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Meoima said:
I know the thread as I still follow it. Just kind of curious why they didn't send their promising skaters to international instead of home events. Some senior B will be better for them. Maybe because of traveling expenses. Kind of sad, though.
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You're right about the traveling expenses. KSU doesn't pay for the skaters' traveling expenses if they're competing at a senior B event, as far as I know. And since most of the senior B events are being held in Europe, the traveling expenses are very expensive and most Korean skaters can't afford to pay the expenses by themselves.

I wish KSU would pay for the traveling expenses if a skater is part of the national team, but I doubt they'll even consider doing that.
 
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Finnstep said:
You're right about the traveling expenses. KSU doesn't pay for the skaters' traveling expenses if they're competing at a senior B event, as far as I know. And since most of the senior B events are being held in Europe, the traveling expenses are very expensive and most Korean skaters can't afford to pay the expenses by themselves.
I wish KSU would pay for the traveling expenses if a skater is part of the national team, but I doubt they'll even consider doing that.
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Oh... Thank you for the information. It's so sad that the traveling expenses are such a huge problem. :cry:
But I am glad that So Youn has just had a relatively clean SP. I wish her the best next competition!!
 
Wow, thanks for all the answers! It's a little disappointing to find out that they don't provide travel expenses to skaters who go to B-level competitions. Kinda like saying they're not worth supporting so much, even though these kinds of competitions would actually be a good experience for developing skaters. :(

Really hoping for So Youn to be on the podium at 4CC!:cheer:
 
Hailey Shin said:
It's not mandatory, but they should participate this competitions to get the chance to participate those events like 4CC and Universiade.

Others who didn't satisfy minimum TES or eligible age for 4CC also good to participate this event,
because they want to be a member of national team of Korea.
Adding the score of this competition and Korean national in next January, top 8 girls and top 4(? maybe 5) men can be on the national team. (not by ranks, scores)
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I am a little confused, what's about Yuna in the past? I know she could skip Nationals because of Worlds's medals but 4CC? For example if she want to go to 4CC in her comback season, she had to attend this event? And she always in national team even in her break season, not compete at all.

Of course the world must be exploded before she need to worry about those domestic events :laugh:
 
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matmuh said:
thanks! her 2A3T also huge :love: i wonder if she is working on harder combos, cause she is gonna need it in the future, hopefully she can recover from injury and bring back 3Lz2t2lo instead of 3S :bow:
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Yeah. If she can get more confidence on that loop, she can do a program with 7 triples!!
And her 2A is so huge, I wonder maybe she can even do a 3A if she meets the right coach.
 
Meoima said:
Yeah. If she can get more confidence on that loop, she can do a program with 7 triples!!
And her 2A is so huge, I wonder maybe she can even do a 3A if she meets the right coach.
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idk about 3A but she needs to reduce her preparation time for some of her jumps, that way her programs will look more full , jump quality already there and it will up her GOEs more, well thats my amateur opinion anyway :laugh:
 
matmuh said:
idk about 3A but she needs to reduce her preparation time for some of her jumps, that way her programs will look more full , jump quality already there and it will up her GOEs more, well thats my amateur opinion anyway :laugh:
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Yes, in term of jump quality, So Youn has it all, the distance and the height and the flowIMO. But I agree that her preparation to the jumps is a bit long.
But she's just 16, so I don't expect her to make jumps out of steps immediately. She can have it in time. :cheer:
Can't wait to see her performance at 4CC.
 
Her 3 sal is WONDERFUL:eek:!!!. And about this event at least they have an audience, the senior B events were practically empty.
 
matmuh said:
idk about 3A but she needs to reduce her preparation time for some of her jumps, that way her programs will look more full , jump quality already there and it will up her GOEs more, well thats my amateur opinion anyway :laugh:
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I don't think she should go for the 3A. Even though her 2A is huge, a 3A is another thing altogether. Yes I think reducing her prep time for her jumps would be good. If she adds more steps before them instead of telegraphing her jumps (especially her loop!!!), she can definitely do much better in terms of her technical score. (but PCS is another thing altogether... :slink:)
 
I'm kinda surprised that she telegraphed more in this competition (just not her usual if you compare it to her GP performances). I guess her team didn't want to put too much pressure on her to execute her program like in GPs or worlds. After all, it is a domestic competition and the people that can challenge her at this moment are Da Bin and Hae Jin. :ohwell:

@leolion11

I agree with your 3A talk. She also has waay more things to focus on other than the upgrading her 2A.
 
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leolion11 said:
I don't think she should go for the 3A. Even though her 2A is huge, a 3A is another thing altogether. Yes I think reducing her prep time for her jumps would be good. If she adds more steps before them instead of telegraphing her jumps (especially her loop!!!), she can definitely do much better in terms of her technical score. (but PCS is another thing altogether... :slink:)
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I think she can pull a Rika Hongo at CoR in the future competition when others falter. Her jumps are amazing and her spins are getting better. Stay clean as possible is the key.
Go So Youn!!! :cheer:
 
Ayeshoo said:
This is the thread I was talking about. Something that Jimeonji said.

I dunno the justification though for attending such competition. Maybe someone familiar with local competitions in Korea can enlighten us. So everyone has to go through the process....? I dunno... I actually don't know who exactly are they sending for 4CC aside from So Youn.
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typical.. every year.. they have this domestic competitions.. and no wonder why their skaters are getting injured or tired because they want their skaters to compete on their useless domestic competitions..

maybe they should start building an ice rink and help those young skaters find foreign coaches and then start helping them w/ their expenses.. but then again this is KSU..
 
I am not sure about the triple axel though. I mean, even for Mao who's one of the few to successfully do it in major competitions, the chance of success is not so high. And it has become costly to her at times. Hmm, I think though that if she ever considers increasing the difficulty of her jumps, she's probably gonna aim for a 3Lz-3T.

Meoima said:
I think she can pull a Rika Hongo at CoR in the future competition when others falter. Her jumps are amazing and her spins are getting better. Stay clean as possible is the key.
Go So Youn!!! :cheer:
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Yeah, I am really hoping for something like that at 4CC, which would be even more perfect because it would be in her home country. Also hoping she gets a big fan base in Korea so she can get more sponsors etc, which could help her training. Yuna has set such a high standard in Korea (and elsewhere too) that I don't know how well Koreans' reception of So Youn right now. She definitely needs to win an international event.

cooper said:
typical.. every year.. they have this domestic competitions.. and no wonder why their skaters are getting injured or tired because they want their skaters to compete on their useless domestic competitions..

maybe they should start building an ice rink and help those young skaters find foreign coaches and then start helping them w/ their expenses.. but then again this is KSU..
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Lee June-hyoung must be exhausted right now...

As for the rink, yeah, having no dedicated rink for them is just awful for these kids. But considering that KSU won't even support skaters financially to attend B-level competitions due to cost (as someone has said here), the chance of building an ice rink in the near future seems so bleak. :bang:
 
:slink: even in the USA, there are few, if any, rinks that don't sell ice time to either hockey players, broomball players, public sessions, or speed skating clubs. Unless the government is supporting the rink, figure skating just can't pay the rink's bills. For example, the huge 4 rink complex in Ashton PA where the Liberty (Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society) summer competition is held, has a lot of hockey, including cool training station to help little hockey players learn to skate and handle the puck in a treadmill like machine.
 
dorispulaski said:
:slink: even in the USA, there are few, if any, rinks that don't sell ice time to either hockey players, broomball players, public sessions, or speed skating clubs. Unless the government is supporting the rink, figure skating just can't pay the rink's bills. For example, the huge 4 rink complex in Ashton PA where the Liberty (Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society) summer competition is held, has a lot of hockey, including cool training station to help little hockey players learn to skate and handle the puck in a treadmill like machine.
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but at least you have great coaches..choreographers.. and the US fed is actually helping them... heck in korea it is completely different..
 
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