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- Jul 17, 2018
With all the recent discussions here of whether Alysa Liu needed to change coaches in order to develop to her greatest potential, and of the rarity of successful skaters staying with their childhood coaches, I was wondering. What early-career, mid-career, or late-career coaching changes, can we point to as having produced an obvious, substantial benefit or boost to the skater’s career? I’m trying to think of someone who might have been stagnating or clearly not living up to their potential, whose problems were solved, or whose results dramatically improved, once they changed coaches.
Let’s keep it to those who were already seniors when they switched—we all know that a lot of development occurs in juniors, and in the transition from junior to senior. I’m thinking more of skaters who were already pretty much established when they switched, as opposed to those who were works-in-progress.
Let’s keep it to those who were already seniors when they switched—we all know that a lot of development occurs in juniors, and in the transition from junior to senior. I’m thinking more of skaters who were already pretty much established when they switched, as opposed to those who were works-in-progress.