Reason for meltdown - Takahashi's free skate, 09 GPF
SkateFiguring, I am intrigued that you think Daisuke 'has the winner's attitude' - I am still in each competition fearful that he'd have yet another implosion! (I am sure his 4 falls in free skate at 04 TEB was the record in GPS, until surpassed by Denis Ten's 5 this season at SA!) He's been one of the most endearing headcases for me for so long. Anyway, he had a major meltdown only 14 months or so ago at 09GPF. If you're interested in what caused it, here is a summary of his own reasoning...
He said he was least nervous at the Olympics last season, as he knew he practised as much as he could. He thought to himself, whatever happened, it could not be worse than the GPF - he reckons that his meltdown at GPF somehow helped him to be less nervous for the biggest event of the season.
I am not sure this is entirely true - I know this is what Nobu's former coach Morozov told the press, but I always take his comments with a pinch of salt. (His story of breaking up with Daisuke and taking on Nobu never really made any sense - contradicting not only Dai and Nobu's stories, but his own time to time!)
It is however most likely that Nobu was stressed by his personal circumstances, which perhaps prevented him from concentrating 100% on training running up to the Worlds, - I am sure he was going to do that after disappointment at the Olys. Taking a hint from Dai's story of meltdown at GFP, I wonder if it was not the stress itself, but knowing he could not practised fully due to the stress that caused his epic meltdown in the short.
SkateFiguring, I am intrigued that you think Daisuke 'has the winner's attitude' - I am still in each competition fearful that he'd have yet another implosion! (I am sure his 4 falls in free skate at 04 TEB was the record in GPS, until surpassed by Denis Ten's 5 this season at SA!) He's been one of the most endearing headcases for me for so long. Anyway, he had a major meltdown only 14 months or so ago at 09GPF. If you're interested in what caused it, here is a summary of his own reasoning...
- Fatigued after coming second in Skate Canada, and also relieved that he secured a spot at GPF, he could not put 100% into practice and training running up to the GPF;
- Knowing that he wasn't prepared, he had no choice but just to go for it for the short - he said it was his luck he got a very good score and placed first after the short;
- He exhausted what little was left in him in the short, and he knew about it and thus was very nervous for free skate (he used the following analogous to describe the feeling - as if trying to find an excuse for not having done homework for the next day);
- During the practice and warm-up, lacking in confidence, he was trying his best to look good and strong - he said he was all the while ashamed of and hating himself for being like that;
- He was actually scared of going on ice to skate;
- Failing the quad, his mind went blank. Lost concentration, he wasn't even sure what he was doing (only one of three spins was counted, as he repeated CCoSp three times);
- He analyses being too nervous caused loss of concentration, and only knowing that he had practised enough and was thus prepared could allow him to believe he could do it whatever happens.
He said he was least nervous at the Olympics last season, as he knew he practised as much as he could. He thought to himself, whatever happened, it could not be worse than the GPF - he reckons that his meltdown at GPF somehow helped him to be less nervous for the biggest event of the season.
Yes Oda was stressed out and in tears over how to break the pregnancy news to his mother, who didn't even know of his girlfriend.
I am not sure this is entirely true - I know this is what Nobu's former coach Morozov told the press, but I always take his comments with a pinch of salt. (His story of breaking up with Daisuke and taking on Nobu never really made any sense - contradicting not only Dai and Nobu's stories, but his own time to time!)
It is however most likely that Nobu was stressed by his personal circumstances, which perhaps prevented him from concentrating 100% on training running up to the Worlds, - I am sure he was going to do that after disappointment at the Olys. Taking a hint from Dai's story of meltdown at GFP, I wonder if it was not the stress itself, but knowing he could not practised fully due to the stress that caused his epic meltdown in the short.
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