Sergey Davydov: “ Strong athletes must keep their punch in any situation, for that's why they are strong athletes ”
Sergey Davydov - CSKA figure skating coach, in whose group Sof'ya Samodelkina, Yelizaveta Berestovskaya and about 35 other figure skaters are training, talked about the students’ training in quarantine, and how the idea was born to upload the training videos on social networks; explained why it is necessary to study ultra-si jumping and why competition in sport is important.
“We've organised a two-week marathon on our Instagram, where we have laid out detailed training for athletes”
- Sergey Dmitriyevich, during self-isolation in connection with the coronavirus, your athletes post a lot of detailed videos with training sessions on the social network. Moreover, they do this on their own initiative. How was this idea born and why are you doing this?
" Let's start with the fact that at the moment there is no real choice, we must exercise, given the fact that you can’t go outside and so on. Not only skaters, but also athletes of other sports switched to home training, trying, as much as possible, to cope with the situation, continue to maintain physical fitness.
We are no exception, so we tried to come up with something productive. Some of the athletes had enough space for lessons, others “cleared” their rooms - they adapted so they could learn.
Uploading videos was our idea to give others open access to our training, because not only are we sitting at home, there are a lot of people in the same situation. Everyone wants to train and we tried to help. We've organised a two-week marathon on our Instagram, where we laid out detailed training for our athletes. Quite a lot of people signed up who also began to engage to our videos. They sent their videos. We are glad that we were able to help someone. And people are glad that they are training not on their own, but on someone’s training, under someone’s guidance. I think it turned out great and good. "
- Do all of your athletes participate in these trainings?
" In our group there are about 35-40 athletes, I find it difficult to name the exact number: someone comes, others leave. Three groups. Initially, I planned that everyone would participate, but we ran into a problem. The first video clips, were quite difficult, since everything was at a distance. A 35-40-minute video took about 2-3 hours of shooting time. Because the video was supposed to be understandable to people, filmed from all angles. And since the shooting was carried out by unprofessional people who've never done this before: the children acted, the parents recorded, and in parallel I had to watch and correct all this, the work turned out to be laborious. The first lessons were rather difficult, but subsequently they went faster. We shot several videos with the training sessions of Samodelkina and Lisa Berestovskaya, so that it would not be so long, interesting and useful. "
- The rest of your athletes train themselves?
- Yes, using these videos. But in principle, the ones who wanted to train, because in connection with the current situation, the children went on vacation. We moved our vacation break, which usually takes place in May, to this period, so that the athletes can have a complete regimen, so as not to overextend anyone. And the athletes themselves decided - to train or not to train. But it turned out that everyone trained, because sitting at home is boring, and so they are busy exercising. Now everyone is sitting at home for days. Well, they do the lessons first and then other things ... "
- No need to explain how important the training system is for the athletes, the regime. It’s not very clear right now when the season will begin. In your opinion, is there a certain “point of no return", after which the athletes will have to start from scratch due to such a forced schedule?
" Everyone is in the same conditions now, everyone is sitting at home. If someone remains inactive, while others were engaged, that's another question. But we are all sitting in self-isolation - in America, Australia, Europe ... Maybe there are countries where there is no strict quarantine, but hardly anyone is training there. In any case, I don't know about it. "
“Sport dictates the conditions for us what to do”
- The athletes of your group -
Sof'ya Samodelkina,
Lisa Berestovskaya, and others perform elements of ultra-si, triple Axel, quadruple jumps. How will this forced break in training affect the preparation for the season? Maybe we will see less difficult jumps, because athletes didn't have time to prepare?
" I don't know. Each athlete has a different experience. Someone catches up very quickly, someone needs more time. Probably a long break will be reflected in the result, because complex elements require a large amount of work. And if it will be necessary to force events, go out and hurry, rush everything to get ready, we, of course, will encounter difficulties. That's for sure. And not only us.
But then again, it all depends on desire. If there is a desire, it seems to me that everything can be done. Now we are training, preparing a “base” for ultra-si on the floor. We have no other opportunity. We try to go out like this in order to keep what we have learned, so that when we go out on the ice we should be prepared for the fact that everything needs to be done quickly. "
- Even before the Olympics in Korea, experts expressed the opinion that in the near future, girls jump quadruple jumps, which happened. What do you think was the reason, because you haven’t tried this for so long?
" My opinion is that sport dictates the conditions for us what to do. This is the first. Secondly, quadruples, of course, are a big load on the children's bodies. This cannot be denied. Of course, you try to protect children, not to squeeze them out completely, but the realities of sports dictate their own rules. Someone did, jumped, the bar was automatically raised, and we have no choice. We have to get involved in this if we want to win. Accordingly, we got involved. What someone does, someone doesn't, is another question. But now it is an integral part of the sport. Maybe, for the children's health it's unfortunate, for people who are watching figure skating, it's fortunate. But such is sport. If you approach everything correctly, competently train, do prophylaxis, you can manage without injuries. Although, whatever one may say, there is still an increased injury rate. "
- Maksim Belyavskiy is training in your group, he jumped a quint on the fishing rod, which caused considerable excitement. What was the point of doing this jump in the harness? And is it realistic to do a quint on ice?
" On this occasion, I talked a lot after all the hype arose. Honestly, we did not expect this to cause such a resonance. A quint on a fishing rod - it was part of our work on ice. We worked, did it. The quad turned out stably, well. And without a fishing rod. There was an idea to try the quint, and we tried. Uploaded it to our instagram. To ours! As a review, as part of the work that we move forward. No more. And here is such a stir ...
As for the performance of quints on ice? Once upon a time, the same questions were asked about quadruples, which no one had yet jumped, and then jumped. Now, small children are performing quadruples, although they used to always say that this requires power and strength, explaining why men do this and women do not, that the problem is this ... The same will happen someday with quints. This is the next step in figure skating. There will be one who will do it first. Hanyu does an Axel in 4.5 turns. I saw it myself. So this is a matter of attitude and goals that you set for yourself. "
“Complex elements require a lot of work and time”
- Let's talk more about your athletes: Sof'ya Samodelkina, Lisa Berestovskaya, Vika Vasilyeva ...
" All the leading skaters of our group are in full view, so there is no need to do a detailed analysis of the performances of the season. If we talk about Vika Vasilyeva, then I think everyone understands perfectly well that the athlete entered the difficult period of growing up through which all the girls go. These are growth problems, nothing more, not physical injuries. It’s just that when a person grows, he has associated difficulties, now with this, then with something else. This must be experienced, tolerated. We are trying to cope with this.
Sofa Samodelkina and Lisa Berestovskaya advanced to the elements of ultra-si. Lisa with a quadruple, Sofa with a triple Axel. At first, the Axel did not work out very well, but before quarantine we put it, if I may say so, on a good flow. Lisa has the same thing with her quadruple. True, Lisa did not always succeed in doing a clean jump in competitions. We took the triple Axel and taught it her too. It just happened in the current situation that it was necessary to pay attention to one element, if you want to learn it. So did Sofa. We took the Axel and decided we will do it. We looked at her carriage, what turned out better, what is easier. The same path was chosen with Lisa. We taught her the quadruple Toeloop, because difficult jumps require a huge amount of work and a lot of time. You are preparing an element, learning, then you need to break away from this, return to sports practice, return to skating programs cleanly. Therefore, we teach complex elements at the end of the season. They “sit down” on them and do just that. If you don’t teach an element this way, then it's going to be problematic during the season, because you have to drop out of your 'sports rhythm' and do the required training. I think others do the same. "
- It can be seen that both of your athletes are very motivated, they themselves want to master difficult jumps.
" And without this, there is no way to advance. We can educate children, say what we need, what we want, wish, desire, strive for ... But the desire to learn new complex elements is either there or not. And it's hard to do something about it. Yes, these girls are very charged, they want to win, they want to be better than everyone else, they understand they can do it, for which we honour and praise them. "
- Your boys, how are things going with them?
" We have some good young boys: Lev Lazarev, Nikita Malyutin ... This year they performed well at the Russian Championship in their age groups. Lev became second. Good guys. Growing up ...
The girls are capable. Time will tell. They will grow. They are working. Because our group must be "multi-stage" like a ladder. Some climb, the others reach after them. Then the young push the more experienced forward, creating competition. It should be like this. We start with the kids from scratch, recruit them in our group, train and then move on with them. "
“Our work style is to work”
- Each coach has his own methodology, his own rules. How would you characterize your style?
" It seems to me that others should talk about this. It’s hard for me to talk about myself. We work as we can. What I know, I try to convey to the students. We teach children, while learning ourselves. We try. Our work style is to work. "
- Alexey Nikolayevich Mishin once said that the cornerstone of his method is training in a group, as this creates competition. Perhaps this is the reason for the success of our skaters who train in groups; while in other countries there is an individual training system?
" Alexey Nikolayevich is absolutely right. The higher the competition, the higher the results. The higher the competition in the group, the higher the results in the group. The higher the competition in the country, the higher the results of the athletes from this country. "
- In Russian women's skating, the competition is crazy. On the one hand, it spurs athletes, on the other, it is not easy to endure. What do you think about this and how do you tune your athletes?
" Of course, not all athletes can withstand this competition. But strong athletes must keep their punch in any situation, that's why they are strong athletes. We teach one thing - to be the first, to be stronger, and everything will turn to face you. Lose - go out on the ice again, prove that you are stronger. Everything is very simple.
We must be able to endure. If you were born and raised in a country where there is tremendous competition, and you are boiling in it, then you need to understand and accept this. Because instead of you, another person will appear who can withstand this competition. That's all. You are not alone - you get behind, your followers will take over. You need to know about this. We are talking about this to athletes, this spurs them and does not allow them to relax. Moreover, we have a great team. "
- Let's name your team.
" Let's. Coach Aleksandra Kravtsova, choreographer Viktoriya Bondarenko, Sergey Verbillo is engaged in gliding, Yevgeniy Artemov works with the fishing rod. All excellent specialists. "
“There is two weeks of vacation to clear your head”
- Where did you plan to conduct summer training?
" At home, in our CSKA. We generally hardly leave. This year we planned to relax, let the children out, and then return and start training at home. But now everything has shifted in time. "
- And training stages abroad? Some trainers say that athletes need to change their place of training in order to “clear their heads”?
" To clear your head, there are two weeks of vacation. Why do this when you need to start working? The main thing is that there are working conditions. And what difference does it make where to train, abroad or at home. Nevertheless, they perfectly understand that if you really work, then you don’t need any “foreign country”, because every morning you come to the rink - PE, choreography, ice, strength, stretching ... You spend all day at the rink and there’s nothing left for diversions, nothing to see. During breaks, children catch up on their lessons. And although there are no lessons in the summer, I know many learn in advance.
Also, well, a trip abroad is expensive. But we can’t take just a few athletes and leave, while the rest will stay behind because they can’t pay. Therefore, we will work at home. The main thing is that athletes have a desire to work. "
(c) Ольга ЕРМОЛИНА и Татьяна ФЛАДЕ
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PS: Here is Sof'ya working out:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_F4NGUpogM/ , for athletic kids like her, having a younger sister, a big house and a large yard with trampoline and treehouse, it's probably easy to stay in shape even by just playing. Her family best get a pool too, since public pools are unlikely to open soon, even with summer approaching.
Here is Lisa advertising the training scheme, and working out to it:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_F2CunoCBx/ , for such a slight looking girl, she is surprisingly strong, tough and athletic.
