Sasha working on quad for upcoming season

[chuckm]

IIRC, some of the knocks on Sasha's 2003 QR were that she was slow, tentative and a bit flat, and the ice coverage on her spiral was below par.

 

[PrincessLeppard]

She was slow and tentative (but who wasn't in the ladies QR?), but she hit her jumps, and her spins were good. I don't recall about the ice coverage on the spiral, and I don't have a tape I can watch. Oh, well.

Laura

 

[icenut84]

Her Worlds QR 2003 was one of her better skates, but she had a couple of stumbles in there, most noticably the trip on the forward crossover. Still, I was impressed and actually thought she was a bit undermarked.

I never saw the QR as it wasn't aired on Eurosport. Did Sasha just trip and then regain her balance, or did she actually splat?

 

[euterpe]

She stumbled slightly, but caught herself--no fall. She also skidded a bit on her spiral.

 

[Glacierskater]

I think skaters, like everyone else, have to try new stuff now and then to keep from getting stale. This can be a new technical element or some extra insight into interpreting a new peice of music. I like the idea that Sasha is practicing the quad Salchow, at least in the harness. I also think that she is being realistic when she says, "We'll see how it goes" before committing to trying the jump in competition.

In the past, under 6.0 judging, skaters for the most part were not penalized severely for trying hard tricks, even if they were not completely successful. The most interesting question, to me, that I hope the new season will answer is whether the CoP will encourage the dare-devils, or whether it will reward the skaters who concentrate on doing perfectly every element of a less difficult program.

Mathman

Very well put Mathman...I think that Robin has been good for her, and I hope that she will pull it all together this season, quad or no quad...I don't have the Chevy Stromotion at home to break them down and count anyway

It breaks my heart for her to see her doing her program so well, then fall out of a spin or lose it on a jump. What ever she does, I hope that she does it well, and cleanly. I, for one, will be glued to the t.v., hanky in hand.

I do have a question about "getting back into shape". Let me preface this with an apology for my ignorance: How does an elite skater get out of shape? I mean this with all seriousness. I assmued that she trains everyday, and does not get out of shape. Can someone enlighten me? (Place perlexed emoticon here)

 

[peachstatesk8er]

Very well put Mathman...I think that Robin has been good for her, and I hope that she will pull it all together this season, quad or no quad...I don't have the Chevy Stromotion at home to break them down and count anyway

It breaks my heart for her to see her doing her program so well, then fall out of a spin or lose it on a jump. What ever she does, I hope that she does it well, and cleanly. I, for one, will be glued to the t.v., hanky in hand.

I do have a question about "getting back into shape". Let me preface this with an apology for my ignorance: How does an elite skater get out of shape? I mean this with all seriousness. I assmued that she trains everyday, and does not get out of shape. Can someone enlighten me? (Place perlexed emoticon here)

Well over the course of touring and then taking a vacation, skaters get out of competitive shape. They aren't on the ice as much, and aren't training as hard off the ice either. So, compared to normal people they're still incredibly fit, but compared to the shape they're in when they're on the ice hours a day and training off ice as well, they're "out of shape".