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- Dec 5, 2015
You aren't blind. It isn't just in the ladies' field. The Japanese skaters in all disciplines are renowned for their skating skills. Japanese coaches obviously focus on the SS while skaters are young. I would note, however, that the current crop of ladies junior skaters in Russia (Valieva, Daria, Maiia) all have quite good skating skills which is not something I would have said about most Russian ladies skaters in the past. ( with the obvious exception of Alena and most of Panova's skaters)As much as I love the Russian ladies, I can't help but feel like their SS, on average, are lower than the Japanese ladies. Especially in the area of keeping a flowing edge after landing a jump. Maybe it's the choreography, or maybe the coaching? Or maybe I'm just being blind.