And let's not forget that he had a serious show load and, although nothing has been said, I reckon he has to study as well. :think:
I think that shows rather give him energy than take it. It's his natural environment, he loves performing. And shows mean money. Surely, too much of them can influence training process, but I believe Stephane can adjust it to the circumstances.
As to his studies, I remember Deniss doing brilliantly at WC last year just ten days after an important exam. And Nathan's example proves that sometimes it's better to have some life outside an ice rink
(also Misha completing his master degree last season was more effective on ice that this season...).
When speaking about finances, the problem is that starting with this year in Latvia, there is no tax relief when money is invested in sponsorship. Business people can reinvest their profits in their business. So they are not interested any more.
Thank you for bringing the problem closer. Was Deniss sponsored by any Latvian company?
Last season Deniss got some bonuses from Euro Ch and Worlds. I don't know how Chris is managing all this but I hope he will do his best.
And as I understood Deniss and Stephane got some nice money for the feature in the Spur magazine. Hope it can cover this off-season expenses as well.
As to other coaches, anyone who can help Deniss and he can pay for, is good.
I would add Mishin to the list - he helped Stephane at the time and his work with Caro was excellent (not to mention Liza of course :agree2
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I remember what Koshiro told about working on a quad and to tell you the truth my first thought was "Stephane, please don't put so much theory while working with Deniss on jumps as he's prone to overthinking everything and instead of doing a jump he'll be analyzing his speed, body position, distance, etc."
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After their remarks on Deniss jumps in K&C ("too slow, too close" [to the barrier] - was it about 4T?) I compared the IceScope data. What is visible on the examples of his 3F (which notabene was one of the highest rated solo jumps at WC) and 3A - he has great speed and covers a quite long distance, but height of the jump wasn't so big (out of top 10 only Shoma and Matteo jumped 3A on equal or smaller height). That made his 3A a bit flat so the speed on landing was really high: 22 km/h, while average was 12-15, and no wonder he had problems with that landing. While 3F was only 2 cm higher and it was enough to land safely...
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