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I know you’re just being hyperbolic to be dramatic here but jumps actually can influence skating skills pretty significantly. The use of steps, gliding on edges, and other means of transitioning into the jump and out of them can really help increase the SS overall mark. Not only that but when the jump is landed smoothly and those transitions into and out enhance the entire pass then it can help secure higher GOE on the jump. So I think it’s fair to say that SS can impact jump GOE and jumps with transitions can impact the SS mark.
So when a skater is banging out jumps and it’s time for a judge to mark the PCS...skaters with lots of noticeable transitions near and around jumping passes likely could see a more generous SS score than say someone who stalks their jumps. Obviously this will vary from judge to judge and to varying degrees but to say jumping isn’t related to SS is IMO not an accurate understanding of how PCS is awarded.
And this transitioning clearly differentiates between the average and the best, and the very best seemingly are able to jump out of, into or between any transition it seem.s