Re: Nicole Bobek on Ice Wars

> Of which sport(s) were you a judge? Just to clarify the areas in which you
have
> expertise and all that...

Gymnastics, diving .. and now that CoP is here, I probably
understand FS judging much better than anyone else here,
since is it based on gymnastics and diving judging .. as Dick
Button pointed out several times last year. Amplitude in the
CoP system runs -3 to +3 .. and means quality, extension,
technically correct, flight ... especially flight, and more.
You know it when you see it. Nicole Bobek has always
had that in her dance ... amplitude of position where she
doesn't have to roll her hips up to the side to hit a high
scale position ... like MKwan always had to do. And, she
has her chest lifted and head up in those positions .. again
unlike MKwan who could never do that. Plus Nicole
"shows" her positions .. that is the position is held in
balance longer to show her control. Others, especially
Oksana, cannot do that. They just "throw" to the position
and so it lacks "amplitude", and is not "shown". Aside:
I certainly do thank the powers that be that finally
nobody is going to listen to the bad sports and know-
it-alls who haunted RSSIF for so many years. Guess
what! Now you are going to have to call your shots
and stop whining about "artsy-farsty merit" and total
unknowns that the old Judges could use to prop their
Chevy Sales Ladies with. Now, it is the SPORT OF
FIGURE SKATING ... and I'm going to go do my sport
in exactly 43 minutes. Nyahh!

johns