2018-19 PROPOSED Scale of Values, Level & GOE Guidelines for Singles & Pairs Skating
SYWTW FS
Subject to approval at the 57th ISU Congress. 2017-2018 SOV for reference. The major changes are a reduction of jump base values, and changing from a +/-3 GOE scale to +/-5, with each GOE of an element related to its Base Value by a fixed percentage. We’ve posted a few analyses of the new values on our twitter and hope to share more in the near future!
Other changes:
“In a program containing a Fall or a Serious error the score ten (10) shall not be awarded for any of the Components. In a program containing Falls or Serious errors the score nine-fifty (9.5) or higher should not be awarded for Skating Skills, Transitions and Composition and the score nine (9.0) or higher should not be awarded for Performance and Interpretation.”
Singles: “A jump will be considered as “Under-rotated” if it has missing rotation of one-quarter revolution or more, but less than one-half revolution.” Previously, “A jump will be considered as “Under-rotated” if it has missing rotation of more than one-quarter revolution, but less than one-half revolution.”
Singles: “All spins with change of foot must have 3 revolutions on each foot. In Short Program, if this requirement is not fulfilled, the spin will get “No Value”. In Free Skating the sign “V” indicates that this requirement is not fulfilled.”
Singles: “A jump sequence consists of 2 (two) jumps of any number of revolutions, beginning with any jump, immediately followed by an Axel type jump with a direct step from the landing curve of the first jump to the take-off curve of the Axel jump.” (Also proposed in the ISU Congress Agenda)
Pairs: Regular flying camel entry into a side-by-side spin is no longer counted as a “difficult entry” for levels. Pair spins can be entered with a jump.
Pairs: Lift level features must be performed within the first 3.5 revolutions of the lift. For takeoff and landing there is an additional allowance of one-half revolution. A carry during a lift does not count as a level feature in the SP and only counts once in the FS.
Pairs: Partners must stay within 3 meters of each other while crossing during a step sequence.
”Varied arm positions” on jumps no longer listed as GOE features.