So continuing on the recent trend on creating threats for relatively random/silly topics biggrin, what do you guys all think about audience clapping? I specifically mean when they’re clapping on the beat during a skater’s program. Usually this is in the step sequence, but just about any part of the program where the music is on a somewhat upbeat tempo works too. But sometimes the audience claps even at times when the music doesn’t really call for clapping (usually Japanese audiences) which makes everything seem really awkward. Some examples of this are Mai Mihara’s 2017-19 FS step sequence and Sasha Trusova’s FS step sequence specifically at last week’s GPF. I think there were a couple of these moments for Yuzuru Hanyu too but I don’t remember which program it was.
The reason why I’m asking this (admittedly bizarre) question is because it’s seems that the clapping may get distracting at times. At 2017 GPF and Nationals, the audience was clapping for Wakaba as she was preparing for her 3S, and she ended up popping it both times. At 2019 Worlds, Satoko stepped out of her 3F-2T-2Lo when the audience suddenly started clapping for a section that was never clapped at before. Maybe these mistakes were not related to the clapping at all, but you’ve got to think it may have some effect on a skater’s concentration.
And then there’s the clapping during last week’s GPF - absolutely horrendous. For multiple programs, people were speeding up or slowing down spontaneously, clapping during the weirdest moments, and worst of all: lots of moments with unsynchronized clapping :shocked::disapp:.
So what do you guys think about clapping during the program? Totally alright? Absolutely distracting? Completely irrelevant? Do you remember any other examples like the ones I listed?
The reason why I’m asking this (admittedly bizarre) question is because it’s seems that the clapping may get distracting at times. At 2017 GPF and Nationals, the audience was clapping for Wakaba as she was preparing for her 3S, and she ended up popping it both times. At 2019 Worlds, Satoko stepped out of her 3F-2T-2Lo when the audience suddenly started clapping for a section that was never clapped at before. Maybe these mistakes were not related to the clapping at all, but you’ve got to think it may have some effect on a skater’s concentration.
And then there’s the clapping during last week’s GPF - absolutely horrendous. For multiple programs, people were speeding up or slowing down spontaneously, clapping during the weirdest moments, and worst of all: lots of moments with unsynchronized clapping :shocked::disapp:.
So what do you guys think about clapping during the program? Totally alright? Absolutely distracting? Completely irrelevant? Do you remember any other examples like the ones I listed?