“ Figure skaters practice from 9:15 to eight in the evening. I don’t see anything unbearable ”
The main rival of Eteri Tutberidze at the junior level, CSKA coach Sergei Davydov summed up the results of the junior championship of Russia for “SE”.
At the tournament in Saransk, students of CSKA could not win medals, although in fact they are the only ones at junior level who are fighting with Khrustalniy on an equal footing. A week before the Russian Championships, at the Moscow championship Sof’ya Samodelkina and Yelizaveta Berestovskaya have beaten Sof’ya Akatieva, Veronika Zhilina and Adeliya Petrosyan - but in the main tournament, five of the six first places went to the group of Eteri Tutberidze.
Coach Sergei Davydov admits that his students need further technical progress. So far, only Samodelkina (triple Axel) and Berestovskaya (quadruple Toeloop) are doing ultra-si.
-- Sergey, how would you rate the tournament for your wards?
- Could have been better, I’ll appreciate our fourth place, I guess. I'm talking about Sof’ya Samodelkina, and Lisa Berestovskaya, and the rest. Lisa didn’t do her quad, then she would be much higher. And Sofa as a whole fought, but she should have been cleaner in her triple Axels, and in her short program, not making such silly mistakes.
-- Sof’ya said that it’s already difficult to deal with “Khrustalniy” with two triksels.
- We need quads, obviously. The competition with them really rests on the ability to do such jumps. We are working on this, but have not yet reached the necessary stage ready for insertion.
-- Does the schedule perhaps interfere with this?
- Of course, we spend a lot of time on skating. And you need to sit on this tightly and engage yourself, as we had done with the axel. So this is a task for the end of the season, when the competitions come to an end. Without (quads), fighting is really difficult.
- Are you satisfied with the ratings? At the championship of Moscow two weeks ago there were these components, in Saransk you were given completely different. If we compare, conditionally, Samodelkina and her rivals from Khrustalniy. How to explain this?
- These are inexplicable things, this is the opinion of the judges. And discussing it with us, coaches, makes no sense. The judges reward you this way, which means they know better, everything is at their discretion. Do better, then. Make sure you get higher marks. Work towards this.
- And how many starts Sof’ya and Lisa had this season?
- I’ve lost count, but from 10 to 14 times. Sometimes more. Last year they were only small, they didn’t make it everywhere, but this year is a transitional year, they are performing on all fronts. Which means all the Championships of Moscow, Russia, the stages of the Cup. This year, the load is heavier.
-- Do all from those who were in Saransk go to the Cup final?
- Yes, everyone should. (Samodelkina, Berestovskaya, as well as Anna Frolova, Nika Ryabinina, and Sof’ya Muravyova acted on the championship of Russia from the Davydov team). In the Final, only 12 people are allowed, so we’re not sure about Nika Ryabinina, this will be decided on a different level - who is traveling, who is staying behind, who will already be preparing for the World Championships.
-- Isn't this calendar too intense for 12 year old girls?
- The requirements are high, but we are preparing everyone so that competition is like a vacation. What? You arrive, skate for half an hour, warm up for six minutes, perform for five minutes. That is all you have to do. This is an emotional load, not a physical one. So they are clearly aware that a start is a respite. This is not a workout of one and a half to two hours, morning and evening.
-- And how many hours do they train per day, if not secret?
- There is no secret, usually 5-6 hours. They are engaged somewhere from 9:15 to eight in the evening with breaks for school and classes. That is, they spend the whole day away from home. In addition to the fact that they have two times ice, there is also general exercises, choreography, fitness training, some kind of personal task.
But everybody is on equal footing. People from Khrustalniy also perform, we all meet at the same starts. So I don’t see anything unbearable.
© Дмитрий Кузнецов
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From:
https://www.sport-express.ru/figure...u-kataniyu-intervyu-sergeya-davydova-1640758/
