Please read the following pairs of quotes taken from interviews at about the same time. These quotes contrast Yulia's experiences under choreographers Marina and Ilya, and under coaches Eteri and Urmanov. It seems that during the last two years Yulia was struggling just to defend herself and assert her values. Neither Ilya nor Eteri could help her, she struggled without support in what became an indifferent environment. The final two contrasting quotes are from Yulia herself. Sam deserves credit for seeing the need to change coaches early on.
Ilya: It's much harder when the skaters says `I need my arms to go this way, my head that way and am going to skate this direction'. There is no room left for creativity, as you can imagine. A lot depends on the coach as well. For example working with Lipnitskaya it wasn't her I was choreographing for, but Tutberidze, so she would understand what I mean to do, so she would like it. Just that the skater is not always willing to take orders, just like Julia. But what can you do?
http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/ind...ways-be-the-face-of-the-sochi-olympics.95729/
Marina: Yulia herself is involved in the creative process. She is a very talented and thoughtful person. In just one week we put together three programs in different styles, and it is primarily the merit of Julia that we were able to do such work. http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/808787
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Eteri: I think I can forgive and understand lots of reasons, but if an athlete does not want to train, does not want to compete .... And when I hear doubts about new programs from her side, like you know, "No, it's not interesting."
It kind of hurts me, because I feel what would be good for an athlete. (then Eteri says she wasn't mistaken on Schindler's List.....but it was Yulia who insisted on SL over Eteri's reservations!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3b83LROvCc
Urmanov: I should say that she is a really hard worker - she's been practicing from day one, right after she came. She's been working very hard all this time. I know what to do next. Yulia is ready for this work. http://tass.ru/sport/2559713
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Yulia (when with Eteri): Yulia told interviewers that she often had thoughts of quitting but could not quit because she knew only skating. This disposition was reported in several interviews, the earliest I remember being from her period of greatest success a few months before the Olympics.
Yulia (when with Urmanov): I cannot yet say what is better now or what is worse. But I feel better about it in my soul, that's for sure. I am really comfortable, I really want to do things. For the first time since the longest period, I actually fell in love with skating. Not only with watching it, but with doing it, with the work. I really can sit there, tired, in the weekend. Then mom calls: "well, what are you going to do?" And I like: "mom, I want to go practice". When did that happen last time? http://www.fsrussia.ru/news/1696-yu...oj-i-ispytyvayu-silnuyu-ustalost-sejchas.html
