MRani
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Only 3/4 a doctor so far so don’t take me too seriously

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I'm just afraid that this will create some sort of mental block for them. They worked so hard to regain the confidence and competitive toughness after years of being lost with the judges. I'd hate for them to start to doubt themselves now and regress. They don't need to turn into me,.
I do wonder if they need to rethink the FD a bit. Many of us loved it at Skate America and thought it was a great building block to something great, but it's not quite reaching some others the way it should and I hate for them to have to work so hard to make it work. I still think the potential is there but I also think the first half still needs something more to make it a masterpiece. They need more images, highlights, shapes with their movement in that first half. That second half really works and despite the level 2, I think the second half of their diagonal footwork really works and is well-choreographed. I just want the first half of the program to be as interesting to watch as the second. Marina is supposed to be the finishing coach, and Massimo knows good choreography as it wasn't that long ago when he competed. They need to figure it out fast and Marina needs to prove she's worth her reputation and give the Shibs everything she has NOW. Stop taking such a back seat and making the Shibs do everything by themselves like they had to do for the past 3 seasons, it's time to be a coach and really help them make a champion's package now.
I wouldn't doubt there's some overlap there.Many vocal people on social media and here seem to really want the Shibs to be dethroned, don't they? Or at least have their success be delegitimized in some way.
Many vocal people on social media and here seem to really want the Shibs to be dethroned, don't they? Or at least have their success be delegitimized in some way.
Everyone has their favorites, serious fans love to argue about points, and it gets heated. It's normal IMO. Look how many detractors P/C have had in the past few years, for example, but now they are Beethoven's spiritual children. (Sorry, that particular comment got under my skin. This isn't my favorite of their FDs, obviously.) I agree that the Shibs know how to handle the negative stuff. Probably they don't read it in the first place (I hope).Many vocal people on social media and here seem to really want the Shibs to be dethroned, don't they? Or at least have their success be delegitimized in some way.
I'm tempted to tweet that Chris Martin formed Coldplay for the Shibs.![]()
Hahaha the Chinese NFL ad was really funny to watch. (Are they really trying to make it happen over there that hard? Maybe they should explain it with more than Chinese subtitles) I really need to get back to learning Chinese. I can understand some of this commentary, but not too too much. What are the Chinese terms for the various dance elements - I know them for singles, but not for dance.I hope they change back the straight line too, I thought it was a fabulous lift and Maia's free leg coming out of it was so clean.
Anyway the male commentator did not commentate last night for ELTA. Instead the regular female commentator was there with another female commentator. Link to the full FD here. They didn't really say much, they mentioned Alex's mistake on the twizzles. They said that since they are a sibling pair, they don't do romantic programs but both commentators said that they still think that the Shibs have stellar chemistry/connection on ice because they've worked together for so long. They said that over the years they've improved a lot and are usually pretty solid but today they faced a little difficulty. Nothing particularly negative.
I love the Shibs! They will go back home and rework things. They need that WOW moment, and their best WOW moments are their twizzles. Their twizzles from Fix You were the best. I loved the audience's reaction, clapping and cheering, it was stunning and breathtaking to watch! Maybe incorporate a little more Fix You music, added into their twizzle section?
I cannot understand such a small difference in the score of those two lifts! Can anyone explain it? It's almost enough to make someone say, oh, just do the easier lift and save yourselves for the twizzles, it's only .08 point difference!I prefer the original straight line lift to this one https://youtu.be/gAxw8ZJsLDc?t=136, I wonder if they changed it just because of their current condition or if they decided it just after Skate America. Today that lift got lower points (SA 5.87, GPF 5.79)
I cannot understand such a small difference in the score of those two lifts! Can anyone explain it? It's almost enough to make someone say, oh, just do the easier lift and save yourselves for the twizzles, it's only .08 point difference!
But I think the other lift works better for the whole picture of the program, and is a new lift.
Maia looks happy here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcgitagFVHU/?taken-by=maiashibutani
With Maia reminding us that she really is one of the most beautiful female skaters out there, I suspect things are going to be ok.![]()
Golden skate article https://goldenskate.com/2017/12/2017-gpf-ice-dance/
“Today was not the performance that we wanted to have unfortunately,” said Alex Shibutani. “We feel pretty good this week overall and there was a lot of stuff to make progress, but I just had issues on the twizzles this week, which is uncharacteristic. We know what we need to work on. I’m not too worried about it. You need to do your best every time and have a clean strong program. I wasn’t able to deliver what I know that we are capable of. It’s just disappointing right now.
“I think it’s completely understandable the way we feel, because we work very hard,” added Maia Shibutani. “As an athlete, you go out there and do your best. We train very hard and believe, and as Alex mentioned, we need to get back to work and move forward.”
Gala https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQY2BG0s7pw (again twizzles problems), well, at least people will not take their twizzles for granted anymore.
Great point! If...no, when they hit those twizzles at Nationals in both the SD and FD, the reaction will be celebration of joy and I bet those GOEs will come because the judges have been reminded exactly just how great the Shibs' twizzles are and not expect more from them than they do for every other team.