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Guys, sincere question: can anyone please help pin point a communication where definition of ! is clearly written down. I don’t quite remember exactly, but I think when it was just introduced ! sign was for jumps with incorrect edge for a short amount of time or something like that, so it didn’t have a wording of a flat edge. But does it say ! means flat edge in some other communication that came later? Thanks for any information in advance!
In the tech handbook (this one from last season: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/sandp-handbooks-faq/17594-tp-handbook-singles-2018-19/file) it gives e as “definitely wrong” and ! as “unclear.”
Older versions gave e as severe edge or failure to ever establish an outside edge, while ! was either unclear or a less severe change, more like what you’re talking about: http://www.skatingaheadofthecurve.com/TechnicalPanelHandbookSinglesSkating.pdf.
I don’t know if it’s ever been clearly defined as “flat.” They also use “unclear” for the GOE penalty descriptions.