Kovtun's black costume looks exactly like the baby romper my brother used to wear as a toddler
Dornbush 2nd in the LP. Yay! Hope he can do a perfect performance at Nationals. Really want to see that program at Olympics.
There ought to be a way for skaters like Dornbush, Abbott, etc., to design a high-scoring program without the obligatory fall on the quad as the first element….No, I guess not.
Me too! I thought I was part of the minority, but I think Dornbush has a very nice LP! He's my pick for the US Olympic Team, along with one of Jason Brown or Joshua Farris.
I wish there were a way to do it and score higher than 4th and 3rd in the U.S. (two go to Sochi) and 10th and 9th overall. Rivals falling on quads are out-pointing them handily.
Jason Brown's program is about the best you can do without a quad (he has to hit both triple Axels, though). Hanyu beat him by ten points starting with 1S and 4T (fall).
Abbott's "quadless program" led off with 3T. About the same as 4T< (fall). He should substitute 3Lz.
Johnny Weir, commenting on NBC just now, said it flat out. Dornbush must do a quad, period.
I wish there were a way to do it and score higher than 4th and 3rd in the U.S. (two go to Sochi) and 10th and 9th overall.
Hanyu also had two 3A after the halfway mark and the second half of his program was clean.
Here's Yuzuru's second half:
3A-3T
3A-2T
3Lo
3Z-1Lo-3S
3Z
BV 48.52
And Jason's
3Z-1L-3S
3F-3T
2A
3Z
3Lo
BV 37.95
There is your 10 points right there.
Jason can still play around with the jumps to increase the BV, putting a 3A in the second half for example. His jump +GOE is also not super high, he gets mostly +1 there, so can improve in that area as well.
For the record it's 4th and 3rd in the US in the free skate. Jason still has the highest SP (top actually) and overall among the U.S. men. Jason currently is 7th on the season's best list.
I think quads give you a bit of a cushion, but you can't make errors anywhere else.
Also Jeremy said he planned the 3T instead of doing the 4T at NHK, so that's why I cited that as an example.
I guess it goes back to the question is how do you balance rewarding doing difficult elements while sufficiently penalizing mistakes?
Yuzuru can do both 3Axels in the second half because he's confident with the jump. Not a good idea for Jason whose 3Axels are hardly consistent. Remember his SA free skate?
Yes! Because he needs to get his PCS up to The Threshold, even at the expense of TES!his FS's TES is down by about 12 points but his PCS is up by 5 points.
Yes! Because he needs to get his PCS up to The Threshold, even at the expense of TES!
I mean The Threshold at which it becomes like a Precedent in law:
Once surpassed, PCS can never fall below The Threshold no matter how badly they skate.
He can work on his TES again later.
I'm joking of course :-D
Or am I? haha! (I bet everyone has had a "whut?!" moment that made them wonder! :-D)