Warning: there are in fact going to be stupid questions in this post.
I know that the Olympics, and World Championships are the big ones, and then the GP‘s but what are the challenger events? And how does one go about running an event? Do you need a ISU liscence? Or can anyone just run an event?
Last weekend there was an event in Budapest and Germany for instance. How are they able to run the event?
Do the smaller events have entry restrictions? In tennis, the top pros can’t enter low ranking events for instance.
And what are the entry requirements for events big and small? Where would a new skater start and how would they move up? Do they have a centralized ranking system or table?
Let’s say, hypothetically since I don’t have kids, that my daughter did not inherit her dad’s unathlelic genes and is actually a good athlete. She decides she wants to try this competitive skating out.
How does she get into events and rise up through the ranks without any experience or record to speak of? Obviously dad has already mortgaged the house and all his life savings to make her good, so please end this hypothetical by making her a multi time world and Olympic champion so he can keep the house and turn a profit as her sometimes shady but always not reputable agent. Haha
Also, a question about competitions: how are the actual skating programs determined? And can you deviate from the planned program without penalty?
I‘m not even going to ask anythimg technical at this point because it will be a lost cause.
I know that the Olympics, and World Championships are the big ones, and then the GP‘s but what are the challenger events? And how does one go about running an event? Do you need a ISU liscence? Or can anyone just run an event?
Last weekend there was an event in Budapest and Germany for instance. How are they able to run the event?
Do the smaller events have entry restrictions? In tennis, the top pros can’t enter low ranking events for instance.
And what are the entry requirements for events big and small? Where would a new skater start and how would they move up? Do they have a centralized ranking system or table?
Let’s say, hypothetically since I don’t have kids, that my daughter did not inherit her dad’s unathlelic genes and is actually a good athlete. She decides she wants to try this competitive skating out.
How does she get into events and rise up through the ranks without any experience or record to speak of? Obviously dad has already mortgaged the house and all his life savings to make her good, so please end this hypothetical by making her a multi time world and Olympic champion so he can keep the house and turn a profit as her sometimes shady but always not reputable agent. Haha
Also, a question about competitions: how are the actual skating programs determined? And can you deviate from the planned program without penalty?
I‘m not even going to ask anythimg technical at this point because it will be a lost cause.