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Coupe du Printemps
Shoma Uno: 2014-2024
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Coupe du Printemps
OMG I just checked. He is using it as a tune up to test out whatever layout he plans to do in Helsinki. I guess it's a lot riding on this when you went from ONE quad last season to trying FOUR this season.I just ask that he not be a bumbling mess when I get to see him, but I guess he's doing this competition in hopes of granting me my wish. He also adjusts to jet lag better by being in there earlier I guess,
he is doing four games in one and half month, that's so crazy.
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I'm trying to determine if he plans to substitute a toe for a sal, or ADD a sal to try for 5.
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to 4everchan.
I will echo what demarinis said in this thread before: "I like who I like."
Competitive careers are not long in this sport (unless his/her name is a 'Plushenko'), so let's cheer hard for our own favorites and enjoy every bit of their skating while we can. No time should be wasted with being bothered by whatever naysayers would say.
And please accept my belated (sorry!) but warmest 'Welcome!' to our Shoma-Fest thread, will you please! ^^)/
that was sweet and very true.. I like who I like... so true... and DONE
I will keep this motto ! Thanks demarinis and deedee1Today's newspaper.
Shoma and Mihoko-sensei are thinking to try 4S in the next competition, Coupe du Printemps.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170228-01785231-nksports-spo
OK, OK :dumb:. I'm now trying to convince myself that Shoma is going to use the competition as his run-through practice before the Worlds.
God bless Shoma
Shoma and Mihoko-sensei are thinking to try 4S in the next competition, Coupe du Printemps.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170228-01785231-nksports-spo
OK, OK :dumb:. I'm now trying to convince myself that Shoma is going to use the competition as his run-through practice before the Worlds.
God bless Shoma
I'm not very sure about the first question, but by flight is the most quickest and easiest way to travel between these two locations, so I think it is most likely.
As for the Japanese anthem, Kimigayo, honestly speaking, it's difficult for me to sing as the tune is very unique, in the meaning that it is different from the typical Western scale. Needless to say, this is because I'm not a good singer, but I have to always try not to be out of the right scale
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimigayo
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/君が代
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Rough translations of two newspaper articles on this matter (probably one of them is the same you linked to?
):http://shoma-uno.tumblr.com/post/157798626672/translation-shoma-is-adding-a-4s
Translation of Shoma's message after AWGs from his official website:
http://suzumoriyuiko.tumblr.com/post/157806772143/translation-shoma-official-site-feb-28
Good question! Could also be he's planning to replace the 4Lo for C. d. P. with the 4S and adding it back in to go for 5 quads at Worlds. (just guessing from the translations above)
This is making the decision wether to put myself through the ordeal of getting to Kockelscheuer for C. d. P. or not SO hard! I'd love to see Shoma there, even though chances are 50/50 it's going to be a spectacular performance or a disaster with that insane content! One thing's for sure: this boy is ambitious, with a captial A! Wow!!!
Please don't break your neck, kid. 
Was it confirmed he'll stay in Europe until Worlds? I agree, it would certainly be a wise strategic decision as he always needs quite a bit of time to adjust to different time-zones.
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Well hopefully, once he has tried all the possible layouts, he will stop the experiments during the Olympic season
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Better at CDP than at Worlds, is all I'm saying.
But Shoma, sweetie, my smol bean, don't turn into one of those guys who throw in inconsistent jumps just because! I know the BV game is being played after Nathan threw in 5 quads at Nationals and opened the challenge, and I know your ambition doesn't allow you to stay behind, but experimenting with two inconsistent jumps (4Lo, 4S) plus 4F plus 4-5 quads... it makes me want to cry. In one season... throwing in three new quads... (4F counts too, even if he landed it last season at WTT!)
I guess his musical choice for his FS was particularly fitting. Loco it is. :hopelessness:
I don't even like alcohol but between Shoma, Yuzu and Boyang, I'm going to be developing a whole new appreciation for spirited drinks.
But Shoma, sweetie, my smol bean, don't turn into one of those guys who throw in inconsistent jumps just because! I know the BV game is being played after Nathan threw in 5 quads at Nationals and opened the challenge, and I know your ambition doesn't allow you to stay behind, but experimenting with two inconsistent jumps (4Lo, 4S) plus 4F plus 4-5 quads... it makes me want to cry. In one season... throwing in three new quads... (4F counts too, even if he landed it last season at WTT!)
I guess his musical choice for his FS was particularly fitting. Loco it is. :hopelessness:
I don't even like alcohol but between Shoma, Yuzu and Boyang, I'm going to be developing a whole new appreciation for spirited drinks.
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I will have a few bottles of soju for worlds i think -_-
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I had two glasses of Pinot Noir to get through 4CC LPs and it worked very well. I am hoping the arena has the alcohol well stocked (it is Europe after all). I will be a mess of nerves... Thankfully only the men's division gets me this messed up so I can watch the other events relatively stress free and sober. And I'll need to repeat the same for the Olympics. Hope that arena can load me up on the soju, lol.
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Today's newspaper.
Shoma and Mihoko-sensei are thinking to try 4S in the next competition, Coupe du Printemps.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170228-01785231-nksports-spo
OK, OK :dumb:. I'm now trying to convince myself that Shoma is going to use the competition as his run-through practice before the Worlds.
God bless Shoma
I appreciate him acting so close and real to the music he portrays in FS, but seriously...:hopelessness:
I just hope he and his team have correct, reasonable approach towards all this quad madness. I consider it as really not necessary for Shoma in such level. Wish he will treat CdP as an exercise field to try out as many options he can, regardless of results, but still being in competition to feel out the atmosphere. He just have to watch out fatigue and stamina level to prevent running himself short of strength...
What scares me now the most is this competitive poise in these young men, breaching into obsession of some sorts. It is a good thing to follow the competitive tendencies if you have a skill, talent and health conditions to do so, but sometimes I feel it should be toned down to avoid physical and mental injuries. I'd hate to see Shoma being exhausted, disappointed or injured at the end of this season due to this quad quest. He should not limit himself as a competitor only to numbers of quads performed - yes, I understand that he has to follow the tendency if he wants to stay in contention, but I what I can't understand is the speed and scale of that.
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In the skating lesson Dave and Jonathan gave Shomo the highest marks for PCS, with Jonathan giving him a 95 overall (10 in interpretation which, I mentioned earlier should be a 10) https://youtu.be/MaKW9RCnQF8?t=4514
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Just realized I never posted this video clip of Shoma (from Dec.). Ok Shoma, 9 seconds of practice today - that's it. Now rest! He still looks like a little elf next to Fedorov.
https://pic.twitter.com/AVeg76TUBP
https://pic.twitter.com/AVeg76TUBP
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I appreciate him acting so close and real to the music he portrays in FS, but seriously...:hopelessness:
I just hope he and his team have correct, reasonable approach towards all this quad madness. I consider it as really not necessary for Shoma in such level. Wish he will treat CdP as an exercise field to try out as many options he can, regardless of results, but still being in competition to feel out the atmosphere. He just have to watch out fatigue and stamina level to prevent running himself short of strength...
What scares me now the most is this competitive poise in these young men, breaching into obsession of some sorts. It is a good thing to follow the competitive tendencies if you have a skill, talent and health conditions to do so, but sometimes I feel it should be toned down to avoid physical and mental injuries. I'd hate to see Shoma being exhausted, disappointed or injured at the end of this season due to this quad quest. He should not limit himself as a competitor only to numbers of quads performed - yes, I understand that he has to follow the tendency if he wants to stay in contention, but I what I can't understand is the speed and scale of that.
I feel that Shoma and his team think he has no choice. If he wants to win the OGM he must be seen as a contender. To be seen as a contender, winning Major competitions is necessary. Personally I would rather see him skate the LP of Grand Prix Final a hundred times more than the one at 4CC for example. But the judges sent a clear message, when Shoma lost the LP at GPF to Nathan - even if you skate clean, you won't beat this. I'm not sure that Shoma really wants to exhaust himself like this and put in so many quads. He just started to master them and it wasn't that long ago, that he didn't have a 3A! The unfortunate truth is, he has no choice in the matter. And that's why I don't really like the direction this sport is going. I want Shoma to win the Olympic Games but if Nathan does win, thanks to his superior tech and clean skate, maybe things will be changed for 2022. Who knows.
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This is just for fun but I did something similar for Yuzu so I thought I'd do it for all the other top men too.
Here's Shoma's fantasy protocol, that takes into account the maximum GOE he has gotten for each element this season, separately from the SP and FS, as well as maximum PCS, in order to calculate a possible total score. I have only used values from international competitions (GP series and 4CC, but not AWG) from this season, since they're the ones that count for personal bests.
Notes: The 4F in the SP has yet to receive positive GOE from all the protocols I've seen so I let it stay at 0 in this fantasy protocol. The single 4T in the second half doesn't actually have any precedent, aside from the 4CC (and AWG, which I'm not counting), but that got negative GOE so I added in one of the (not max) GOE he got for a single 4T in the first half, just to have a value to add here that's not 0 too.
After having done Yuzu's and Nathan's, if we add up all the max GOEs from these three, Shoma is actually the one with the highest TES in the FS (but the lowest in the SP). His PCS would also rise if he did everything with non-negative GOE, but that would be true for the others too. In the end, I think he would be closer to challenging a clean Yuzu than a clean Nathan would be (unless Nathan raises his BV with another quad or replaces a 4T with a 4F or 4Lz, but then I'd want to die).
Here's Shoma's fantasy protocol, that takes into account the maximum GOE he has gotten for each element this season, separately from the SP and FS, as well as maximum PCS, in order to calculate a possible total score. I have only used values from international competitions (GP series and 4CC, but not AWG) from this season, since they're the ones that count for personal bests.
Notes: The 4F in the SP has yet to receive positive GOE from all the protocols I've seen so I let it stay at 0 in this fantasy protocol. The single 4T in the second half doesn't actually have any precedent, aside from the 4CC (and AWG, which I'm not counting), but that got negative GOE so I added in one of the (not max) GOE he got for a single 4T in the first half, just to have a value to add here that's not 0 too.
After having done Yuzu's and Nathan's, if we add up all the max GOEs from these three, Shoma is actually the one with the highest TES in the FS (but the lowest in the SP). His PCS would also rise if he did everything with non-negative GOE, but that would be true for the others too. In the end, I think he would be closer to challenging a clean Yuzu than a clean Nathan would be (unless Nathan raises his BV with another quad or replaces a 4T with a 4F or 4Lz, but then I'd want to die).
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