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Changes to the regulations and rules in singles and pairs skating made at the 2014 ISU Congress

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ISU Communication 1874. Some of the most pertinent changes:

All disciplines (including ice dance):

  • Skaters must take their starting position 30 seconds or less after they are called to start by the announcer, except for the first skater in each warm-up group, who gets 60 seconds. (Everyone used to have 60 seconds.) If they take more than 30 seconds, they will receive a 1-point deduction from their score. If they take more than 60 seconds, they will be withdrawn from the competition.

Singles:

  • No double jump of the same type can be included more than twice in a singles free program, either as solo jumps or in combination. (Ie. A skater cannot do three 2Ts or three 2Los, etc. in a program.) There used to be no restriction on the number of doubles, except for the 2A.

  • Out of all six types of triple or quad jumps, only two can be done twice (and no more than twice) in a singles free program. If the jump is a solo jump both times, the second jump will receive 70% of its full base value. (Ie. If a skater does two solo 3Fs, the second one will get 70% of its base value.) The second solo jump used to be counted as a failed sequence and would get 80% of its full base value. Repeated solo jumps will no longer be counted as a failed sequence, but as a solo jump with reduced base value.

  • Choreographic sequences for singles free programs can now include spins and jumps with two or fewer revolutions (they will not be counted as elements, only as part of the choreo sequence). The choreo sequence can now be performed before or after the step sequence instead of only after the step sequence.

Pairs:

  • Elements done in the second half of a pairs’ free program will no longer receive an extra 1.1 factor.

  • Junior pairs’ short programs can now include either a double or triple twist. (Only doubles were allowed before.)

  • Lifts in junior and senior pairs’ free programs cannot all be from Group 5.

  • Choreographic sequences for pairs’ free programs can now include spins and jumps with two or fewer revolutions, but not twizzles.

Explanation of the judging system on the official ISU website

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The ISU has finally fixed its website and put all of their documents about the scoring system back up (hopefully this link won’t die the next time they revamp their site), so I thought it would be important to link to it. I think I’ve already given a decent intro to the scoring system (in singles), but if you want to learn more details, I urge you to read some of the stuff on the ISU website because, well, that’s where I get my info too.

Some pertinent pages/documents:
Program Components Overview
Program Component Explanations
A whole bunch of documents about singles and pairs
A whole bunch of documents about ice dance

Beginning of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating!

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This week is the beginning of the 2013-2014 grand prix of figure skating!

The schedule for the grand prix is:

  • October 18-20: Skate America

  • October 25-27: Skate Canada

  • November 1-3: Cup of China 

  • November 8-10: NHK Trophy (Japan)

  • November 15-17: Trophée Eric Bompard (France)

  • November 22-24: Cup of Russia

  • December 5-8: Grand Prix Final 

I will post details about how to watch as I find them. For the first event, Skate America, icenetwork.com (unfortunately not a free site) will stream most of the event, but the ladies free skate will be shown on NBC. Details are here