With the Finlandia Trophy SP competition today, the Synchronized season has gotten started.
It seems like Paradise and Marigold are going to be neck-and-neck this year.
Some notes for the season:
Based on the photos from Finlandia, I'm excited to see Team Unique's programs based on costumes alone. I'm less excited that Marigold's SP is a tribute to Why Not Synchro - because we know why not: there's too many athletes. I'm not excited to see Paradise's SP because either they're getting new dresses after Finlandia like last year or they're doing another boring SP to soft, slow, maybe inspirational music while wearing white dresses. The Rockette's new SP seems better than last year's, but they seem to have a lot of turnover so we'll see what happens.
It seems like Paradise and Marigold are going to be neck-and-neck this year.
Some notes for the season:
- Team Surprise has retired, potentially creating an opportunity for a new country to take 2 spots at worlds 2020
- Cup of Berlin is cancelled
- New rules emphasize creativity in the core elements (line, block, circle, wheel) by giving more freedom of what will be called
- A twizzle element (with the same calling standards as dance twizzle sequences) will be both exciting and yikes. I'm most nervous at lower levels and non-top teams
- Random individual skating is being discouraged in favor of hooked up skating
- Less crazy creative elements (yay!), probably discouraging Haydenettes freestyle-session-type messes that have become common.
Based on the photos from Finlandia, I'm excited to see Team Unique's programs based on costumes alone. I'm less excited that Marigold's SP is a tribute to Why Not Synchro - because we know why not: there's too many athletes. I'm not excited to see Paradise's SP because either they're getting new dresses after Finlandia like last year or they're doing another boring SP to soft, slow, maybe inspirational music while wearing white dresses. The Rockette's new SP seems better than last year's, but they seem to have a lot of turnover so we'll see what happens.