New Morozov interview (kinda interesting)

R.D. · Jan 1, 2009

He is rather candid in this interview, and I think that's all I will say:

http://www.xanga.com/kwantifiable/687558533/item.html

Q. Where is it easier for a coach to realize himself?

"I think in Russia or Japana because in these countries there is an understanding of the coach-mentor role. If a skater achieve something, the coach's work in that is emphasized from every angle that it is his or her achievement too. So that is the very pleasant attitude toward the profession. In America or Europe, if you ask a skater how they reached the top, he will never mention his coach. For example, Frank Carroll, Michelle Kwan's teacher is famous only a very small circle of people. If Michelle herself goes to some stadium, a crowd of fans will follow her. "In America the athlete chooses the coach. Moreover, he might take a lesson from one on Monday and a second coach on Wednesday and another on Friday. Depending on the coach's qualifications, lessons cost between $60-100. But the coach is not responsible for anything. In our country, specialists who raise champions, are not less popular than the athletes themselves, which is a pleasantry of the profession." But probably you need some more motivations. "In an interview Tatyana Tarasova said about me something like this: 'I did everything in skating, I didn't just raise champions, the main thing is I brought up a coach.' It was very nice to hear that. Really I know something about figure skating - about compeitions, training, commercial details. I would like to make something big - like open my own school for example, where I could share knowledge. Believe me, life has taught me a lot, and I could teach others a fair bit."

my guess is that the article has been translated...? :think:

Joesitz (RIP) · Jan 1, 2009

Sounds very Soviet to me, or at least Government sponsored.

Mathman · Jan 1, 2009

Red Dog said:
my guess is that the article has been translated...? :think:

The link to the Russian original is at the bottom.

I guess you have to think well of yourself to be successful in this business.

NatachaHatawa · Jan 1, 2009

Very candid indeed. I like his honesty.

STL_Blues_fan · Jan 2, 2009

interesting that in his opinion, his biggest wins are from those athletes that he has had a personal relationship with. i would think he would list Yagudin's winter that brought Morozov recognition and fame.

lcd · Jan 2, 2009

One always wonders what nuances may have gotten "lost in translation" but the essence of his thinking... especially the role that he admires of the coach as manifested by Tarasova... really comes through. One wonders if his psychological approaches, especially the ones that seemed (in his view) to "anger", and thus "motivate" his skaters... backfires more than it works? Takes a delicate balance, I would think. A risk that it would seem he can afford $ to take as well.

NatachaHatawa · Jan 3, 2009

What he says about the difference between Japanese/Russian skaters and European/North American skaters concerning the credit they give to their coaches is quite interesting.

In Brian Joubert's autobiography, he said that he prefers Russian coaches to most French coaches as he sees the latter as too self-important and arrogant. He said that Russian coaches are much more humble, they don't see themselves as theonly thing behind a skater's success whereas french ones tend to think they are more important than the skaters.

I wonder which way round things are:

a) European coaches are self-important because they don't get enough credit from skaters?

or

b) European skaters don't give enough credit to coaches because they are too big for their boots?

Joesitz (RIP) · Jan 3, 2009

He's lost some skaters, too, but he doesn't go into that. Honest? or just personal generalizations?

New Morozov interview (kinda interesting)

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