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- Jun 28, 2014
The position looks better when a skater is flexible. Rules don't award this except for GOE, so as long as you hit level 4 you are having minimal or no loss. I think it should matter - spins aren't worth enough to make flexibility a requirement to win, and a spin with better positions achieved by flexibility should be rewarded more.
Not that flexibility always makes make something nice: Lipnitskaya was very flexible, but her free leg on the layback spin wasn't raised nearly as much as she could. Maybe a question os balance/need for quicker rotation/etc.
Not that flexibility always makes make something nice: Lipnitskaya was very flexible, but her free leg on the layback spin wasn't raised nearly as much as she could. Maybe a question os balance/need for quicker rotation/etc.