Shoma Uno
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What I have been waiting for: we have our Shoma and Nathan reunion!! Shoma has interviewed Nathan for Fuji TV, will share when I find the footage:
Edited to add: its them boys
Love it! Thanks, @rabidline
and thanks to reporter Shoma!
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It was SO good to see Nathan! The crowd got so excited. And the bonus -- seeing the boys together! Now if they only could have laced up their skates and come out on the ice and done one of their stellar duets! Shoma's skating skills, still the best in the business according to what I've seen this weekend.
I applaud the organizers for introducing so many sports legends and Oly gold medalists during the breaks. Gold star to them for that! Well done!
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What I have been waiting for: we have our Shoma and Nathan reunion!! Shoma has interviewed Nathan for Fuji TV, will share when I find the footage:
Edited to add: its them boys
YAHOO!
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Wow what a week! It was nice to finally watch skating on TV again. I hope Shoma and Marin had a great time in Boston and that they have a safe trip home. Things will get very busy when they get back to Japan.
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Awe!
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Full short interview between Shoma and Nathan! You need Japanese VPN but it's so nice. Nathan's surprise when he saw Shoma will be interviewing!! Shoma's "good to see you" in English! Nathan talking about his current studies. Shoma also invited Nathan to Japan for ice shows when he has the time 
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Shoma stealth mentoring Shun Sato Shun got advice that resonated from Shoma before Worlds, about "if you're going to make mistakes, make ones that you can explain why it happened to yourself." Thankfully the advice seemed to help with Shun's approach to jumps and competitions and helped in supporting his performances at Worlds, and of course securing the 3 spots for Japan.
I'm really happy that even though he has retired, Shoma seems to be able to get the opportunities to support the active skaters on the front lines of competitions. Not many people can speak from experience when it comes to facing the multiple quads era so it's great that he can help his juniors when he can!
Shun got advice that resonated from Shoma before Worlds, about "if you're going to make mistakes, make ones that you can explain why it happened to yourself." Thankfully the advice seemed to help with Shun's approach to jumps and competitions and helped in supporting his performances at Worlds, and of course securing the 3 spots for Japan.I'm really happy that even though he has retired, Shoma seems to be able to get the opportunities to support the active skaters on the front lines of competitions. Not many people can speak from experience when it comes to facing the multiple quads era so it's great that he can help his juniors when he can!
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Nice of Shoma to meet with and interview Ilia too:
Ice Brave training
Lucky penguin!
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He is SO perfect for these competition activities. He has walked in their shoes / skates and understands exactly the pressures and expectations they are dealing with.
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Yes! I really am surprised at how he is able to take on a role that's so supportive and also protective of his juniors, yet he does it in a very non-disruptive way. It makes me want him to try studying psychology one day
I feel like his knowledge and experience makes him well suited to observe and study people, and help them figure out what works best for themselves.Like for example his advice to Shun- when you see a young skater training really hard, the obvious advice is tell him to rest and take more break days right? But in a way, that can really disrupt the rhythm of training. So what Shoma talked about was advice on mindset in facing failures in practice, because more practice = more opportunity to fall on jumps. By introducing the idea that Shun should learn to explain why the mistakes happen to himself, it pushes him to evaluate and take notes, where he can use the data for making decisions, or even to face his nervousness because he has evaluated all that he can.
But of course full credit to Shun and his coaches for being willing to ask for advice when given the opportunity and listen. No matter how good the advice is, if someone is not open to listen, it won't take
Sponichi actually had an opportunity at Worlds to ask him to give a message / advice to the active skaters to face the Olympic season:
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He really has grew up so well hasn't he? It's ironic that in the past, when Shoma was working hard to skate at many ice shows, he was criticized for not taking the time to train for competitions seriously enough instead of performing at shows. Now that time has passed, active skaters get criticized for not doing more ice shows and not being popular enough.
I love that he put it so clearly, that competing skaters should really focus on working and achieving their goals as athletes. Let the pros and adults handle all the talk and rumors about skating not being popular. And so glad that he's able to see a different but still passionate crowd for figure skating in Boston
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What is happening with Sho skating with that heavy penguin ?
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They use those with the very young beginning skaters to help them keep their balance when they are first learning. Other than just goofing off, I can't imagine what Sho is doing.
