Back flips: Can't understand ISU

[fanboy]

They say ISU is allowing backflips. I personally think this shouldn't happen. They shouldn't risk athletes' health. In all sports, the tendence is to make it safer, not more dangerous.

Allegedly, ISU is allowing this because of a wish to attract more viewers. This I find curious. ISU could do a number of other things to make the sport more approachable. I don't know how other fans see it, but I find figure skating quite hard to understand. Could the scoring be simpler? Could there be more statistics on the TV screen? At least, the GOEs should be visible in all events. You could also add fun facts like air time or jump height like you had in the winter Olympics.

If, however, the backflips are in figure skating to stay, I think they should be called "Bonalys"!

 

[Skating91]

They say ISU is allowing backflips. I personally think this shouldn't happen. They shouldn't risk athletes' health. In all sports, the tendence is to make it safer, not more dangerous.

Allegedly, ISU is allowing this because of a wish to attract more viewers. This I find curious. ISU could do a number of other things to make the sport more approachable. I don't know how other fans see it, but I find figure skating quite hard to understand. Could the scoring be simpler? Could there be more statistics on the TV screen? At least, the GOEs should be visible in all events. You could also add fun facts like air time or jump height like you had in the winter Olympics.

If, however, the backflips are in figure skating to stay, I think they should be called "Bonalys"!

I wonder if this is why Adam Siao Him Fa has an ankle injury.

Even when a backflip is clean, it still puts heavy forces through the ankles, knees, body. God forbid that the faceplant or land on this hands and knees, twist an ankle. There's no way to bail out half way through like with a regulation figure skating jump. It's very dangerous, that's why it was banned for all these years before the ISU went on this big marketing push a couple years ago.

I couldn't imagine a skater ever admitting they got injured attempting backflips on ice either. Probably something a responsible coach would forbid, would their insurance even cover this kind of injury or at least charge much higher premiums for skaters who elect to do backflips on ice.

 

[Karoltyna]

I wonder if this is why Adam Siao Him Fa has an ankle injury.

Even when a backflip is clean, it still puts heavy forces through the ankles, knees, body. God forbid that the faceplant or land on this hands and knees, twist an ankle. There's no way to bail out half way through with a regulation figure skating jump. It's very dangerous, that's why it was banned for all these years before the ISU went on this big marketing push a couple years ago.

I couldn't imagine a skater ever admitting they got injured attempting backflips on ice either. Probably something a responsible coach would forbid, would their insurance even cover this kind of injury or at least charge much higher premiums for skaters who elect to do backflips on ice.

He said first time was due to 4F and it got worse bc he was on tour in Japan and couldn't take a break and now his ankle is fragile and prone to injuries.
I was affraid he tried 4A...
TBH I dislike how Adam lands the backflip, he literally slams the blades into the ice and you can see that it has huge impact on joints, I prefer Ilia's landing...

 

[moonvine]

It’s not like they weren’t being done before in exhibition and shows.

 

[moonvine]

If, however, the backflips are in figure skating to stay, I think they should be called "Bonalys"!

If they’re going to call them something I think they should call them after the first person to land one in competition and call them Kubickas.

 

[Diana Delafield]

If they’re going to call them something I think they should call them after the first person to land one in competition and call them Kubickas.

And maybe call the ones landed on one foot Bonalys, so there would be two varieties of backflips? If I remember correctly, she was the first to do a one-footed landing in competition, after the excuse to ban them was that they were a jump being deliberately landed on two feet.