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- Jun 11, 2012
I totally agree with your #5 Poodlepal. But that's not the skater's fault so much as the coach and choreographer's fault. I'm sure you've cruised through the threads on music. It's like they use the same music over and over and over.....and over again. Sometimes different arrangements but the same themes. Gracie's short program music was horrible. Talk about a painful ear worm and it didn't do anything for her - so I'm glad she changed it.
You might add another bullet point - the fact that American skaters change coaches like they change their underwear. There are so few that are still with the coach they started out with. Different styles, different temperaments, different expectations, no consistency. I watched the Junior Girls finals and was pretty impressed with the skating ability. Now some of them just need to mature and get some finesse. I don't think we're in as bad a shape as some feel.
You might add another bullet point - the fact that American skaters change coaches like they change their underwear. There are so few that are still with the coach they started out with. Different styles, different temperaments, different expectations, no consistency. I watched the Junior Girls finals and was pretty impressed with the skating ability. Now some of them just need to mature and get some finesse. I don't think we're in as bad a shape as some feel.