Do you think we will see any male skater try to back load a program like some of the ladies do? My guess it would be hard to do this with programs that include multiple quads like Nathan's, Yuzuru, Shoma, etc. But maybe backloading a program would work for skaters like Jason Brown who do not have a quad in their arsenal and will help them get extra points this way?
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A fair number of men are already backloading their programs. But they have another jumping pass, so it's not as obvious. The top 8 men at IdF all did 3/5 for example.
AFAIK it's 7 jumping passes in 4 minutes from next season - is it confirmed? If so 2/5 split could become very common, 2 jumping passes in 2 mins vs 3 in 2 mins 15 seconds, and 5 in 2 minutes vs 5 in 2 minutes 15 seconds. However dropped jumping pass will be a 'normal' triple/2A, most likely in the 2nd half so if you've got a normal triple you can move to the 2nd half you'll be fine, but if all your normal triples/2As are already in the second half you'll need to move a 3A/quad to keep up the split - we'll have to see how easy that proves.
It's a great question and Jason Brown won't probably do that because if you look at his performances, even his 3A or his 3ltz frontloaded aren't very consistent.
But i can see in the future a skater maybe from Eteri's team doing a fully backloaded SP, with only triples or one quad toe.
But i can see in the future a skater maybe from Eteri's team doing a fully backloaded SP, with only triples or one quad toe.
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Actually, she already did. Ilia Skirda who didn't have a 3A, backloaded all his jumps in the SP at the Junior Men GPF (link = http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1617/gpf1617/gpf1617_JuniorMen_SP_Scores.pdf)
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In the 2016 season, Jason did a 2/6 layout at all 8 of his competitions, including the ones where he was injured/recovering from injury (NHK, 2017 Nats, 4CC). He only got one second half < call: a 3A< at NHK.
This season he’s doing a 3/5 layout and has gotten 2 second half < calls: a 3z-1l-3S< at Lombardia and 3A<fall at NHK.
It’s unclear why he’s underrotating a bit more this season, but the fact is, he’s been doing backloaded layouts for several years, and he’s only gotten 3 second half underrotation calls in his past 11 competitions.
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