I was watching back my old tv recorded figure skating competition tapes, and the comentators commented that Sarah Hughes "cheats" in some of her jumps?? They showed the replay is super slow motion and drew a circle around the skating foot that was about to take off. Was something wrong with her foot positioning or did she not complete all 3 revolutions in her triple jumps?
2007-02-03 18:48:09 · 5 answers · asked by xander 5 in Sports ➔ Winter Sports ➔ Ice Skating
Cheating is when you don't rotate enough in the air and finsih it on the ice by turning or hopping to complete the rotation.
The commentators may have brought your attention to her foot that was about to takeoff since you can also cheat before jumping by turing more than needed on the ice in takeoff (I know it sounds weird).
Just so you know triples are 2 1/2 rotations not 3 because if it were 3 then she would be landing forwards :)
2007-02-04 08:28:57 · answer #1 · answered by katkittycat_figureskate4life 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
She probably either completed the last bit of the revolution on the ice after she had landed, or prerotated at the start of her jump. I remember she was also known for flutzing her lutz, which means jumping off and inside edge instead of an outside.
And triples are three revolutions of course
2007-02-04 11:47:57 · answer #2 · answered by love2figureskate 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It means that she lands and then she rotates the rest of the rotation on the ice not in the air.
2007-02-04 10:27:04 · answer #3 · answered by skatergirl472 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes...its when you under rotate your jumps..Not a good habit to get into.
2007-02-04 20:10:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I never really noticed. I guess it depends how you look at the jumps.
2007-02-04 19:06:32 · answer #5 · answered by figureskaterrr(: 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋