AxelAnnie
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Caroline looked gorgeous. Good for her!
And since you seem to know so much about the remedy, please break down what 'all the standard exercises' are to correct URs and two-footing.
I think that doing almost anything to Mirai's technique at this point would be seriously disruptive. Look at how many years it took Joannie Rochette to relearn a proper lutz.Mirai is a powerful jumper and doesn't need a really tight body position in the air. Her ankles aren't tight together and she almost has a low wrap. But I wonder whether tightening the body position for more speed is too disruptive to the jump overall at this point (i.e. doing the jumps for such a long time). In any case, it must not be a super easy fix, or more skaters would be able to fix it.
ExactlySooooo many US skaters have issues with rotations, though. Leads me to think this is a coaching issues at the developmental levels.
This.I once saw a video of Audrey Weisiger offering a young skater $100 if she wouldn't put a hand down on the next 3S she was practicing. Worked like a charm. I get the feeling URs and 2footing in a skater who can also land fully rotated are much of a mind trick, as well as re-learning muscle memory. URs are probably more of a muscle memory issue; 2footing a confidence thing. No idea how it would be fixed. I'm watching a few different kids now on the verge of landing some big triples...they are right there, and you'd think "just hold it a split second longer" would be easy to do, but I guess that split second is the difference between facing fears and freak out.
Mirai is a powerful jumper and doesn't need a really tight body position in the air. Her ankles aren't tight together and she almost has a low wrap. But I wonder whether tightening the body position for more speed is too disruptive to the jump overall at this point (i.e. doing the jumps for such a long time). In any case, it must not be a super easy fix, or more skaters would be able to fix it.
I think that doing almost anything to Mirai's technique at this point would be seriously disruptive. Look at how many years it took Joannie Rochette to relearn a proper lutz.
Sooooo many US ladies skaters have issues with rotations, though. Leads me to think this is a coaching issues at the developmental levels.
Yes, and it's very rare for skaters to relearn technique when they reach the elite level. That is undoing years of muscle memory.Not to be nitpicky, but I thought it took her about a year. Still, relearning jumps does not happen over night, it is a long processus indeed.
Not to be nitpicky, but I thought it took her about a year. Still, relearning jumps does not happen over night, it is a long processus indeed.
Tessa doesn't look happy out there. After the short Frank barely spoke to her. Today he made some effort to console her. Don't know her well, but she seems a little lost.. I didn't believe Frank Carroll would put up with it. But yet....
Sooooo many US ladies skaters have issues with rotations, though. Leads me to think this is a coaching issues at the developmental levels.
ETA: clarified I meant ladies
Yeah i'm surprised that Frank would allow have her do a 0-7 program. He's very traditional and i would think he would want a more balanced program.Why is Tessa Hong still going for the 0-7 layout? That should be reserved for those who can hit 2-5 and then 1-6 layouts. Hong hasn't hit either.
I don't think it's entirely or even mostly a physical thing -- I think it's mentally difficult to wait to do all those jumps. But like you have to build up physical strength, you have to also build up mental strength. She has not yet done that.
I was hoping this 0-7 nonsense would be done after she left Tom Z. I didn't believe Frank Carroll would put up with it. But yet....
TBH, Frank was a great coach, but he's wanted to retire for a while now.
@essence_of_soy ...now I think he's just accepted his fate that he'll be forced to coach forever.