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Pollock from 5 almost 6 years ago is more than likely never happening again. It's too old and not even up to requirements.
2017-18 State of U.S. Ladies Skating
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Pollock from 5 almost 6 years ago is more than likely never happening again. It's too old and not even up to requirements.
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Maybe THAT"S what she's going back to. I would definitely approve if that's big change.....
My bet would be a program change. La La Land?
Debuting a new SP at nationals is very risky. I know her shorts haven’t been good this year, but it’s not a good idea.
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LA LA LAND was her LP, not SP.
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Here’s something I found that was also kind of interesting. Not super important or anything but looks like Karen will have a new sp dress for nationals. https://www.instagram.com/p/BcJLYjWHRwU/ In the comments of the picture the costume designer lets a fan know that Karen reached out to her to design her a new dress for on Golden Pond.
I know. She loves her MR program and it wasn’t that bad in SC. But her SP has been rough this season. Even at SoCal, she got a underrotation call. Club comps seldom call unders for the top skaters. Then two competitions where she gets called on her 3T and her 3Lo. It would my best guess for a change.
With LaLa Land, she can simply make it into a SP and debut a new program instead. But I still think it’s risky idea. It takes Ashley a while to learn programs because of her concussion. Plus there’s her ankle infection. All this is making me anxious.
That’s may have been a photo from Lake Placid.
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That crossed my mind too.
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Photo has to be from LP. It's currently around 64 degrees F and partly cloudy here in COS.
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Is there still OTC in LP? Wishful thinking that she is seeking a way to be her recovery.
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There is but it's for skiing, bobsled and sports like that that train there now. Not much skating.
Ashley's been in California since LP, doesn't mean she's not in Canada or something right now getting choreo. I'm sure she'll reveal when ready.
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Thanks, it's been awhile since I've been to LP.
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It's pretty. I thought she said before SA that she was keeping her SP dress and getting a new LP one, which didn't happen. Maybe I had that reversed.
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Yes. But not skating doesn't mean she is doing nothing or wasting time. She is likely still doing conditioning- just not necessarily on ice training.
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You made very good points and it definitely makes me anxious too but it didn't work at all for her this season so maybe a change cannot make anything worse? About the memory issues, she did learn new a program last year so she is capable (it must be hard though so I respect her a lot) and she already worked on La La Land. If I remember correctly she decided not to use it because she didn't find it deep enough and wasn't connected? She shouldn't be training yet I guess, but maybe they just sat down and found a way to make the program work both technically and emotionally. I would be happy if this was the case to be honest.
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Marina has her hands full with her dance teams, which are always her main focus, it's doubtful Ashley would go there because she's not a Marina Z choreo type. So color me shocked if she would do that.
Now, I wouldn't be surprised if she wanted a whole new program (which would be insane at this point in the season) and wanted someone in Detroit, that she would go to see Jeremy Abbott who did a great exh for her back in 2016.
Healing is not doing nothing. Healing is critical! One week off the ice won't kill her. Training while she's healing is a bad idea because it makes your body use resources that could go to healing, therefore making recovery slower. It also cause re injury to wound areas and out you at risk for making mistakes and causing injuries to other parts of her body. Healing time, just like sleep, is critical to every athlete. I pray that she's taking the time off she needs to heal properly so she can be ready for Nationals.
