I won't be too terribly surprised if Carolina does change coaches, but I highly doubt it would be to Brian Orser, who already coaches Yu-Na...
Sorry for my ignorance, but who's Mishin? Who has he/she worked with before?Many suggested to work with Mishin. She already went to Jaca for his famous summer camp the past years and turned out to be a very helpful experience. I wish she could work with him on a regular basis especially during competitions, he seems to give a real boost of confidence to his students.
I'm still at a loss as to the blame of a faulty program.
I believe it is in the performance of the skater under fire. Something is bothering the skater. Injury? Pressure? Travel? Minor Illness? etc.
I can not see any blame on the Coach who isn't skating the program.
There can be many run-thrus of a new program. Surely the skater, the coach, or the choreographer can change anything necessary long before a competition.
However, if the skater is thinking that a coach is not enhancing her tech she should see this early on and change coaches. I think in Caroline's case, this is the earliest for change. So I am ok with it. Frank Carroll, maybe?
In my opinion Kostner and Verner do not need to change their coach in this point = so close to the Olympics, but they do need to find a person (psychologist) who is able to "give" them mental strength to continue even after a mistake.
That's incredible. I thought she has already worked with a psychologist or something periodically. I wonder if she is aware of her mental problem.-the main problem turned out to be that she does not have any mental coach or sports psicologyst at least on a regular basis. So her main concern now is to find a professional help.
That's incredible. I thought she has already worked with a psychologist or something periodically. I wonder if she is aware of her mental problem.
I agree. She had kind of a meltdown at last Olympics, and didn't get professional help on her mental problems after that? Well, Huth might or might not be a good coach on the technical side, but it would be his job to advice his athletes to look for psychological help if they blow their competitions at least. With Verner, Kostner, Dytrt he has three headcases in his charge, why doesn't he do something about it?
He also trains now:
- Philipp Tischendorf
- Franz Streubel (a German junior skater - skated jgps last season)
- Jennifer Urban (a German junior skater - did 3T, 3S and 3Loop in competition last season)
- Kavita Lorenz (German National Novice Champion 2009 - Under 14 years old)
And don´t forget Anton Kovalevski.
That's incredible. I thought she has already worked with a psychologist or something periodically. I wonder if she is aware of her mental problem.
Q: Last season you said that you would like to consult a sports psychologist. Are you doing that now?
A: Yes, I got a sports psychologist and we’ve been working for two months. It’s Carolina Kostner’s sports psychologist. I talked to the Federation and to the Bavarian Federation, and we decided together that this is something we want. The Federation wanted it and I wanted it myself, and now it worked out.[/
Well, yes, but that's not a contradiction to what I said. Dytrt for example is such a great jumper - as long as she has not to proof it in a competition. It just doesn't make sense to me that he seems to ignore the psychological side of it.