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- May 4, 2014
My thought is they should stop those stupid rules in the SP.
Everyone skated clean in the SP, with the same jumps, 3A, 3Lz-3T, 3Lo. Good god, it's like audition for the same part. So boring.
If they want to not include quads in the SP, they should randomly assign the solo triples
1/3 of the men do solo 3Lz with steps
1/3 do solo 3F with steps
1/3 do solo 3Lo with steps.
adjust your combo based on your assigned solo triple. have some variety. These guys will have to put in quads in the LP anyway, why not have them in the SP. It's not like they can get away with it later.
I was under the impression that the ISU rotates the required SP jump (aside from the Axel) for Junior single skaters every season to encourage them to practice and develop all types of jumps. For example, during seasons when the Lutz is required, it'would be in the best interest for skaters who have issues with their Lutz edge to try and fix it rather than just relying on the Flip (and vice versa). Also, I don't follow Ladies as much but I've read that there are a few who have trouble jumping 3T in combo. This season required them to work on this issue since they were unable to combo the Loop.
I guess your suggestion of randomly assigned jumps could work but how far in advance would the skaters be notified so to plan for their SPs? The required jumps for the next two seasons have already been announced. To encourage development they would also have to ensure a skater doesn't keep drawing the same jump. What about the many skaters who might not be assigned to any international events? Seems like a lot of extra work for the ISU and/or individual federations.
Edit: Sorry, a bit off topic for this thread~
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