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Have you noticed how some skaters habitually "send a telegraph" while preparing their takeoffs into their jumps?
Specifically, when gliding/preparing to launch a triple lutz, some skaters use most of the length of the ice to place themselves into position. There's not much choreography or musical interpretation while he/she skates backwards from one end of the rink to the next. One skater who comes to mind is Gregorz Filipolski, who won the bronze medal at the 1989 Worlds in Paris. With all due respect to Gregorz, who obviously was a very talented skater, he really, really telegraphed his lutzes, and took up seconds of precious program time in doing so.
Sorry if this sounds nitpicky, folks.
Specifically, when gliding/preparing to launch a triple lutz, some skaters use most of the length of the ice to place themselves into position. There's not much choreography or musical interpretation while he/she skates backwards from one end of the rink to the next. One skater who comes to mind is Gregorz Filipolski, who won the bronze medal at the 1989 Worlds in Paris. With all due respect to Gregorz, who obviously was a very talented skater, he really, really telegraphed his lutzes, and took up seconds of precious program time in doing so.
Sorry if this sounds nitpicky, folks.
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