#step sequence

[yuzu-all-the-way]

3 years since Skate Canada Otoñal

26th Oct 2019

#otonal 2.0 #otonal #yuzuru hanyu #figure skating #video #step sequence

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

I have a question: what's with the level 2s and 3s on Shoma's stsqs this event?

Bruh I wish I knew where exactly the problem was 🤷

Truth is that in theory Shoma's step sequences both are Level 4. But first the tech panel seemed to have been extremely stingy with levels in general and it's very easy to lose a level if they decide that your edge quality wasn't good enough to make the full difficulty count. It can happen to anyone. 2nd Shoma found the ice condition super difficult, I can imagine that he couldn't perform steps and turns the way he usually would.

As I am no expert on the matter I can't tell you which steps they deemed unworthy to count but this account @mikafigure (twt) does track back the steps and turns Shoma does:

Short program

Free skate

Sorry for not being able to give you a full explanation.

#shoma uno #figure skating #step sequence #tech talk #replies

[careysattheonsenagain]

The beginning of this step sequence gets me every time!

#matteo rizzo #figure skating #step sequence

[enby-axels]

maybe if the queen could do this

#figure skating #yuzuru hanyu #origin #skate canada 2019 #sci 2019 #video #step sequence #stsq #yin.vid

[suckishima]

oH SHIT!!!

okay it doesn’t look as epic as I was hoping and i’m sad you can’t see tsukkis own little smile but I don’t care right now because it’s HERE!! it’s gonna be in the movie ohhh my god

#this is enough confirmation for me that the sequence will be there ohhh I feel so much better #like why have the high five if they don’t serve and block and why serve and block without #the flashback and ‘he’s always one step ahead of me’ #…….and I’m gonna save judgment about whether the sequence is done justice for when I actually see it lol #hq manga spoilers #hq #garbage dump spoilers #karaneko manga spoilers #hq movie spoilers #tsukki #Yamaguchi #x #garbage dump

[gealach-edits]

Kevin Aymoz, “Bird Gerhl” SP || GP Skate America 2023

#figure skating #fskateedit #kevin aymoz #skate america #skate america 2023 #gealach edits #that step sequence!!

[psychic-waffles]

fully obsessed with andrew torgashev's step sequence tbqh

#andrew and deniss's step sequences highlight of this godawful event #figure skating #andrew torgashev #skam 2023 #23/24

[crazykuroneko]

Nothing, just me missing my figure skating parents (read: Virtue/Moir)

#THE CLAPPING TWIZZLE #THAT IMPOSSIBLE LIFT ENTRY #the audience is me #the way they're clapping during the step sequence #virtue/moir #tessa virtue #scott moir #ice dance #figure skating #i could watch this to eternity

[seatawinan]

#step by step #jengpat #mjtag #userbillkin #usernuria #userconcrete #usertaeminie #uservid #tonanons #tuseralexa #lextag #userpuentalay #hipranparakul #bldramaedit #esmetracks #*sam.gifs #man trisanu #ben bunyapol #dee hup house #ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED W THIS SEQUENCE #I JUST LOVE IT SM I CANT EXPLAIN

[lemongogo]

can i ask.how u guys practice ur creativity <3 how u practice ur imagination or like.. how u experiment with ur art, how u come to ideas and how u develop them.<3 pretty please <3

#smthing i have always struggled w.is feeling like i can only draw things that r handed 2 me. #as in.an idea or concept that already exists #chara or conflict that already exists.Scene that alr exists. #and i think it can be soo limiting bc when i have that sort of creative desire but nothing 2 reflect off of it #i feel like im unable to do anything/get anywhere bc im unable to do that mental legwork myself ykwim #like comic artists r SOOO JAW DROP INSPIRING TO MEE bc not only are u envisioning ur own sequences/situations #but u are able to imagine even the most MUNDANE interactions within those scenarios u know #like the transitory panels and the quiet moments and the every day stillness #and i feel like.its not even a poor attempt on my behalf its like.i cant Even attempt it.like my brain is soo empty #and soo static and noiseless that i am like gauhh...... #i can practice lines all day long and practice colors and practice anatomy or Whatever bc its something concrete #and its in front of me and i can pry apart the physical technicalities until i understand it better #but my MIND???ABSTRACTION>? THOUGHTS .ough its so hard #and i really want to push past that but i dont know how and its so .. demoralizing to think that ill get there One Day but i feel #one million and two days away.and not making active process towards it. #i know the first step is to build ur visual library and i feel liek. idk i FEEL LIKEEE theres more 2 it that im missing #but also im depressed as hell n my job is killing my creative drive and the seasonal stuff isnt helping #so maybe i just need 2 give it time (true) but i also like.man i dont know. i want 2 do something w my hands #but everything ive been doing so far has felt soo .hard and fruitless and i definitely dont want 2 turn art into such a stressful thing #fruitless as in like.i dont get any personal satisfaction w it.idgaf abt monetization or algorithms or any of tht #but smtimes thats just what happens and i have 2 weather through and know ill be more equipped 4 this some other time #SAWRYYY IM ALWAYS GOING ON AND ONNN im nromal im normal<3 i just rly like art and it sucks balls whn it feels out of reach #sigh cry fart scroll.(:salute:)

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

Even though I have reached to a level to understand quality of jumps or spins in a competition. I have no idea about step sequence. I even researched what the main steps are, wrote them down to my notebook. But I cannot distinguish the steps during the competitions. Learning jumps were not that difficult. And I have no idea how skaters lose levels or GOE. Is there a tip you can give me?

Uhm...not sure I am the best to give tips on this matter...😅

Not gonna lie I am not that good on the matter either. I can distinguish the steps and turns in theory and when I watch on repeat but in competition I also lack the comprehension to see what is what. It also has partly to do with how unclear some skater's steps and turns are and imo the lower the level of a skater the harder to distinguish the steps.

But here is a try for a better understanding of the step sequence and evaluation:

DISCLAIMER: I am not an expert on the matter. This is for fun. Tbf I am better seeing what went wrong in steps or turns than being exactly sure which step/turn it was. (not sure if this makes sense but imo mistakes are easier to spot than differentiating with secureness)

First for anyone trying to learn how to tell steps and turns apart: Here are some posts from a few years ago (where the evaluation was still under the +3 system) where @ the-real-xmonster explained and illustrated the steps and turns, that I found quite helpful to learn Part 1 and Part 2

On the evaluation of step sequences:

Let's take a look at the rules!

The ISU released a video of the Step Sequence explained here:

Let's look at the technical guidebook you can find here: (Excerpts below)

Level features

1. Minimum variety (Level 1), simple variety (Level 2), variety (Level 3), complexity (Level 4) of difficult turns and steps throughout (compulsory)

2. Rotations in either direction (left and right) with full body rotation covering at least 1/3 of the pattern in total for each rotational direction

3. Use of body movements for at least 1/3 of the pattern

4. Two combinations of 3 difficult turns on different feet executed with continuous flow within the sequence. Only one difficult turn may be repeated in the two combinations. Only the first combination attempted on each foot can be counted.

Definition of difficult steps and turns: twizzles, brackets, loops, counters, rockers, choctaws. Turns and Steps must be executed on clean edges. If a turn is “jumped”, it is not counted as performed.

Level 4 (complexity): Must include at least 11 difficult turns and steps. None of the types of turns and steps can be counted more than twice. 5 types of turns and steps must be executed in both directions (the direction means body rotating to the left or to the right during the turn).

No minimum variety, only minimum variety, only simple variety, only variety: [...]

− If a skater performs only variety (but not complexity) of steps and turns, the Level cannot be higher than 3.

So this is what the guidelines say about levels...the things I highlighted in purple are reasons to not give level 4 or count the step/turn for the difficulty of the step sequence.

So in short: All top level skaters try to receive level 4 within their step sequence,but it's easy to lose a level. You lose a level if you don't fill the requirements of body movement, use of each rotational direction and missing combination of 3 difficult turns on different feet. And you lose a level if steps and turns have unclear edges or if steps are "jumped" and therefore fall out of the count for the difficulty of having at least 11 difficult turns and steps for example in Level 4.

Here is an example of what is meant if a turn is "jumped" (using @ the-real-xmonster's GIF) and is not getting credited

GOE requirements step sequence: (Excerpt of the guidelines)

Positive aspects: (each aspect gives one bullet point +1 GOE the first 3 are mandatory to be able to get +4/+5)

1) deep edges, clean steps and turns, control of the whole body

2) element matches the music

3) effortless throughout with good energy, flow and execution

4) creativity and/or originality

5) good ice coverage or interesting pattern

6) good acceleration and deceleration

Reductions for errors:

- SP: Listed jumps of more than one revolution -1

- Poor quality of steps and turns -1 to -3

- Fall -5

- Poor quality of body positions -1 to -3

- Does not correspond to the music -2 to -4

- Lack of flow and energy -1 to -3

- Stumble -1 to -3

- Small pattern -1 to -3

You can see the range of deductions is quite huge which makes it hard to evaluate what a judge took into account. GOEs as you may all know work that you give the positive aspects bullets and deduct the negative aspects. I think GOEs giving for step sequences are even more subjective than for jumps or spins. Levels in steps are more clear but also depend on the technical panel.

In general I think it's easier to get good GOEs on your step sequence than getting all the levels. Because levels and GOEs are handed out by different judging panels (GOEs by the judges and Levels by the technical panel) it can happen that a skater doesn't receive Level 4 but good GOEs and in reverse. There are skaters who do all turns and steps clearly but are quite slow and labored or don't fit the music, so they receive a high level but low GOEs.

Tips

The only tip I can give is to watch and watch and watch and with practice you'd hopefully learned enough to be able to tell everything apart and evaluate a good and bad step sequence. What helps me is to watch videos from other fans who broke the step sequences down to turns and steps and see if I'd recognize the same and evaluate what I see. That's how I learned a lot but it takes a lot of time and with how whack the scoring is I am not so sure it's worth it...at least for me...

Here is a video for example of Yuzu's Let's Go Crazy Step Sequence:

I think that because the scoring is so proned to be used very subjectively even with all the guidelines in place, it can get very frustrating to understand more about it. That's why I recommend everyone to only learn and invest your time in this kind of stuff if you are really interested in understanding all of the sport and if you can handle being even more angry about the scoring...

Not a very positive way to end this post but after all these years I truly question if it was worth it to get a better understanding of scoring and guidelines...it was easier to enjoy being unaware...I don't regret learning it because this way you can also learn to appreciate a skater better and to understand who is knowledgeable and who talks sh*t. Still these kind of knowledge is only for the hardcore fans I suppose...

Thanks for reading! And I hope it was a tiny bit helpful 🙏

#tech talk #figure skating #replies #steps and turns #step sequence

[good-beansdraws]

Yaaay, I got to do an art swap with @kyanako5972 -- here's her wonderful oc Claire Inez, featured in her webcomic SWAP Ensemble 🎶 Claire was a blast to draw, I hope I could do her justice!!

Failed versions include trial song background that just looked lame/unreadable, and the original singing pose that just looked off for some reason...

#ocs #waahhh thank you for doing the swap pal -- shes so cool ;--; #i always love seeing her pop up on your blog -- i was so excited to finally sit down and draw her :D #*offers you a cute little claire to bribe you to not Stab Me for my milgramblrgram attacks*👀👀👀 #i was fully prepared to do a clarinet-playing-pose but it felt kinda static for a trade piece😭 #so i figured dancing was a good mix of something fun and still musical 😎 she deserves the spotlight!! #i love all of her outfits -- i picked this one but it was hard to choose from so many cute ones haha #im impressed how many there are across the comic :0 #and hairstyles!! i liked drawing hers more loose here but there were so much fun ones!! #i couldnt get her pose/face to look right in the original sketch and i wanted it to be perfect >:[ #i also loved your recent dance sequence art and had to step up my game if i was going to match your dynamic poses haha! #🎶🎶🎶 #claire inez #swap ensemble

[a-birdhouse-in-your-soul]

another day, another ice dance event where not a single team got a level four on any step sequence

#this sport is dead dead #remember when you needed three kps to break 70?? #remember when there were three step sequences in the rd #and you needed two level threes to be in the top 10 #happy for lala and cpom #but god remember when scores meant something??? #figure skating #worlds 2024

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

after the trashfire that was s5, spop feels less like a realistic portrayal of abuse and more like torture p0rn. we're supposed to find catra's abuse towards adora "hot" and it sickens me that a lot of people do.

#spop critical #spop #spop salt #spop discourse #tw torture #spop criticism #she ra #anti catradora #anti catra #especially the portal episode #it was literally framed as a horror sequence where adora has no escape from catra's constant torture and manipulation #but fans are like “omg she straddled adora!” and “i want hot catgirl to step on me teehee” #yall are disgusting

[gealach-edits]

Yelim Kim, “Je Suis Malade” LP || GP Cup of China 2023

#figure skating #fskateedit #cup of china 2023 #yelim kim #kim yelim #gealach edits #jumps are fake #this was so incredible and powerful #that choreo sequence was out of this world #and the step sequence! #I love her your honour

[tutuandscoot]

NHK dance moodboard but it’s just VM wondering where it all went wrong

#I can point to a few moments: #1. when u guys retired (the first time) #2. when you guys retired the 2nd time #3: PC #4: character step sequences #btw I just found out the IAM 🇯🇵 team is skating to gHoStBuStErS???🫨🫨🫨 #WTF YOU’re ADULTS!! 🫣🫥🤦‍♀️ #all of this is *I’ve read bc I didn’t actually watch it but looking at the results:: #ice dance #figure skating #nhk trophy 2023