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Figure skating, jumps and artistry
The Athlete and the Artist is the title of the fifth chapter of Christine Brennan’s Edge of Glory. We are in 1997, I think it does not surprise anyone to discover that The Athlete is Elvis Stojko, the first skater … Continue reading
Figure skating in the past and now
I briefly interrupt my gaze on the Beijing programs to reflect on the whole package. What constitutes it, what is important, what we look for in a figure skating program. I use words from the past to remind us that … Continue reading
A unit with no breaks/4: use of the space down and up
Fourth look at in-between, at those movements that skaters make within their programs. Movements that do not have a specific base value, but which are made because the program is not, or at least should not be, a simple run … Continue reading
A unit with no breaks/3: connecting moves
Third look at what Jason Brown, Donovan Carrillo, Nathan Chen, Yuzuru Hanyu, Yuma Kagiyama, Shoma Uno and Deniss Vasiljevs did between one technical element and another in the short program of the 2022 Olympic Games. Previous posts can be found … Continue reading
A unit with no breaks/2: spirals and axis of the body
In the previous post I looked at the posture of seven skaters, Jason Brown, Donovan Carrillo, Nathan Chen, Yuzuru Hanyu, Yuma Kagiyama, Shoma Uno and Deniss Vasiljevs, during the short program of the last Olympic Games. I looked at the … Continue reading
A unit with no breaks/1: introduction, carriage and glides
…a unit with no breaks… These are not my words. They are part of a statement made by Jenny Mast at one of the training seminars for judges organized by the ISU. I posted the links to Mast’s seminars, her … Continue reading
PCS in Beijing/8: Yuzuru Hanyu’s SP
As for Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama, Nathan Chen, Jason Brown, Donovan Carrillo and Deniss Vasiljevs, I watched Yuzuru Hanyu’s Short Program in Beijing at 25% speed. For Hanyu, as for Uno, Kagiyama, Chen and Brown I got a lot of … Continue reading
PCS in Beijing/7: Deniss Vasiljevs’s SP
Since watching Donovan Carrillo’s program without any help was complicated, I decided to commit suicide and try to understand what Deniss Vasiljevs did. Let’s clarify a point immediately: Vasiljevs has an extraordinary musicality, and the screenshots absolutely cannot make it … Continue reading
PCS in Beijing/6: Donovan Carrillo’s SP
This time I got even more difficult. If for Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama and Nathan Chen there were the analyzes made by Roseline Winter and Elisa to help me identify what I had doubts about, and there are several steps … Continue reading
Elegance and carriage
I haven’t finished watching the short programs of several skaters yet, but at the moment I have decided to focus on one detail. Do you remember how PCS are evaluated? How are they evaluated now, because some proposals for the … Continue reading
