The problem with Kirk is the music she chooses. How can she have "impact" if she skates to elevator music? I like Abba and the Beatles, but NOT elevator music renditions of same. I'd love to see Jenny pick music with some kick to it instead of music as soft and ethereal as she is. Contrast can sometimes be a very powerful thing.
Speaking of contrast, Emily Hughes and ballet music are a no-no. Emily literally FLINGS herself around the ice and is about as graceful as a bull in a china shop. She does entirely too much with her arms and needs to tone them down quite a bit. That wide-swinging leg on her jumps is going to cause her problems in the future if she doesn't get control. Get some modern music, Emily, and try being just a tad more subtle.
Kimmie, on the other hand, verges on being TOO subtle. I wish she would start wearing just a little makeup, because she is SO washed out on the ice. Her jumps are starting to get just a little inconsistent, and I see the puberty bug starting to affect her, and it couldn't happen at a worse time. She's gotten much taller since last season, and when she starts to fill out, her jump problems are likely to escalate. I'd be surprised if she still has the 3A a year from now.
BeBe is still having problems because of her hip, and it seems to affect her edge jumps. She has spark and fire, but tends to lose momentum in the last 30 seconds of her FS. She is so very short and compact that she doesn't have a pleasing "body line" and that might be affecting her PCS scores to some extent. Not fair, but there it is. She will never look as elegant on the ice as Jenny Kirk, for example. But she does look good when compared to Emily Hughes, who just looks big and awkward.
Speaking of contrast, Emily Hughes and ballet music are a no-no. Emily literally FLINGS herself around the ice and is about as graceful as a bull in a china shop. She does entirely too much with her arms and needs to tone them down quite a bit. That wide-swinging leg on her jumps is going to cause her problems in the future if she doesn't get control. Get some modern music, Emily, and try being just a tad more subtle.
Kimmie, on the other hand, verges on being TOO subtle. I wish she would start wearing just a little makeup, because she is SO washed out on the ice. Her jumps are starting to get just a little inconsistent, and I see the puberty bug starting to affect her, and it couldn't happen at a worse time. She's gotten much taller since last season, and when she starts to fill out, her jump problems are likely to escalate. I'd be surprised if she still has the 3A a year from now.
BeBe is still having problems because of her hip, and it seems to affect her edge jumps. She has spark and fire, but tends to lose momentum in the last 30 seconds of her FS. She is so very short and compact that she doesn't have a pleasing "body line" and that might be affecting her PCS scores to some extent. Not fair, but there it is. She will never look as elegant on the ice as Jenny Kirk, for example. But she does look good when compared to Emily Hughes, who just looks big and awkward.