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i've been looking at eteri's girls' lutzes since i saw the lutz videos on youtube.
they talk about pre-rotation and using full blade and of course wrong edge.
i noticed that medvedeva has the worst lutz out of all: clear !inside! edge, full blade on takeoff, excessive pre-rotation
shcherbakova's lutz is pretty bad as well: she has a deep outside edge during her entry but by the time she puts her toepick into the ice, her edge is already inside. also, same as medvedeva, full blade takeoff and excessive pre-rotation
panenkova&trusova are about the same: they have correct edges, but still full blade takeoff and excessive pre-rotation
zagitova is a bit better imo: correct edge and visible pre-rotation(but her pr is better than the others) her main problem is still the full blade takeoff
kostornaia has a much better lutz i think: slight unclear edge and i think her pre-rotation for her lutz is less than 1/4 so it is clearly acceptable and she doesn't really twist her body before she takeoff while all the above mentioned has this problem. and most importantly, she uses her toepick for takeoff, maybe she rocks a bit backward but she's surely not using full blade, not even 1/4 of the blade.
tarakanova&tsurskaya: obviously has the best lutz: both have a clear outside edge and the rest is about the same as kostornaia so i don't bother repeating again.
so, from what i see, the ones who have been with eteri the longest have the worst technique(med and anna), well maybe except tsurskaya(she's a really special jumping talent who has a different technique from the rest of the field). i really appreciate the consistency and the wowing entries of eteri's skaters. but before that, i think she should teach her skaters proper technique to each jump before all the fancy stuff, seriously.
I understand that it's not only eteri's problem, there are lots of russian skaters with bad jumping technique as well but i think that's not an excuse.
look at davydov's current skaters: berestovskaya and samodelkina. both have clear outside edges, minimal pre-rotation and only use their toepick for takeoff. They might not have the best height but at least they're trying with the right technique
or look at panova's skaters: kanysheva, sitnisyna, kostyuk. well kanysheva clearly has the best lutz technique, very deep outside edge, minimal pre-rotation and clear toepick takeoff, but the other two also has good technique on their lutzes as well. not to mention sotskova and tarakanova (her ex-students), which are both known for their lutzes.
and of course, the dr. of jump tech, mishin. his students always have the best technique.
it is not that hard to teach the right technique but it needs a lot of time correcting so i'm hoping that if eteri really decides to take in 5-8 students, she starts teaching them the right technique or else it would be sad to see our future ogm all have bad techniques.
they talk about pre-rotation and using full blade and of course wrong edge.
i noticed that medvedeva has the worst lutz out of all: clear !inside! edge, full blade on takeoff, excessive pre-rotation
shcherbakova's lutz is pretty bad as well: she has a deep outside edge during her entry but by the time she puts her toepick into the ice, her edge is already inside. also, same as medvedeva, full blade takeoff and excessive pre-rotation
panenkova&trusova are about the same: they have correct edges, but still full blade takeoff and excessive pre-rotation
zagitova is a bit better imo: correct edge and visible pre-rotation(but her pr is better than the others) her main problem is still the full blade takeoff
kostornaia has a much better lutz i think: slight unclear edge and i think her pre-rotation for her lutz is less than 1/4 so it is clearly acceptable and she doesn't really twist her body before she takeoff while all the above mentioned has this problem. and most importantly, she uses her toepick for takeoff, maybe she rocks a bit backward but she's surely not using full blade, not even 1/4 of the blade.
tarakanova&tsurskaya: obviously has the best lutz: both have a clear outside edge and the rest is about the same as kostornaia so i don't bother repeating again.
so, from what i see, the ones who have been with eteri the longest have the worst technique(med and anna), well maybe except tsurskaya(she's a really special jumping talent who has a different technique from the rest of the field). i really appreciate the consistency and the wowing entries of eteri's skaters. but before that, i think she should teach her skaters proper technique to each jump before all the fancy stuff, seriously.
I understand that it's not only eteri's problem, there are lots of russian skaters with bad jumping technique as well but i think that's not an excuse.
look at davydov's current skaters: berestovskaya and samodelkina. both have clear outside edges, minimal pre-rotation and only use their toepick for takeoff. They might not have the best height but at least they're trying with the right technique
or look at panova's skaters: kanysheva, sitnisyna, kostyuk. well kanysheva clearly has the best lutz technique, very deep outside edge, minimal pre-rotation and clear toepick takeoff, but the other two also has good technique on their lutzes as well. not to mention sotskova and tarakanova (her ex-students), which are both known for their lutzes.
and of course, the dr. of jump tech, mishin. his students always have the best technique.
it is not that hard to teach the right technique but it needs a lot of time correcting so i'm hoping that if eteri really decides to take in 5-8 students, she starts teaching them the right technique or else it would be sad to see our future ogm all have bad techniques.
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which word should I use instead? Odd, strange, wild, insane? Sorry if I somehow used the wrong word... I just was like WHAAAT 
after reading the news... because I really wished Nastya do well this season. And frankly speaking, not in juniors...
