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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A must watch.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqtHSvkPWPk[/youtube][/quote]

I feel like this is hypocritical.  Young retirement is common in skating.  Oksana, Tara and Sarah all left in their teens.  The fact is that few Olympic champions stay around. The motivation after the big O just isn't there. Really, the only hook of the story is the "lack of variety in their nationality", the fact that all these girls are Russian and come from the same coach.  It would be better if they analyzed the last two Olympic pools and came up with the average age of a woman skater competing at the Olympics. Or worlds.  Then you'll see if the world is getting younger, if skaters are retiring sooner, or if it's just Eteri.[/quote]

Keep watching though. They go through the last 8 years -- the point they make is that the girls are 1) trained on a poor technique where they basically do a rotation before leaving the ice and putting a ton of strain on their backs 2) the component scores seem to be inflated the year they debut, beyond what makes sense, and then the scores fade 3) there is no interest in helping them through puberty by adjusting the training methods. [/quote]

So a couple of points.  First, prerotations are penalized under the Code of Points so there are trained judges out there who should be taking points off if that happens.  That's a made-up issue.

The second issue is true but it is not Eteri's problem, it exists for all skaters.  Tech and component scores are supposed to be independent of each other.  That is, in theory, a skater can be excellent in "artistry" but suck on technique, and vice versa, someone like Trusova can get excellent scores on technique but get dumped in component scores.   In practice, this happens very rarely.  Typically a skater who executes tech content with excellence and panache will get elevated component scores even if they are entirely unjustified.  Judges still cannot separate both well in their mind.  Trusova, for instance, should NOT be getting high component scores.  Neither should have Pluschenko when he skates.  But the judges are human so they are mesmerized by tech fireworks to the degree where they hand out artistry scores like candy.  It's a common problem and it existed before Eteri.[/quote]

It’s not a “made up issue,” because they’re not getting those deductions the vast majority of the time. The Eteri tax.[/quote]

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