I see a more apt comparison for Isabeau being Caroline Zhang. Doing 7 triple free skates on the regular, with sketchy technique and lovely artistry. Isabeau’s basic skating and expression is much farther ahead than Caroline’s was at this age, but there is the same lack of speed and ice coverage that will be a problem as she matures if it doesn’t improve with her.
And the jump technique is working now in that she is landing the jumps, but it’s not good technique and will be a problem going forward if it is not addressed.
Caroline fixed her technique to a certain degree on the flip and loop later on, but it took her years to do that and many of the old technical issues remained (the bad flutz, the standstill double axel, the unders). Also, she only addressed those after many years of subpar performances and pretty much falling off the map. I hope for Isabeau that there is a priority on getting her technique to a place where it can sustain her for the future, but based on how this story has gone before, it seems unlikely that real effort is going to be put in now to fix the jumps.
And the jump technique is working now in that she is landing the jumps, but it’s not good technique and will be a problem going forward if it is not addressed.
Caroline fixed her technique to a certain degree on the flip and loop later on, but it took her years to do that and many of the old technical issues remained (the bad flutz, the standstill double axel, the unders). Also, she only addressed those after many years of subpar performances and pretty much falling off the map. I hope for Isabeau that there is a priority on getting her technique to a place where it can sustain her for the future, but based on how this story has gone before, it seems unlikely that real effort is going to be put in now to fix the jumps.