Good observation! I get so tired of looking at lady skaters who do their tricks (sometimes with music) but ALL looking the same. I guess the sport for ladies is based on skating clean only. There are no Cohen, Kwan, Bielman's to make the competition interesting.I like Agnes. She does seem different. She does not remind me of anyone.
Yes. That's exactly what I see in her. Thanks for expressing it so well! (And nice to have you posting here!)I'm pretty new around here (I usually just read the threads) but I decided to post today. I think Agnes has fabulous technique and I agree that she needs improvement as an artist, but I think she has an X-factor, that special something you cannot teach. I think she has such spunk and when she is on her ice she seems perfectly at home, which is refreshing when other skaters look scared to death out there. She has a fire in her eyes when she skates, a hunger, and I think that will take her very far. What I also see in Agnes is a command over her body. She always seems completely in control of her movements. Christina has nice long lines, but after going through a growth spurt, she hasn't quite figured out how to control her limbs. I think these two ladies will really push each other to be better as they are relatively the same age/skill level.
But the others had *parents* that were well-off or had two jobs, etc. Examples:
Tara Lipinski (father, oil executive & lawyer)
Sarah Hughes (father, lawyer; mother accountant)
Kristi Yamaguchi (father, dentist)
Ryan Bradley (father, doctor)
Rachael Flatt (parents, nuclear scientists?)
Michelle Kwan (parents worked several jobs; grandparents owned a Chinese restaurant)
Nancy Kerrigan (father worked several jobs; mother blind)
Also, I'm wondering how Nicole Bobek made it, her mother being a single parent.
Sorry for going off-topic, but it fascinates me how somebody can get into this very expensive sport on a nanny's salary? There have to be other resources imho...
...(in my eyes as a child) there was nothing "bad girl" about Tonya Harding on the ice. I liked Nancy Kerrigan just fine, but I favoured Tonya because when she was on, there was this unfettered delight to her skating. Ignorance was bliss, I guess, never knowing about the off-ice antics and drama. I did hear about the whack, though. hwell:
I like Agnes. She does seem different. She does not remind me of anyone.
That's the first I ever heard about Michelle's family being well-off! Michelle received funding from various sources. (I'm trying to remember the person who recently died who had provided funding to her) Her parents income was not enough, even assuming they had two jobs.
Agnes may also be receiving private funding for her coaching, etc., especially since she has had success at the National and International level.
ETA: It was George Steinbrenner. He gave her $10,000 when she was just 13 years old.
well I guess you were too young to remember perhaps. I don't know anyone who skated to music like " people are still having sex" other than Tonya.
1992 sp "people are still having sex"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5GFw42p5vM
That's the way the Soviets did it and it paid off nicely for many years.There need to be more outreach programs imho, spotting natural innate talent by offering free tryouts, like there are talent scouts that go around the country looking for models. Jmho.
Hah! I'm still so ignorant. I wouldn't know that's the title of her music.well I guess you were too young to remember perhaps. I don't know anyone who skated to music like " people are still having sex" other than Tonya.
1992 sp "people are still having sex"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5GFw42p5vM
well I guess you were too young to remember perhaps. I don't know anyone who skated to music like " people are still having sex" other than Tonya.
1992 sp "people are still having sex"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5GFw42p5vM
ETA: It was George Steinbrenner. He gave her $10,000 when she was just 13 years old.
Hah! I'm still so ignorant. I wouldn't know that's the title of her music.
Hah! I'm still so ignorant. I wouldn't know that's the title of her music.
That's the way the Soviets did it and it paid off nicely for many years.
Here in america they wait until the skaters prove themselves in early competitions and are capable of paying their way to higher levels of competition. All praise to Michael Weiss' Foundation for assisting Dornbush's financial needs.
I've been thinking about this part of your post off & on for the past two weeks, Joesitz.
And after much consideration, I am of the mind that no matter how talented a kid is, if they don't have the money then unfortunately they shouldn't be allowed to skate. This ties into my view of America as it stands now, which bears no resemblance to what made it great, primarily the hard work of the pioneers.