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**Note: this is just what I currently think after examining all of the data. If you have other ideas, please share!
Do you think there should be adult scoring for the Interm-Senior FS tests? Why or why not?
It really feels like they just want adult skaters to get to Senior MIF and Adult Gold Freeskate ONLY, because that's where you can be scored on the tests as an Adult skater. Once you reach the Intermediate FS test, they score you as a kid, not an adult. That seems really unfair, especially since they've been "going easy on you" up until Adult Gold and Senior MIF. I feel like there's going to be a massive skill quality gap between Adult Gold FS and Intermediate FS because adults weren't being prepared for being scored as a kid on Intermediate and higher FS tests. Why don't they continue Adult scoring for the Intermediate-Senior FS tests, just like they do for the Intermediate-Senior MIF tests? I don't understand why high lvl MIF gets special adult treatment, but FS doesn't.
I was also watching the Adult Championships on youtube from last year. I think a TON of the people who participate in the Interm-Novice and Jr-Sr adult championship competition are probably grandfathered in from where they passed the equivalent tests as kids. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think a lot of them would pass the Intermediate-Senior FS tests if they had to take them right now. What do you think? Do you know any adults who have passed Interm-Senior FS tests? How old were they when they passed and did they start skating as adults or have a ton of previous experience as a kid?
*Extra bonus: I enjoy seeing the names of people who pass Senior MIF - Adult and Adult Gold FS etc listed on the website and in the magazine because it shows you someone age 21+ just passed the test. With the Interm-Senior FS tests, you have NO IDEA who passed the test. It's probably a teenager and there's no recognition of age 21+ passing the test. Which is what feeds my imagination that it isn't possible to pass as an adult, since I don't see the adults listed separately when they pass those tests.
I just passed Adult Gold MIF (in only two years of skating as an adult, only 1 year as a child that only got me thru LTS) and I'm currently working on Intermediate MIF (adult candidate). I've always been confident I can get to Senior MIF eventually because I get to be scored as an adult. It gives me that extra boost of confidence and cushion to know they won't expect me to be quite as good as the 13 year olds who have been skating since they were 5.
I'm still working hard on getting my axel fully rotated so I can pass Adult Gold FS too. But I am nervous and frightened by the fact that Interm-Senior FS tests have no "cushion", no adult scoring of any kind in place. I think it's really bad because if you look at the minimum skills required for the adult competition levels (Interm-Senior), they are NOT as rigorous or difficult as the FS tests! WHY are the FS tests harder than the Adult competition requirements? It's supposed to be the other way around! The FS test should be easier, while the skills required to win a competition should be harder!
Do you think there should be adult scoring for the Interm-Senior FS tests? Why or why not?
It really feels like they just want adult skaters to get to Senior MIF and Adult Gold Freeskate ONLY, because that's where you can be scored on the tests as an Adult skater. Once you reach the Intermediate FS test, they score you as a kid, not an adult. That seems really unfair, especially since they've been "going easy on you" up until Adult Gold and Senior MIF. I feel like there's going to be a massive skill quality gap between Adult Gold FS and Intermediate FS because adults weren't being prepared for being scored as a kid on Intermediate and higher FS tests. Why don't they continue Adult scoring for the Intermediate-Senior FS tests, just like they do for the Intermediate-Senior MIF tests? I don't understand why high lvl MIF gets special adult treatment, but FS doesn't.
I was also watching the Adult Championships on youtube from last year. I think a TON of the people who participate in the Interm-Novice and Jr-Sr adult championship competition are probably grandfathered in from where they passed the equivalent tests as kids. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think a lot of them would pass the Intermediate-Senior FS tests if they had to take them right now. What do you think? Do you know any adults who have passed Interm-Senior FS tests? How old were they when they passed and did they start skating as adults or have a ton of previous experience as a kid?
*Extra bonus: I enjoy seeing the names of people who pass Senior MIF - Adult and Adult Gold FS etc listed on the website and in the magazine because it shows you someone age 21+ just passed the test. With the Interm-Senior FS tests, you have NO IDEA who passed the test. It's probably a teenager and there's no recognition of age 21+ passing the test. Which is what feeds my imagination that it isn't possible to pass as an adult, since I don't see the adults listed separately when they pass those tests.
I just passed Adult Gold MIF (in only two years of skating as an adult, only 1 year as a child that only got me thru LTS) and I'm currently working on Intermediate MIF (adult candidate). I've always been confident I can get to Senior MIF eventually because I get to be scored as an adult. It gives me that extra boost of confidence and cushion to know they won't expect me to be quite as good as the 13 year olds who have been skating since they were 5.
I'm still working hard on getting my axel fully rotated so I can pass Adult Gold FS too. But I am nervous and frightened by the fact that Interm-Senior FS tests have no "cushion", no adult scoring of any kind in place. I think it's really bad because if you look at the minimum skills required for the adult competition levels (Interm-Senior), they are NOT as rigorous or difficult as the FS tests! WHY are the FS tests harder than the Adult competition requirements? It's supposed to be the other way around! The FS test should be easier, while the skills required to win a competition should be harder!