Will a skater be penalised for extra elements?
Maybe. There is no actual deduction for extra elements in either the short or free programmes, and a skater may achieve a higher transitions score for the additional elements. However, skaters are limited in the number of jump elements they can perform. For instance, this is 5 for the Juvenile freeskate (NZISA Rule 229.2). Jumps after this, simply do not count. However, if a skater performs the required Axel-type jump as the 6th jump (in the juvenile freeskate), then it doesn’t count, and because the 5th jump should have been an Axel-type jump, the 5th jump doesn’t count either. Similarly, skaters are limited in the total number of elements they can perform, and in the total number of spins. If a skater performs all the required elements before any duplicate or additional elements, then the additional elements will not count against the skater.
