- Joined
- Mar 14, 2006
Kind of a followup to Joe on the decline of the Russians. The Japanese are now approaching domination in singles.
What on earth are they doing? I did hear one commentator say that with ladies at least the coaches insist that they approach every jump in every practice at full speed. Anything else?
Is there any downside to this? I'm not aware that their skaters are injured at a higher rate than others or have to retire earlier...
And then why not anything like the same success in pairs or ice dance?
What on earth are they doing? I did hear one commentator say that with ladies at least the coaches insist that they approach every jump in every practice at full speed. Anything else?
Is there any downside to this? I'm not aware that their skaters are injured at a higher rate than others or have to retire earlier...
And then why not anything like the same success in pairs or ice dance?