within a certain number of days in advance.
The point of clarification here is that there is no FINANCIAL incentive creating a conflict of interest. That is obviously NOT the case with Ponomarenko and Shpilband, where there are multiple, obvious personal and financially framed conflicts of interest.
The suggestion made somewhat surprisingly (though I sense distemper) Doris, which I found quite disappointing, implied that it was a matter of merely chosing a different set of conflicts of interests (what was implied was that I would 'prefer' someone who would have a conflict of interest with Zoueva instead).
That COMPLETELY MISSES the point, and I'm surprised and disappointed that the suggestion was made.
The POINT is that there should be an effort to AVOID explicit conflicts of interest.
Once again, it would appear unfortunately that when it comes to the ethics of some people within the skating community/officials, "that's not how they think it should work" and I think that sucks for the athletes and only erodes what little credibility remains for the sport.
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The point I was trying to make was that there are very few elite level tech experts in any country. In every country, those people work with skaters. The biggest conflict this season I've seen is Hilary Selby at Coupe de Nice rather Ponomarenko at SkAm.
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