I thank all those who have given me their time to vote. Some jumps are included in the post just to make up the numbers, so as not to make people understand what really interests me, but some jumps lend themselves to interesting considerations. In this second post I have included other take off. In theory I wanted to do a single post, in practice yesterday I uploaded photos until I had to turn off the computer because I had a commitment, and before leaving I published a partial post, knowing that I would upload the other photos as soon as possible. There will be a third post on the landings, then I’ll tell you what jumps I posted putting also the links to the protocols, because the judges have not always seen what we have seen, and it seems interesting to me.
So, second part of my quiz on jumps, still dedicated to take off. I know, sometimes one option more would be useful, but a judge can’t say “WTF?!”, he must score what he see. And… what he see? In the second question I expanded the possibilities by adding the options for correct or wrong take off (basically full blade on a toe jump).
Edit: you can find the answers here.
Jump 16
Jump 17
Jump 18
Jump 19
Jump 20
Jump 21
Jump 22
Jump 23
Jump 23 bis
Don’t pay attention to it, in some cases I messed up with the numbering of the photos.
Jump 23 ter
I know, I have too many files on my computer, sometimes managing them is difficult.
For jump 24 I watched only the landing, so I will put the photo in another post.
Jump 25
Jump 26
Jump 29
Dont ask about my numbers, ok?
Jump 30
Jump 32
Jump 33
Jump 34
Jump 35
I think that the ISU judges should do a test from above post and see if they are qualified to be a judge in the first place! If they get any wrong answer, then they are out. haha
This was my attempt to take a test. If I did it again now I would make several small changes. The judges have little time to give their marks, but I suspect that some of them struggle to understand what they see, so they assign marks based on their feelings and tastes and not in accordance with the (very complicated) rules.
I too would have many of them retake the exam.
I believe Yuzu is just too good for them to judge, he is so perfect and fluent and fast, so their fingers got frozen up. Furthermore, each may have their own personal agenda which who knows. I just felt bad for Yuzu fans whom travelled so far to support him. For me, I won’t mind traveling to Japan to support their economy and breath the same air as Yuzu, that’s my dream!
There are so many factors at stake. Someone certainly has their own agenda, for which a Yuzu’s victory would be deleterious for various reasons. Then there are the insecure ones, who don’t know how to vote and when in doubt they assign high marks to those who have won the latest titles. There are those who let themselves be influenced by the previous competitions: if by now Chen gets marks higher than 9.00 in transitions, it takes courage to assign him an 8.00, even if in reality Chen would deserve an even lower mark. There are those who know that Yuzu knows how to be perfect and expects from him (even unconsciously) absolute perfection in every moment, therefore a jump that, if done by another skater, would take a +5 because it satisfies all the bullets, if done from Yuzu only gets a +3 because the judge knows that Yuzu can do better. In fact, the results of the last 4 seasons are completely false.