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First some people told us how they prefer N*te's more upright landing than Yuzu's deep squatting position. Now they say N*te uses his knees every second while skating as if that's a good thing. Can fans please understand the basics of good skating before starting disk horse?
You're welcome to participate in the fandom! But qrt-ing older, knowledgeable fans with snarky commentary that demonstrates a lack of knowledge of the basics of skating is not participation, and telling such people to get a clue - we'll even help you! - is not gatekeeping.
Look, here's somewhere to start. Alice of Tumblr has not updated in a very long time, I hope she's doing well in life, but her blog is full of information and here's the link. An excellent place to start. https://the-real-xmonster.tumblr.com/
Here's another. I believe this is Kaley of gym and fs twitter? Also a wonderful resource to learn more. https://illyria-and-her-pet.tumblr.com/
It's not like you're unwelcome if you don't learn the technical side. It's fine. There's a lot to enjoy that way too. But then don't wade into tech and scoring talk as if you do know what you're talking about. That shit is embarrassing.
@chiburahakkai also has threads about mechanics of jumps that are very helpful for people trying to figure it out!
@lunnarias has threads that go deep into the physics of jumps, as well, if you really wanna geek out about it...
If you wanna level up and understand ice dance? @wtficedance is doing an amazing job of it as and when time and life permit. (I understand only the very basics of ice dance despite those explanations so better luck to you than me.)
