IDLERACER said:Speaking of 14 year olds, HERE is the earliest known footage of Sasha Cohen in existnece.
Red Dog, these are from my video stash that I've taped over the years on VHS tapes. I convert them to DVD and then upload to the computer into a movie maker program and then render it and upload to a file hosting site-- it's quite a time consuming project but the more I do it the better I'm getting at it. BTW, thanks for all your advice about the project. I am not a Youtube person, the quality just isn't quite what I like to watch.Red Dog said:thanks for sharing these old ones. Question: do you import these from video tape or did you already have them on your computer?
It probably is Red Dog but I don't have a camcorder so I had to learn how to import from DVD.Red Dog said:interesting. Actually, I import from VHS straight to my computer using my digital camcorder...it's faster.
Joesitz said:Idle - She looks so confident in that video. It's hard to believe that as she got older, the uncertainties developed. This is the type of performance we have been waiting for. Maybe this coming season.
Joe
sarahmistral said:Actually, I disagree; to me, it makes perfect sense that the older a skater gets, the more likely it is that they'll start doubting themselves, especially if high expectations, pressure, health problems and defeats (which happen to everyone) are thrown into the mix early on. It gets harder to have that untarnished confidence of youth, not for all (i.e. Shizuka) but for many (Tara, Sarah). And yet her 2006 Oly LP showed some beautiful expression, artistry, and maturity, errors and all. I wish her a strong 2006-2007 season if she decides to stick around.
Sarah M.
I expect skaters ranked higher and with more talent to fall LESS. That's why it looks bad because she is ranked so high and has so much talent.As for falls, it's easy to associate Sasha with them because she's so visible as a top skater, and an outstandingly talented one at that, but I bet that if you looked at the performances of people, say, outside that upper echelon of 4-5 podium-dominating skaters, other skaters, not as talented as Sasha, have probably fallen about as much, as regularly, as consistently