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- Dec 21, 2011
Max will never turn into Machida. Neither he will turn into Carolina Kostner who his coach mentioned as an example. He just can't be a balletic skater to me. They just try to build the impossible when they could just find the body voice of his own.
In a way I agree, but I also think that it's good for skaters to stretch themselves artistically, especially in non-Olympic years, even if there's no immediate benefit, because it often does improve other aspects of their skating (sometimes unexpected ones) once they return to the comfort zone. In this case, I immediately see a benefit that I'm optimistic he'll retain- his posture is better.