What does Nobu need to do to become a champion?

[Bennett]

A little OT, but Morozov says in his book that he thanks Takahashi from his heart that they could spend such wonderful years together.

Nice to hear that. I had thought they had separated in a negative way.

 

[Bennett]

Nobu needs an SP in which he really performs like he is capable of, this year he was just skating with the music in the background which didn't really suit his style IMO. I wihs he would just go for the quad now and then, he has such a beautiful one in pratcice and will never land it in competition if he never tries it.

He obviuosly has the ability, his coaches and chreographers need to give him those footwork sequences that get level 4, smart freeskate layouts etc. And of course not make stupid mistakes. That his coach even let him on the ice for his olympic freeskate with a tied together lace is unbelievable. These things, and things like hitting the wall in the SP at Worlds last year have to stop happening.

He has his mom and Morosov both as coaches. But I am not sure if they have to pay attention to that kind of things. They wouldn't notice until these come up out of blue.

 

[Hsuhs]

Morozov says in his book that he thanks Takahashi from his heart that they could spend such wonderful years together.

 

[viv]

I heard that Morosov has helped a lot in boosting Nob's confidence. According to a Morosov interview in a different issue of the same magazine I mentioned in the original post, Morosov says that Nob is sensitive and hard on himself by nature. Morosov scolds Miki a lot because he thinks that she is not hard on herself, which he thinks helps Miki's competition nerves, but that she needs motivation booster in practices to be harder on herself. But Nob is hard on himself, serious, and practices very hard. What Morosov thought Nob needed was to be open because Nob's mind was closed with the trauma of the DUI incident and he is also from a kind of good family in which mistakes may not be allowed. So Morosov says that he does not scold Nob and just says positive things.

I heard elsewhere Nob himself says that he is appreciative of Morosov's positive affirmation that helped his confidence.

Considering even Dai seemed so trusting and dependent on Morosov, I think it a good thing for Nob to have a coach with such a strong, competitive spirit who cares about him.

I like what he says about both Nobu and Dai. Noby already has got a lot of confidence since he is staying with Morozov, but I still think that his silly mistakes are a problem of nerves ond over-ambitions as well. Maybe the psychological impact should go more to calming him down a bit, but I know this is easier said than done.

 

[Bennett]

I like what he says about both Nobu and Dai. Noby already has got a lot of confidence since he is staying with Morozov, but I still think that his silly mistakes are a problem of nerves ond over-ambitions as well. Maybe the psychological impact should go more to calming him down a bit, but I know this is easier said than done.

Morosov seems to have a good understanding of his pupils and give them confidence.
Even Fumie, with whom Morosov seems to have had a limited time, sounded grateful for his helping her focusing on her strengths.

 

[bethissoawesome]

In all honesty, all I think he really needs is for the judges to like him more. You can tell he's very humble, so he isn't going to be "selling" a program like Johnny Weir does. Nobu is more of an athlete who is just gracious for the opportunity to compete (that's how he strikes me). Even with a solid quad and clean programs, I don't think he will ever get the scores that other skaters more favored by the ISU will. Sad