Brackets into 3A?

My apologies in advance - I wasn't sure where to post the topic under, so I figured I may as well put it here, since it is about Mao and its a question!

Under CoP rules, do brackets into a 3A (or any triple jump, for that matter) satisfy the footwork solo triple requirement in the ladies' SP? The 3A in question is the one Mao performs in her Czardas program.

Thanks to anyone who answers! I was wondering because after being completely addicted to Mao's Masquerade, I started to work on a Mao choreo montage with the Lezghinka movement from Gayane (which is also by Khachaturian and has a constant rhythm going on) - I found a particularly good version of it on the web yesterday. The thought just came to me for the "ultimate" imaginary Mao SP with both her 3A and 3fl-3lp along with her gorgeous steps, spirals, and spins. And the spread eagle 2A, too.

I'm still waiting for this season to end before finishing it, so I can have different clips of Masquerade, especially the straightline step sequence from various angles.

I'm certainly not an expert on the rules, but I think you might be right, clovera, that the brackets into 3A from the Czardas program would count. (But I don't know for sure. )

But I'm also wondering - do the judges take off points if you don't do footwork before your solo triple? Is it a mandatory deduction or negative GOEs like a fall? Also, last year in the GPF Mao completely skipped the 3Lz - but she just ended up with 1 fewer element than everyone else; I don't think there was an additional deduction.

I was thinking, though, that if Mao wanted to put the 3A in her short, she would probably do the 3A-2T (or 3A-3T if she gets really comfortable with that, which would be amazing ). Or maybe a 3A-2Lo? That should be do-able. At the 2006 World Jr Championships, she did a 3A-1Lo in the short (I guess it was supposed to be a 2Lo).

3A-2T is worth 9.5 (same as 3F-3T); 3A-2Lo is worth 9.7, and 3A-3T is worth 12.2 (vs 10.5 for Mao's typical 3F-3Lo). 12.2 is

Batsuchan wrote:

But I'm also wondering - do the judges take off points if you don't do footwork before your solo triple? Is it a mandatory deduction or negative GOEs like a fall? Also, last year in the GPF Mao completely skipped the 3Lz - but she just ended up with 1 fewer element than everyone else; I don't think there was an additional deduction.

Inskate mentioned in the SA thread that beginning this season, all solo triple jumps in the SP that are not immediately preceded by steps will get a deduction (as far as I can tell, its not a mandatory deduction like a fall). This is the case with Miki's SP from Skate America this year - her triple flip received -1 GoE.

I can't wait to see your montage, clovera! I love Lezghinka. I would love to make some montages, too, but I'm so worn out after my classes recently that I only have enough strenght to go back home and roll into my bed.

To answer your question: yes, brackets would fulfill the footwork requirement. What's more, her 3A followed the brackets quickly enough to not receive -GoE.

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Inskate mentioned in the SA thread that beginning this season, all solo triple jumps in the SP that are not immediately preceded by steps will get a deduction (as far as I can tell, its not a mandatory deduction like a fall). This is the case with Miki's SP from Skate America this year - her triple flip received -1 GoE.

This is true. Miki had too long pause between her steps and the 3F. This season, the judges want the jump to follow the steps immediately. I haven't exactly figured out what to they mean by "immediately" , but from what I've seen, they seem to frown upon an approach longer than about 2.5-3 seconds. (Yes, I actually timed that ).

The deduction is similar like a deduction for a wrong edge take-off - the judges must deduct some GoE.
This is why many skaters decide to add a combo to a solo jump if they fall or step out from the planned combo. There were no steps into the planned combo, but since that triple receives negative GoEs anyway, the skater isn't hurt by the lack of steps preceeding it.

Another person who was deducted recently was Fumie at CoR - her 3F was perfect, but she had too long pause between her steps and the take-off.

For Mao, this is a bad time for the rule to come into force - I think that it makes her more anxious about her Lutz in SP. The sad thing is, even if she lands the Lutz perfectly, from the outside edge take-off, she can receive even bigger deduction than for flutzing if her approach is too long. From what I've seen from her practice clips, she's on the verge - some of the approaches were a bit too long (though I'm sure this will improve with time).