There are also a lot of jumps where she angled out but in as she picked over the years which borderline an inside edge. the examples used here are some of her best ones
@@figureskatingcow4636 The essence of the Lutz is the counter-force (no other jump has this). This means that skater's left foot travels continuously on a clockwise curve but their body jumps in counter-clockwise direction. Alina never had the correct entry for Lutz. She had correct curve at first but then changed her curve (like most Flutzers do). The only reason she had outside edge is because she literally forced her ankle to stay outside while her curve/edge is already changed. That's why she never had deep outside edge. And doing this is definetly easier than doing a Lutz. True Lutz is done with deep outside edge and can be seen from any angle. Lutz with a change of edge/curve is basically a Flip.
@@roselinewinter8497 you're right. I never really looked closely at Alina's Lutz, but I did think it was weird the way she rolled her ankle before taking off, I just didn't know that it was incorrect. Thank you for your comment and insight, I now understand it.
Her lutz was bound to get worse. In her earlier years she picked way to far into the inside of her skate, shifted her weight into her picking leg, and struggled to keep her foot on a shallow outside edge. It was only a matter of time before she began to flutz especially since she’s under Eteri. That women doesn’t give a fuck about good technique.
great video but the measurement isn’t really taking into account that the videos aren’t from perfectly head on, im sure it was hard to find videos bc for some reason they love to show lutzes from the side where you can’t even see the edge 😭
Funny how theres so much know it all people out here. ISU has declared that having a textbook lutz is not applicable for all ladies with different body types. Thats why there are different techniques for a lutz! As long as its in the outside edge ang theres a toe pick assistance, its a lutz!
very few skaters have completely textbook lutzes which is understandable, but as much as i love alina, her lutz often has a flat/inside edge and full blade takeoff :)
Nah I don’t think it has to do with body type. There’s slimmer women like Yuna Kim with proper lutz technique. There’s more muscular women like Tonya Harding with proper lutz technique. Body type might be a factor, but this is the highest level of skating. I don’t think judges should excuse bad lutz technique because of body type.
...in figure skating, the type of jump is dependant on the take-off, and the only difference between a lutz and flip is the outside edge on a lutz and the inside edge on a flip - so of course it matters, because if a skater does it wrong, they could be getting the points for a lutz when it's closer to a flip, especially in a situation, like this, where the judges ignore these things.
