that's what it is --''dancing on skates''it appears they usually do different routines/dancesthat's fine but dancing on skates is not a game or sport
we called our Track and Field events ''meets''
definition of game does say ''play''.....so if they are at ''play''
play
it seems more serious than not....these people train seriously for a long time
- engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose.
it should be just ''The Olympics'' then
Dancing's tough and takes strength and skill , but it's such an arbitrary seeming point system that it's not a sport or game.
Then it's incomparable. It's just silly.
How can comment or make judgements on a sport you know nothing about at all? All you do is reveal your arrogance and your ignorance.
Ice dancers are marked on their difficulty and execution of their elements which are clearly defined, their skating skills and their performance.
The Short Dances have two “compulsory” dance sequences which are required and identical to all of the other competitors. This season it was the Rhumba. They are also required to do a dance spin, twizzles, a non-touch footwork sequence and a footwork sequence in dance hold. And two different lifts. Each element is assigned a baseline level which is determined by how difficult it is and how many “features” it has.
The skaters choose their elements creating unique moves, within the rules. They pick their music, the costumes and the order of their elements.
why don't they just go out and do their triple whatever?? why all the dancing?
aren't they judged-- not marked?
Since we brought in baseball and to tie the two comments together: I've never understood why a pitcher winds up. It seems like wasted energy and then a liability when there's a runner on base. They should just go out there an pitch from the stretch all the time. It doesn't seem to make much difference for most pitchers, but I imagine they'd say otherwise.