- Joined
- Jan 25, 2013
Yeah it seems kinda an arbitrary guess. So many examples of surprises last season.
With Alaine, I would much rather see a long program with fully rotated jumps rather than a 3A attempt. She still gets ding'ed on her flip and lots of URs. Best to get the 3Lz-3T down pact first.
I agree. Her issue is the stamina in her program which leads to UR jumps later on. With more and more improvement in her training (Cricket Club should hopefully do wonders, with Orser), she will have more strength and stamina to fully execute her triples as well as she can at the beginning of the program. I think it's her presentation that needs the most work - like, her overall skating/carriage needs more finesse and elegance, but it's hard being labelled a primarily technical skater because you can do 3-3 and 3-1/2-3 combos and then focusing on the artistry. She does skate with attack and gradually more and more conviction (kinda reminds me of Hongo).