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Yuzuru Hanyu: 2017-2018

xibsuarz said:
If I'm not mistaken, a raccon bit some cables and the ice of the rink melted, but it sounds like it's okay now :)
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For real?! Oh my god :rofl: was the raccoon okay?!

Interspectator said:
Here's a painting I did to pass the time till the 22nd, where figure skating TV may give us a glimpse of Yuzu. http://figureskating-in-color.tumbl...he-month-of-july-is-slow-on-news-and-ive-been :biggrin:
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Beautiful!! For some reason my favorite part is the arm/sleeve. This part, I like how there's lighter color in the shading.

Ina bauer https://twitter.com/wioveriyw/status/886650049576357888 :o:<33333
 
http://figureskatersonline.com/news...chstein-at-the-beginning-of-his-final-season/ Grant Hochstien had some nice things to say about Yuzu in a recently published interview.
The greatest champions were and are the ones who can master all aspects of skating, even if they aren’t singularly the best at any single one of them. Even up to our current men’s world champion, Yuzuru Hanyu, who clearly excels at all aspects of our sport even if he isn’t the highest jumper or fastest spinner, people will remember him for his all around greatness. So yes, I think the quad race is thrilling and exciting beyond belief, but let’s not forget to remember why skating is so wonderful.
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Interspectator said:
http://figureskatersonline.com/news...chstein-at-the-beginning-of-his-final-season/ Grant Hochstien had some nice things to say about Yuzu in a recently published interview.
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"Difficult jumps are rewarded highly in our current judging system, but I think it is okay every once in a while to take a step back to see what made skating great for so many decades."

The things he says in the article are lovely, he sounds very genuine. I wish him the best.

kaeryth said:
Does that mean pooh himself is banned or just pooh memes?
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Pooh memes have been going on for a long time, it's the memes that are banned. Pretty sure fans can still welcome Yuzuru with Pooh.
 
http://figureskatersonline.com/news...chstein-at-the-beginning-of-his-final-season/

interview With Grant Hochstein

"The greatest champions were and are the ones who can master all aspects of skating, even if they aren’t singularly the best at any single one of them. Even up to our current men’s world champion, Yuzuru Hanyu, who clearly excels at all aspects of our sport even if he isn’t the highest jumper or fastest spinner, people will remember him for his all around greatness. So yes, I think the quad race is thrilling and exciting beyond belief, but let’s not forget to remember why skating is so wonderful" .
 
I have a question for those more knowledgeable of FS than I am. I was reading this post about steps in FS and saw how the poster mentioned that the less crossovers you do do accelerate the better and Yuzu does few of those, tending to use the chassé to gain speed instead. My question is mostly related to why gaining speed through crossovers is seen worse than through a chassé? Is it because the first pushes off with the stroke of the feet and thus is seen as more basic, while the chassé uses the knees?
 
Interspectator said:
https://www.facebook.com/1581188472...188472096896/1926381267577613/?type=3&theater This picture of Yuzu and Lambiel is so beautiful. Yuzu's performance and encore in Fantasy on Ice Niigata will indeed be aired on Figure Skating TV on the 22nd -the encore will be aired on August 12th.
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Thanks for this information! So, in addition to these broadcasts, we're going to have media day in TCC in the first or the second week of August, skating class in Yokohama on 16, and probably 24hrs TV on 26-27. We will be busy :party:
 
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWrkdYvlR74/?taken-by=worldsfigureskating From Gabby, about training with Yuzu and Javi.
"It was actually Javi who said before my long program (at Worlds) that he knew I could do it and that I had it in me. He was one of my idols growing up so hearing that from him gave me that extra tiny boost of Confidence that I needed. It made me think 'OK, I can do it. I've got this. Let's go.'" From the first day she walked into the Cricket Club, Daleman said it has been super motivating to train alongside the likes of Fernández and Yuzuru Hanyu. "I looked up to them when I was younger and just getting to train with them... I remember seeing them practice one day and saying to my brother (zack) 'oh my god, they do fall.' It was just surreal to me. I was like 'they're human!' "They are the sweetest people I've traveled with, and they are so supportive, so amazing and so inspirational. Yuzuru works so hard and he's always trying to learn different things I see how motivated he is and how much he wants it, and what he's willing to do for it in so incredible" "Javi is so motivated. I see the produce from the beginning of the season to the end of the season, and I learn from that. It is truly such an honor for me to train with those two. I'm really grateful for that."
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Interspectator said:
The schedule has been updated...Yuzu's preformance and encore will both be aired on the 22nd of July. Not in August.
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:hap57::hap85: just few more days!

Interspectator said:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWrkdYvlR74/?taken-by=worldsfigureskating From Gabby, about training with Yuzu and Javi.
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Such beautiful words from Gabby, I guess that's what makes TCC so special, the environment is giving positive impacts to the skaters! Keep up with the good work, team Orser :rock:
 
xeyra said:
I have a question for those more knowledgeable of FS than I am. I was reading this post about steps in FS and saw how the poster mentioned that the less crossovers you do do accelerate the better and Yuzu does few of those, tending to use the chassé to gain speed instead. My question is mostly related to why gaining speed through crossovers is seen worse than through a chassé? Is it because the first pushes off with the stroke of the feet and thus is seen as more basic, while the chassé uses the knees?
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Chasse is good for short distance. Crossover is good for long distance. Crossover is the fastest and easiest way to gain speed. Hanyu does not use many crossovers to gain speed, for the like of him, using such easy tool to gain speed isn't ideal. So for Hanyu to use chasse to gain speed, it's quite interesting as this move is for short distance but he still gains much speed thanks to it. This is why his skating is amazing.

I can see in Hanyu the preference for intricate footwork which looks more effortless and rhythmic than most men out there. Chasse is originated from ballet, it is rhythmic but harder to use for long distance. However it helps creating a flowy feeling of the skating, especially with his flexible knee bend that move with the music.

In short, Hanyu uses a short distance move to gain greater speed than most other skaters who use the move for long distance. This method is not new, some old coaches are still thinking the same style. For example I think Brian Orser's old coach, Doug Leigh also has the same mentality. He once gave Brian Orser a program without any crossover at all.

In the latter generation, my Russian coach doesn't like it when a skater does more than 3 crossovers in a row. Hanyu is the only man I can think of to qualify her criteria (maybe Chan at his prime also).

Among ladies, I would say Tutberidze's students fulfill that idea very well. Medvedeva and Zagitova and that very tall girl I forgot how to spell her name. They all use very few crossovers. Only 6-8 crossovers in the short program. Some people might complain that these Tutberidze's girls are slower than other girls but using less crossovers is very good for them in the long term. As they develop their skating, using more difficult turns on 1 foot continuously will help them to improve their skating skills. I think Tutberidze understands basic skating very well and she is applying the robotic way, less organic style on her students but it's very down to earth and help her students get fast results. She originated from ice dance after all. She doesn't let her students abuse the crossovers aka the more labored way to gain speed.
 
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