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There was nothing harsh intended from my side, and I was nothing but respectful.
It’s in the eye of the beholder I guess
I legitimately did not understand the concept of “learnings” being applied to further generations in this particular case.
To me skaters are unique and they are not identical machines, that can be fine tuned, each of them are different and have their own stronger and weaker sides, go through puberty in their own ways, hence I don’t get how learnings can be applied, if skaters are different.
Which learnings from Alina were applied to Sasha? Which learnings from Evgenia were applied to Polina and Alina?
The example you gave is not something new, quite often coaches leave a solo jump for the later, so that a skater could attach a second jump, if it was missed. It’s quite common and I don’t think it had anything to do with backloading strategy.
I think you got the thing with the "learning" too literal. As far as I understand it, for example - Alina was their first senior to fully backload her jumps. Whereas for the next generation - Sasha and Anna, it's already the routine to do their very difficult combos in the 2nd part. Of course, quads excluded because they do those at the beginning. But I presume that during the coaching process of Alina they learnt also what exactly needs to be improved in the training method, so that the athlete can get the best preparation. It's like baking - the first time you try to make a cake, you might burn it, but the second time you already know what can go wrong and improve it.