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Plushenko organizes the Festival of figure skating on the ice lake in Vladimir Oblast: https://goo.gl/62Mm3J https://twitter.com/tass_agency/status/946036549493370886
a new interview
https://twitter.com/figureskatingRu/status/946020782009933824
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In an interview with our magazine, Eugene told about the principles of raising children, and also recalled the main events of the past year.
For our New Year's cover, Eugene was not accidentally photographed alone with his youngest son, 4-year-old Sasha. The son this year, along with the pope, not only played and rested, but also worked hard - went to a foreign tour and lit on the ice under the hat Sex Bomb. And during the New Year holidays father and son will ride together in the ice show "The Nutcracker".
"I'm a strict trainer - no one can be pitied in sport"
- Eugene, do you feel the coming of the New Year? Do you write to Father Frost in your family?
- When there are children, you always prepare for the holiday. After our conversation, Sasha and I will just go from the house to the stores for gifts - we'll buy skis, sleds, books, toys. Of course, he will write a letter to Father Frost and is already teaching him a poem.
- Sasha goes out with you on the ice, tears off an ovation. You recently were with him on tour in Slovakia. Is it a game for the child or does he already feel responsible?
- So far, rather a game, because in 4 years to set sports goals still early, you need to watch how it will develop further. When we were in Slovakia, I noticed that as soon as Sasha is dressed in a suit and put on skates before the show, he immediately charged with a special mood, smiling. Sanya - a great fellow! In the morning he walked and played, during the day he trained, and in the evening he rolled the program and performed in the show! But life is changing, there can be various difficulties, but I hope that we will overcome everything and Sasha will succeed. Yana and I, as parents, set ourselves the goal of raising a good athlete. And Sasha likes to perform before the public, he likes to skate - nobody forces him, he comes to study every day.
- In addition to artistry, some athletic qualities were passed from your son? Stretching, for example, a good baby?
- Watching how Sasha moves on the ice, performs the elements, I see the inclinations of the athlete. Yes, he has a good stretch. My mother told me that I was not a child in my place, so my son is the same - he always runs and jumps ... Literally the other day they went with him to a children's music award: other children were sitting, watching what was happening on stage, and Sanya was dancing, stretched, but what only did not! A moving boy is growing, and yes - it reminds me.
- You have your own figure skating academy. Hundreds of parents come, and we know that every parent thinks his child is the most talented, believes that something will come out of him without fail. Do you immediately tell them about the prospects?
- I always tell the truth to children and their parents. But children are brought to me at three, at four. Immediately no coach can tell if this child is talented or not. You have to work with him - at least a year to see how the child works, whether he likes it or not. Some of my figure skaters parents also gave away just like that, go for a ride, and now it has grown into a professional sport. It happens, lead a plump girl, and then she turns into a thin skater.
- For the sake of such successes it is necessary to work a lot ...
"I'll tell you our schedule." First-graders train from 7.00 to 8.15. None of the children misses the school. At 9 am they sit in the first lesson. The second training they have at one o'clock in the afternoon. Then there are additional classes - at will. Finish somewhere at 4 - 5 pm. Then the children go home and learn the lessons. I have a system of grants in the academy - if I see that the figure skater is promising, then he will train for free.
- You are training the Olympic champion Adelina Sotnikova. She recovered after the injury - when we can see her at the competitions?
- Adeline started training: the work is going on in the hall - we are preparing the body, we are also working on the ice. I do not want to run ahead and say whether it will be released next year for competitions or not, life will show. At least she has such a fuse, there is such a desire. And this is the most important thing. If the athlete's head is ready, then the results will be.
- Are you a strict coach?
- Strict and exacting. This is not a secret either for parents or for children. In sports, you can not spare anyone to achieve results. After all, this is not physical exercise. To achieve a good result, you need to plow a lot and listen to the coach. My ultimate goal is to educate the champion.
- How many years can pass from the first training of a 4-year-old child to the first victory?
"Ten years."
- That is, after 10 years you and Sasha can win the World Junior Championships?
- I hope so.
- Is the figure skating modernized? What has changed in comparison with when they taught you?
- Much. There are modern simulators that are very helpful in training. For example, the twist that my trainer Alexei Nikolayevich Mishin came up with is a special disk with a control panel designed to train the vestibular apparatus. After this krutilki it is possible to fly to space - I myself tested this simulator when it was only invented. And now I bought for my athletes, like many other modern simulators. Training has become much more: I was up to 7 years of age skating an hour a day. My pupils - for five hours. In addition, they have training in the hall: stretches, a machine tool.
"If you are a mattress, nothing will turn out"
- In Moscow, there are always a lot of Christmas trees, performances for children on holidays. What will surprise the viewer in your ice show "The Nutcracker 2"?
"I'm proud of this brainchild that we did with my wife Jana." In our "Nutcracker" incredible beauty scenery (there will be a feeling that you are watching a theatrical performance), live music of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. There will be unique special effects: for example, on the platforms cellists enter. In general, it will be a grandiose presentation. In addition, my great champion Irina Slutskaya plays in the show, the little pupils of my academy and, of course, my son will take part. Let's show including extreme skiing. This ice show is also the popularization of sports, figure skating. Children come with their parents, see what their peers are doing on the ice, and are excited by the desire to learn how to ride the same way.
- All the New Year holidays you have a job. So, on the night of January 1, especially not walk?
- On New Year's Eve we are resting, we will celebrate at home with children and relatives. We do not plan to walk very much, because the next day we already have work. The last eight years I celebrate the New Year with "Tarhun" or mineral water.
- At the end of the year, the results are traditionally summed up. What do you remember about the 2017th?
- Everything, thank God, was without any incidents. A good year, when there are no shocks. We worked hard, put all our soul and energy into our children, that's why everything is great. I am glad that my Academy of figure skating was opened, my sportsmen won most of the competitions or stood on a pedestal. Let these competitions still not very large, but it was already all-Russian and international tournaments. I am very glad that Serafima Sahanovich came to train with me and already performed at the big international competitions Skate America.
- And what about home life?
- A very important event was the wedding, I went to him very long until I was ready. It was my desire, my proposal to Yana. The wedding deeply changes the concept of the meaning of the relationship between a man and a woman - you do not just give a word to each other (you can take it back), but before God promise to be close in sorrow and in joy.
- Are you a strict coach, but who at home - you or Yana - is a more strict parent?
- Dad spoils more than my mother, Yana is harder with the boys. And I sometimes have to turn on - it happens that sometimes you have to say something in an elevated tone. But this is rare, because our children, thank God, well-bred and obedient. Now Andrei and Kolya (the sons of Yana from the first marriage, who are 16 and 15 years old respectively - Ed.) Have matured, want more freedom, we control them, and they do not like it (laughs).
- Children are different now, not that we are from the USSR ...
- I do not argue, all life was different. We played with wooden toys ... Although in our time there were many pluses: in the courts playing football, the children communicated more, were more united. Now the guys are sitting with gadgets, but it's not bad either. Children develop much faster - I see it for my child. Sanya knows how to handle iPhones, aypad, how to enter the Internet, find and turn on a particular cartoon. I do not understand gadgets as well as my child, who turns 5 in January. Another generation is growing, more promising. And it's very cool. Life is changing - you need to actively behave. And if you are a mattress, it will not work.
- Your Gnome Gnomich (so parents call Sasha - Ed.) Is engaged in figure skating, is in demand as a model - opens and closes fashion shows in our country and abroad. What other loads does he have? Do you practice foreign languages?
- He teaches English, is engaged in the developing center, trains. But we have time and play in the evening.
- Do your dreams about the future relate only to coaching? Or is there something else? What do you want to do in 10 to 15 years?
- To be honest, I do not think so much. In the near future, in 2 - 3 years, I want to open a new sports academy, where the best coaches will work in different kinds of sports - figure skating, hockey, short track, speed skating, curling, judo, sambo. I want to spend more time with children, because now I often go on the road: constant performances, shows, trainings ... Even when I'm leaving for the day, I already miss and I want to go home to my family.
I went to the wedding for a long time until I was ready. It was my desire, my suggestion to Jana
As for politics, it was already passing. I know - not my story, I do not even want to touch. If we talk about the prospects for work on the sports line, then in this direction the future can be - in the Olympic Committee or in the Ministry of Sport, or, perhaps, will be invited to head the federation. These are possible work options, when I will not go for a drive by age and health. And, of course, I will continue to produce - we are preparing the project for 2018.
- How are you doing now with health?
- The loads that were during the sporting events are no longer there, so everything is thankful to God. I regularly consult with doctors, they keep me under control (recall, Eugene had 15 operations on the spine.) - Ed.). You can not always be ill. Yes, there was a trauma at the last Olympics, from this no one is insured - it can happen to any person, we all walk under God. Therefore, love each other, treat each other with respect, do not gloat, do not make people putrid all sorts, even verbally, because all this can affect you or your loved ones. And, of course, I wish everyone a good New Year - let it be successful, everyone close will be healthy, happy, good to everyone, smiles, good mood. Just enjoy life - it's gorgeous, it's beautiful!
Well, good luck.
He collected the Winnie Poohs 
No one before this did not! The Nutcracker # also the first time in the history of the Vienna Strauss Orchestra, new heroes and new amazing effects! 
I'm not happy.
