Too much success too young eg Trusova my thoughts

[Zamin]

Okay, how did we go from legitimate discussion about whether Sasha's team adopted the right strategy for her skating career to full on bashing??? Like we can talk about Trusova's layout choices and relative lack of success recently (tho she still medaled at two major comps, hardly a disaster), without bringing Kostornaia and Shcherbakova. I get it that you like both more than Trusova, but there's a time and a place to say it.

Back to Sasha, I think this season has demonstrate that raw jumping ability is not enough to win in seniors. You have to work on your presentation, and up your skating skills. Also it seems that consistency is highly rewarded by the judges.

I think that Sasha's arsenal of jumps is quite sufficient as it is, and she should now focus on working on her shortcomings. Maybe leave the 3A for now, and bring it back next season. I'm not even sure she needs it tbh. What hurts her in the SP is not the lack of 3A, but her low PCS. With the quads in the free, she could easily make up for the missing points, on the condition to skate clean. She won against Kihira at Skate Canada this way.

What I would like is for her to ditch the 4S for now. Imagine what she could do with better presentation and skating skills, two crazy consistent 4T, and all her triple-triple combinations. That's already a crazy BV. Maybe add another quad, the Lutz or the Flip and you're set.

 

[VenusHalley]

Thanks for sharing, but I don’t think your personal experience can be used to set a standard for everyone else.

To reach the level of elite figure skater, I would say, is already the skating field’s equivalent of attaining a PhD. Trusova’s long surpassed the PhD, she’s gunning for the Nobel prize (or whatever equivalent you want to put there).

Yes, she can instead focus on become a more complete skater with a wonderful mix of maturity, musicality and beautiful skating skills. Retire in her twenties with a few international appearances under her belt and even a medal or two; another quiet entry in a long long list of talented elite skaters.

Or she can be a trailblazer who revolutionizes the field with her quads. Maybe she’ll fall short of the Worlds and Olympic gold, but the record books will always have the name “Alexandra Trusova” in them. Instead of being yet another forgotten elite skater, she is so famous that internet strangers from all over the world gather on sites like this one to discuss her.

The world is full of should’ve, would’ve, could’ve potential-prodigies. Few get to go down in history as the real deal.
So much can change in four years, I wouldn’t blame her for favoring concrete medals and achievements over empty promises of future potential.

People remember Kostner, Yuna Kim, Janet Lynn... even if they haven't "revolutionized" anything. Records book mean nothing if people do not recall the performances lovingly. She is famous now, but fame is fleeting. Will she be remembered in a decade or two as a skater and performer, or just a curiosity, entry in old record books?

 

[Tolstoj]

To me they/she (it's a bit of both, her wanting to do more quads than the others and the coaches knowing that artistry is a bit behind so she needs the technical contents) are just pushing it a bit too far.

Her quads are beautiful, especially the toe and you can see physically how amazing of an athlete she is, i think if they just try to water down the contents you'd start to see more clean performances, and judges would start to reward the consistency with higher marks.

As for the programs i've already shared my thoughts through out the season: i think the SP is actually fine, you can fix few things in the steps and transitions to improve the flow, but overall it works and suits her style.

While the free is clearly a good veichle for setting up the quads but not much else.

 

[hanyuufan5]

Interrupting this negativity-fest to say that I love both of Sasha's programs for their athleticism AND artistry, and for the record, both of Anna's and Alena's.

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