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So it's now official, and the speculation can end.
There seem to be some major switchups here. Good luck to all parties in the Olympic season.
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So it's now official, and the speculation can end.
There seem to be some major switchups here. Good luck to all parties in the Olympic season.
I believe Caroline will be directed now by Charlene Wong.
Caroline would not have used the word "directed" (IMO). It's Charlene!You were right on the money with this information days before the official announcement. Who is your secret source or are you Caroline? I will pay more attention to your posts in the future.
I was reading some of the the older Mirai articles someone posted and saw that she goes to Sondra Holmes for jump coaching, who is the same jump doctor Caroline goes/went to. Interesting that their jumps are so different...now if only someone can combine Mirai's speed and entry with Caroline's mid-air rotation. I wonder if Caroline's going to switch to someone other than Holmes?
Another interesting thing about Mirai and Caroline is that they both flutz, so if Sondra taught them the lutz, she might want to reconsider how she teaches that jump. As a side note, I also checked out some of Charlene's skating yesterday on YouTube, and she had a great 2A and good speed. I just wish I felt better about her as a skater - this is why I'm not worried that Jeremy Abbott went to Yuka Sato for coaching, because Yuka had gorgeous skating technique on just about everything.
I can understand your concerns about Charlene's abilities as a skater, however, just because someone wasn't such an accomplished skater, it doesn't mean that they cannot teach the correct technique, or teach skaters to be better than they were back in their day. Mishin never landed quads or triples yet he has no problem teaching them to his students
Arguably those skaters who are/were excellent skaters might be less likely to teach something well that came/comes so naturally to them, compared to someone who has struggled to attain the same level and has had to learn/correct and practice harder at their own technique.
Maybe Wong can help her do this. But the fact is her last student Mirai, also needed help with her technique and these things weren't fixed either. So people are just disappointed because at this point in Zhang's career, it would be nice to see her with a coach who has a proven track record.
"Haters"? RD, aren't you always protesting the use of that term? Nobody's hating here, just doubting the wisdom of the move.Kinda hoping she does well to prove the doubters/haters wrong
Well of course your right successful skater doesn't equal successful coach at all. But in the case of Caroline, well Caroline needs someone who can help her fix her technique.
I know Yu-na took a chance on Orser. And I was a bit worried then, but she took a chance on him at the beginning of the Olympic cycle, and Yu-na at that point except for the loop had very good technique.
.in the US it is just as much a mental game as a physical one,more so.
Charlene didn't help Mirai handle it mentally as well.
I fear this is a step back for Caroline , not a step forward.
Mingzhu Li has a Chinese blog, in which she wrote recently about the apparently amicable split. I'll translate the part that's related to Caroline.
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4facfef00100dqnd.html