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In February, the NYTimes had an article about Chellsie Memmel, 2008 US Olympic gymnast, who's training to compete in the 2020 Olympic qualifiers at age 32. The story is paywalled, but this article sums up most of its points, including that Memmel is focusing her training on "quality execution rather than a high number of repetitions" and taking regular rest days. https://honisoit.com/2020/08/chellsie-memmel-is-not-too-old/
I wonder if this idea is applicable to skating, and not just for adult skaters. IMO you have to do a certain number of repetitions of a move before you get the feel of how to do it well or do it best, but I thought these articles made a really good point that beyond a certain point more repetitions don't really improve performance. I think there are old-school coaches out there who insist on repetitions just because that's how they were trained themselves.
I wonder if this idea is applicable to skating, and not just for adult skaters. IMO you have to do a certain number of repetitions of a move before you get the feel of how to do it well or do it best, but I thought these articles made a really good point that beyond a certain point more repetitions don't really improve performance. I think there are old-school coaches out there who insist on repetitions just because that's how they were trained themselves.
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