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- Dec 4, 2018
I remember watching figure skating back when people had their palms facing the sky when they landed. Why have people stopped doing this?
With jump landings these days trending towards being more choreographed to the musical style or packed with difficult exits, I can see how palm-up landings went out of style.
Also, isn't landing palm up awkward, bio-mechanically?
I always thought that it looked nice, because nowadays I see skaters who do the wrist-bending thing where their hands go down and sometimes it doesn't look very pleasing.