gkelly
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It's about the shape of the letter. S-step is pretty descriptive of the shape of the actual step -- I can't think of anything that would be better. Maybe "S turn step" or "S step turn" to indicate that involves both changing direction (forward vs. backward) and changing foot at the same time as changing curve.If the ISU decides to officially change the names, I hope they choose something better than letters of the alphabet.
C-step is less intuitive because, at least in freeskating, the curves tend to be shallower than a letter C. (And also, at least at first, there's the confusion of the letter C being the initial of the old name of the other related turn type.) But maybe call it something like "curve turn step" or "curve step turn" . . . which might eventually end up getting shortened to C turn step or C step.
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