Inspirational Spirals
After last week’s ladies Olympic long program my adult figure skating students were inspired to work on spiral sequences and improve their turns and foot work in this week’s lesson. That’s because the quality of free skating has improved so much due to the new judging system that audiences are beginning to enjoy the skating as much as the jumping.
True, not all the programs were clean and there were some confidence problems for Cohen and Slutskaya. But overall, it was an enjoyable night of skating that put equal emphasis on elegance and athleticism. Although the jumps are always a highlight for me, I’d trade a triple lutz for Cohen’s spiral sequence any day.