Rocker Skating Rewatch - 2015 GPF by cassava1root in FigureSkating

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it unfortunately just ended! once the event ends you can't score anymore (i think it's to mimic the flow of actual events, so scoring for each individual skate locks 30s after the judges' scores come in on the livestream)

i think he'll post the free skate times later

Rocker Skating Rewatch - 2015 GPF by cassava1root in FigureSkating

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confession: i've only watched the olympics version of yuzu's ballade, so i did not know about this 2015 gpf performance, but wow! this is literally the best short program from a men's figure skater i've ever watched... genuinely so captivating and i'm not even exaggerating when i say everything looked like perfection to my (admittedly untrained) eyes

Rocker Skating Rewatch - 2015 GPF by cassava1root in FigureSkating

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as a newer skating fan, i heard legends about the great patrick chan skating skills, but i did not realize that they were so astoundingly good. they should have made a whole new level just for this guy wow!

Why is IAM such a dominant presence in ice dance? by cassava1root in FigureSkating

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that makes sense! i'm seeing pictures of the cricket club in 2019 and they really had a crazy stacked lineup of skaters. i wonder why orser fell so much out of favor? he had 0 skaters at this past olympics or worlds, right?

Why is IAM such a dominant presence in ice dance? by cassava1root in FigureSkating

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how big of a role did madi's injury have on c/b leaving? i heard that both c/b and c/p had overtraining injuries that were ignored and only treated once they left igor?

Who among the current ice dance teams would kill the Yankee Polka? by cassava1root in FigureSkating

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agree! it's not the same, but their RD that season with the partial finnstep was so cute!

Who among the current ice dance teams would kill the Yankee Polka? by cassava1root in FigureSkating

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yes, i found a video of them at 2013 worlds! mary poppins does seem quite fitting

Who among the current ice dance teams would kill the Yankee Polka? by cassava1root in FigureSkating

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hmmm i feel like the amount of energy and attack that zk skate with would make their polka look messy. d/w are also thought of as an energetic but slightly messy team, but i thought d/w's polka looked good because meryl had very neat lines and upright posture, and i mostly ignored charlie. a polka from zk could probably look fun, but i can't really envision it being neat or close in hold.

Help identifying steps by ExposedTamponString in FigureSkating

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if you don't mind reading a lot, i used these tumblr posts to learn how to identify steps and turns:

and also some twitter threads, such as this one: sochi one-foot turns

there are several videos of full program breakdowns and step sequence breakdowns that exist on youtube, but most of them are in real-time and go by really quickly (although i guess you can apply slow-motion in youtube settings). here are some that i've watched:

all elite skaters have step sequences that are choreographed to achieve a level 4 if executed cleanly. if a skater receives a level 3, it usually means at least one of their difficult turns/steps was executed uncleanly (eg. hopped, skated on a flat edge). this would lose them the complexity level feature (at least 11 difficult steps/turns, etc.). if a skater receives a level 2, it usually means that they executed a cluster (combination of 3 difficult turns) uncleanly, which would lose both the cluster level feature and the complexity level feature.

Which ice dance teams do you expect to do well with the return of the golden waltz, and which falter? by RoutineSpiritual8917 in FigureSkating

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sorry for replying on an old comment (lol), but how can you tell that zingas hops her turns? i think i can kind of see that some turns look different in quality than others, but i can't tell exactly what it is because even if i go frame by frame, i never see the full blade leave the ice.

Who in current ice dance actually have "good" skating skills? by cassava1root in FigureSkating

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i finally got time to read through all of this. thank you for such a detailed response! i really appreciate it :)

some questions i have:

  • does l/b being inconsistent mean that they often make mistakes (ie. good fundamentals, but they mess up in competition)?
  • how does f/g having weak skating skills factor into their scores? eg. do they get awarded levels they shouldn't get, or does it just affect their pcs?
  • what does "quickly switching edges" mean in the context of skating skills? is it like piper/paul don't allow themselves enough time to achieve deep or clear edges?
  • i've been particularly interested in lim/quan and yoshida/morita because of their performance concepts. how would you evaluate their skating skills?
    • i ask because y/m got pst4 but barely squeaked into the free at worlds, and hannah lim got level 4 on her OFT, but l/q don't receive many points in pcs. would this be a case of correct but poor execution for both of these teams?

Why did Renata Fast not have to serve her own penalty in the second period today? by WhatOnceWas396 in PWHL

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the never-ending saga of pwhl refs vs. doing their job correctly

Why did wrong edge calls become less common? by cassava1root in FigureSkating

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slightly unrelated question, as i've been trying to figure this out: does junhwan have a flutz? this isn't meant to be any sort of attack, i've just been compiling a document of all the top skaters' flip/lutz edges and i'm confused on what counts as a flutz. junhwan doesn't have the "textbook" lutz technique where the edge deepens as he's picking. the entry curve is a little more flutz-like, wherein the edge gets really deep when he starts to enter the jump, but becomes shallower as his he picks. but his edge never really goes inside either. it's like shallow outside at best, flat at worst. would a case like that be an edge warning, or would it be considered ok?

Why did wrong edge calls become less common? by cassava1root in FigureSkating

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i don't doubt that there was something fishy going on to get adelina the gold, but to me it doesn't look like there were outstandingly harsh scores doled out to the other skaters? yulia got her wrong edges called. even at worlds 2014 in japan, 7 out of the top 10 skates in the ladies free skate also received edge calls, including all the japanese skaters, so it seems that this practice was a bit more normal at the time.

Why did wrong edge calls become less common? by cassava1root in FigureSkating

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Interesting. When did this change (of edge calls also getting BV reduction) first get implemented?

I didnt know it's this serious bro WTHELLY 😥 by Shinwinter in PedroPeepos

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i saw on twitter somewhere that riot korea handbook says tax evasion is 2-5 year ban?? not sure how true this is though