Saving energy, I think. You don’t want to leave everything in practice on a competition day. Especially when they’ve got the FS tomorrow.
Since live stream is geo blocked for me and others outside Canada, if you or anyone else have thoughts/ reports on how the guys look at practice this morning, we would be grateful- thanks!
Jason:
SP.
3F. Smooth. High-leg kicks everywhere!
3A. Smooth.
Takes a pause.
3Lz-3T. Nice.
Great spin.
Missed the last bit of choreo.
If he jumps like that tonight, should be a good score!
I am no expert, but it could be to perfect more the rest of the program, non-jumping elements, focus maybe on spins' level, step sequence, 'gelling' the program more in terms of performance/expression, to have that freedom to focus more on this side of program and just conserve the energy like Tavi said above for later to power up with jumps.
That 3Lz covered soooo much ice.... his 3A is just effortless looking too.
I'm such a fangirl
Don't know who the last skater was, but I freakin love that music.
Green top? Alexander Samarin I think
Yup! Your comment of top of mine wasn't there when I started typing! I really love his music, and I think they played it yesterday but he wasn't there.
Jason:
SP.
3F. Smooth. High-leg kicks everywhere!
3A. Smooth.
Takes a pause.
3Lz-3T. Nice.
Great spin.
Missed the last bit of choreo.
If he jumps like that tonight, should be a good score!
Huh, layout change since ACI (3F was in the bonus, but he got an edge call). Sounds promising. I really like his short.
Hope Kazuki has a better skate in competition than in practice. Roo! I’m rooting for you!
Too bad we can’t have a tech panel warm-up on stream. The real question is whether Canada is going to be Canadian polite or follow America’s lead in doling out UR calls.
Notes from Ted's ending commentary:
Many great skaters on the ice :thumbsup:
Samarin - Ted says timing is critical. Saw him as a junior. Hopes he can land the 4Lz tonight.
Kazuki and Jason take bows. Jason - 'such a nice young man, polite, present and calm'
Nam - long career, started at 8 as national juvenile champion. Lots of experience.
Now for ice-resurfacing, then ice dance!
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Green top? Alexander Samarin I think
@Tabsy, thank you so much for all your posts - very much appreciated! A good or bad practice doesn’t always correlate to competition (Shoma in particular usually does well in competition even if he looks not so great in practice) - but it’s still really great to hear how things are going. Wishing the best for all the guys today!
I was lucky enough to meet Ted briefly at ACI - he’s great!