Thread by @roselinewinte10

[Thread: Transitions Analysis – Top 5 Men SP of season 2021-22]
(in collaboration with @lunnarias)

Everyone is judged with the same standards. The latest, cleanest versions of SP were used to annotate.
Basic entries, required footwork in the StSq weren't counted as transitions

1.1 Yuzuru Hanyu - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
- Basic power skating: 23
- Basic multi-directional skating: 31
- Basic skating moves: 14
- Complex skating moves: 16
- Difficult turns/steps: 11

1.2 Detailed footwork of Yuzuru Hanyu's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

2.1 Jason Brown - Sinnerman
- Basic power skating: 44
- Basic multi-directional skating: 27
- Basic skating moves: 13
- Complex skating moves: 14
- Difficult turns/steps: 5

2.2 Detailed footwork of Jason Brown's Sinnerman

3.1 Nathan Chen - La Bohème
- Basic power skating: 44
- Basic multi-directional skating: 50
- Basic skating moves: 15
- Complex skating moves: 9
- Difficult turns/steps: 4

3.2 Detailed footwork of Nathan Chen's La Bohème

4.1 Shoma Uno - Oboe Concerto
- Basic power skating: 45
- Basic multi-directional skating: 29
- Basic skating moves: 6
- Complex skating moves: 8
- Difficult turns/steps: 5

4.2 Detailed footwork of Shoma Uno's Oboe Concerto

5.1 Yuma Kagiyama - When you're smiling
- Basic power skating: 45
- Basic multi-directional skating: 28
- Basic skating moves: 20
- Complex skating moves: 6
- Difficult turns/steps: 6

5.2 Detailed footwork of Yuma Kagiyama's When Your Smiling

6.1 Overall comments:
- Jason, Yuma & Shoma used similar amounts of power skating while Yuzuru used around half the amount.
- Nathan, Yuma have more basic skating moves than complex ones + difficult turns/steps.
- Yuzu, Jason have more complex + difficult footwork than basic ones

6.2 Jason, Shoma, Yuma: less basic multidirection skating than power skating.
Yuzu: more multidirection skating than power skating, transitions are almost 50%
Nathan: high % of basic multidirectional skating, average power skating, lowest % of complex moves & difficult footwork

7. Detailed annotation of each performance made by me and Elisa (@lunnarias) in excel sheets.

Please check it here:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Big big apology to Yuma!! 😭
His video is not fully posted. Please see the full video here!
- Basic power skating: 45
- Basic multi-directional skating: 28
- Basic skating moves: 20
- Complex skating moves: 6
- Difficult turns/steps: 6

8. Annotators' commentary

Hours spent nitpicking every footwork in slo-motion and reviewing again and again really gives Elisa and I deeper understanding of 5 skaters' skating skills and how their programs are constructed. So please read our comments if you're interested!

8.1 Comments about Yuzuru's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

8.2 Comments about Jason's Sinnerman
Please read Elisa's comments about Jason's SP! The program is really amazing and Elisa captures it perfectly

8.3 Comments about Nathan Chen - La Bohème
I annotated and edited Nathan's SP the last. I hope my words doesn't sound harsh. But it's very hard to find positive things in Nathan's SP after reviewing the other 4

8.4 Comments about Shoma Uno - Oboe Concerto

8.5 Comments about Yuma Kagiyama - When you're smiling

Last but not least, I want to give a big fat thanks to Elisa @lunnarias who initiated the idea and offered to help me annotating, reviewing, giving constructive opinions about everything.
This project is not possible without your help so thank you so much!