so that's going to be Quad Jumping Battle for SP and Single Ice Dance for FS? NOooooooOoOooooooo...
I really do not like how in ice dance the first program was pretty much the same for everyone, one of the reasons I do not watch it.
Actually, after looking at the wiki article, until 1947 figures made up 60% of the scoring.
That was really the whole idea behind the short program. (Although in ice dance they also had the compulsories.)
In the short program, everyone did exactly the same elements, so the judges could compare them and decide who did them best. In the long, the skaters were given a little more freedom of expression and were judged in part by how well they took advantage of it.
In fact, I often find (short programs) more upbeat and fun to watch than free, particularly below the top ten folks.
Two kinds of fs suffering many years stagnation and being practically on the brink of extinction you called as fine. Whereas singles going through unprecedented boom of popularity now - you see as in dire need of "fixing". Well, duh..
Me, too. Over the years the short has become longer and the free has become less free. They should get rid of the long program altogether and just go with the short. See who can come up with the the most exquisite gem.
The only problem I see is that if the skaters prepared only one program each season then they would get bored spending hour after hour in the rink practicing the same old, same old.
Why not just introduce two new discipline - singles ice dancing and singles ice jumping, if they really want to accommodate those that can only jump and those that cannot jump, and leave the current singles figure skating discipline as it is and not mess with it. Everyone can go find what suits them then.
Please correct me if i'm wrong but I think the "short" program years ago was about ice figures, patterning, and little else.. I like it's evolution into full-fledged programs but I wonder how many skaters would pass the "figures" test nowadays... there have been comps fairly recently that highlight pattern skating, I think, one with figures on black or dark ice outlined in white..
This sounds perfectly in keeping with FS aesthetics to me, but I understand, to some, it would be like watching paint dry..
Me, too. Over the years the short has become longer and the free has become less free. They should get rid of the long program altogether and just go with the short. See who can come up with the the most exquisite gem.
The only problem I see is that if the skaters prepared only one program each season then they would get bored spending hour after hour in the rink practicing the same old, same old.
Solo ice dance already exists.
They just changed the scoring system last season. Are they really going to make such a huge change right before the Olympic Season?
Besides it sounds ghastly. The point of an figure skating is to be a sport not a dance. If people can’t master high level jumps, we shouldn’t be lowering the bar for them. It’s like making everyone run slower for the slow pokes in the back. Why would anyone want to see Usain run slower? Would anyone like to see Simone not do ultra hard moves like that double triple she just did? It would take the fun out of everything.