Practice Reports!

[Sloopy]

I am soooo envious of you right now! I wish I could see this in person too! I heard he did a 4S. Is that true?

It's all about Nathan and Zhou! So far anyway. (AHBlack won't speak to me )

Too funny, and so true! Nathan and Vincent have won the practice sessions so far with one more to go.

 

[Tavi...]

Any thoughts on how Tomoki Hiwatashi and Jordan Moeller looked?

 

[Sloopy]

Any thoughts on how Tomoki Hiwatashi and Jordan Moeller looked?

Sorry. So busy responding to questions, I've missed several skaters. I should take notes and then post. I can't keep up.

 

[frida80]

Ladies are doing runs throughs now. If these are correct, Gracie will try a simpler jumps for her short. Jackie Wong is noting the jumps on his blog.

http://www.rockerskating.com/news/2017/1/18/2017-us-championships-practice-notes

 

[Sloopy]

Jason Brown. No quad attempt in the short. Landed 3S combination (?), 3A and doubled every thing else. He is so beautiful on the ice and engaging even with a sub par run through. Outstanding skating skills, deep knees and edges. It has to be hard not to reward his programs if he has a tough competition.

 

[Sloopy]

I think I may have seen it wrong and Jason doubled the axle as well.

 

[Mrs. P]

Jason Brown. No quad attempt in the short. Landed 3S combination (?), 3A and doubled every thing else. He is so beautiful on the ice and engaging even with a sub par run through. Outstanding skating skills, deep knees and edges. It has to be hard not to reward his programs if he has a tough competition.

Here's a video. https://www.instagram.com/p/BPaoTQChNDa/

It looks like he singled the 3A here. Did he land it outside the run through? His 3f-3t looked nice.

 

[Sloopy]

Here's a video. https://www.instagram.com/p/BPaoTQChNDa/

It looks like he singled the 3A here. Did he land it outside the run through? His 3f-3t looked nice.

Yes he landed every attempt in warmup before the run through.

 

[Mrs. P]

Yes he landed every attempt in warmup before the run through.

That's good to hear. Hope he leaves the pops in practice then!

 

[Tavi...]

Jason apparently singled lutz and axel in run through, is doing lots of 2As outside it:

https://twitter.com/skatinglesson/status/821789382969589773

https://twitter.com/kwanfan1212/status/821789189263872000

ETA Piebeck on FSU reported 3As outside program; Dave reported 2As. Not sure who's right.

 

[frida80]

Jason Brown. No quad attempt in the short. Landed 3S combination (?), 3A and doubled every thing else. He is so beautiful on the ice and engaging even with a sub par run through. Outstanding skating skills, deep knees and edges. It has to be hard not to reward his programs if he has a tough competition.

I wasn't expecting a quad. I hope he'll be ready by Friday.

 

[KatGrace1925]

Ladies are doing runs throughs now. If these are correct, Gracie will try a simpler jumps for her short. Jackie Wong is noting the jumps on his blog.

http://www.rockerskating.com/news/2017/1/18/2017-us-championships-practice-notes

It seems like experimenting with Gracie's jump layout this season was not ideal. I have no idea what jumps she is going to do, it seems to have changed each competition and run through.

 

[andromache]

It seems like experimenting with Gracie's jump layout this season was not ideal. I have no idea what jumps she is going to do, it seems to have changed each competition and run through.

Based on Jackie's notes, it appears she was out there just doing jumps, not a run-through.

ETA: Or just a badly-done version of the same LP layout she's been doing all season, with tons of jumps before and after the actual run-through.

 

[drivingmissdaisy]

Wow, Hicks trying 3F-3Lo?

 

[KatGrace1925]

Based on Jackie's notes, it appears she was out there just doing jumps, not a run-through.

ETA: Or just a badly-done version of the same LP layout she's been doing all season, with tons of jumps before and after the actual run-through.

I wish I was there, hearing all this information is too much, my brain is running wild wondering how this will all turn out!

 

[mrrice]

Wow, Hicks trying 3F-3Lo?

Wow, I've had a feeling about her all season. I hope she can hold it together and have a great skate in the SP. I'm still worried about Gracie but, Ashley is looking great. The Ladies don't skate until Friday, right? If so, I'm hoping Gracie's just feeling her way into the event. At this point, I just want to know how her speed is. In the video I saw, Ashley was really flying and so was Mariah Bell. Mariah's jumps didn't look that great but, she is fast and surprisingly tall..

 

[TwinnerA]

I think we are all worried about Gracie. I'm thinking about not watching her skate until I see her scores first.

 

[mrrice]

How are Max and Grant looking? Have they practiced yet?

 

[KatGrace1925]

Wow, I've had a feeling about her all season. I hope she can hold it together and have a great skate in the SP. I'm still worried about Gracie but, Ashley is looking great. The Ladies don't skate until Friday, right? If so, I'm hoping Gracie's just feeling her way into the event. At this point, I just want to know how her speed is. In the video I saw, Ashley was really flying and so was Mariah Bell. Mariah's jumps didn't look that great but, she is fast and surprisingly tall..

The Ladies skate Thursday.

 

[Tavi...]

How are Max and Grant looking? Have they practiced yet?

See my posts 25 and 37 above.