Maybe the first interview with him as a coach https://matchtv.ru/interviews/matcht...nat_podguzniki -google translate
Evgeni Plushenko: "Girls jump and are not afraid, but guys need to change diapers"
There is nothing worse than a covered artificial ice rink in the summer. Outside it's warm, you go inside - it's cold and wet. The temperature difference beats the body so that you feel as if you are getting sick. Arena, where we met with Evgeni Plushenko not from the warm, I've also been in places more comfortable. But the essence of what is happening is not changed - Eugene made his debut this season as a coach and certainly worried. In a winter jacket, with a stubble, Plushenko was somehow a little like a refined blond star, whom many people consider him to be.
About a new job
- Eugene, today you are already here as a coach?
- Yes, these days there is an open championship of Moscow among juniors. My pupil, Ksenia Pankova, skated yesterday dignifiedly, made all the elements. Today she has a complicated program, two cascades, I hope that everything will do well, cleanly. We are newcomers, the judges are looking at us and we were a little bit clamped yesterday, but it's okay. I Ksenia said that we should be higher on two heads, and then there will be no problems with refereeing.
We work with Pankova for six months, she came from another coach, we change equipment, she works on skating and artistry, and we need to continue. I believe that this girl is the future of our figure skating.
- Is the level of competition stably high?
- The guys are very weak, just a failure. As for the girls, we are ahead of the whole planet, the girls are very worthy, everyone jumps the cascades 3-3 and is trained in quadruple jumping, which will definitely need to jump by 2022. With Xenia, for example, we are now studying the quadruple Salchow and axel three and a half times. If 7-10 years ago to ask someone from the world of figure skating about quadruple jumps in girls, then people would twist at the temple.
Figure skating has gone very far ahead. I have a feeling that now some new people are born, they are different from us, very quickly everyone grasps.
- How does the equipment change for quadruple jumps?
- The boots are lightweight, the blades are lightweight, everything is constantly being improved, and not only in figure skating, in all sports.
- Where did this wild failure come from? Always the guys were stronger than girls, even in terms of statistics of victories. Boys do not go in kind?
- Yes, there are very few boys, 90% of girls are engaged in the academy now, and only 10% of boys are engaged. Now everyone goes to hockey, football, parents take their children there, it's true. But I do not have a general picture, only my own, the one I see in my academy. I think the federation has a general picture, they should have more fundamental answers to this question.
Now, when you observe how an eighteen-year-old boy is ridden by a fourteen-year-old girl ... it's just ridiculous. The boys are very weak, I saw a couple seemingly promising, but it's not clear how they will work, what will grow. In fact, girls jump and are not afraid, but guys need to change diapers. Girls are just fire. The first six of our juniors is the top of Europe at the moment.
Is it true that you have a non-standard training area?
- Yes, it's 50 by 25 meters in size, it's even smaller than the Canadian site. Now we are building a new platform, of a normal size, we are negotiating on land issues. The actual construction of a training rink will take 4 months, if we settle all the issues.
- How many people work with you, how everything is organized?
- I have a whole staff of trainers on the ice, and on the PFD, I'm still expanding the staff of dancers, because you need to work on slipping. For Pankovoy I hire a specialist in the transmission of emotions, for me at one time Alexey Nikolayevich Mishin also invited such a person, because even at this tournament, for example, the level of girls is very high, but they do not work as a person, and this must be done. They are still juniors, not "opened", but in the future without it anywhere.
In general, when I leave, that is, to whom to leave my athletes, the training process is not interrupted for a day.
- Plushenko-coach only works with singles, or have thoughts about couples?
- If we solve the issue with the new training arena, then there are no problems.
- Do you see the prospects of a commercial club system in Russian figure skating?
- It would be very interesting, but we have few private schools, one. Yes, we have a private school with a partner, we do not receive subsidies, we completely finance everything ourselves. But I also train a lot of athletes for free, I pay them apartments, skates, fees, medicine, coaches, in general, everything that is needed. I also award. The same Pankova today presented the prize, because she fought to the end, showed a character, I think it's great and should be encouraged.
About new and old
- Summer in the Russian figure skating - the time of calm. In the West, for example, in the summer hold tournaments on jumping, including commercial. Do we need this?
- In due time we handed over the elements and due to this we had a hopping base. Such competitions on the elements did, as far as I remember, in France, and it seems to me that this would be interesting.
- This season a number of stars, for example, Japanese Yudzuru Khan and Syoma Uno and American Ashley Wagner left last year's programs. This is normal?
- Old programs are normal practice. Me and Alexei Nikolayevich (Mishin) it passed. If the program is very successful, then why not leave it? Can you imagine how they rolled these programs for the whole season? They know where to inhale, where to exhale, where to pause, where you can relax a little to save energy. This is a very competent tactical move.
- How do you feel about the change in the corridor of assessing quadruple jumps in men from -3 to +3 in the range from -5 to +5?
- You know, it's not bad. Has touched a hand to an ice - a minus a point. He stood on two feet, touching the ice - minus the score. Nedokrutil - minus the score. Landing on the tooth - minus the score. You can make a whole range of penalties, more flexible. I think that's a good idea.
About the stars
- What do you think about Kovtun's chances this season?
- I do not know how it works, recovered or not, I can not say.
"What about Adeline Sotnikova?"
- Two months ago, Adeline was injured, and the doctors misdiagnosed, which complicated the situation. She suffered a tear ligament and fracture of a small stone in the foot. Continue playing sports this season, we do not see the point, and powder the brains and fool people unfairly, so they decided to skip the season. It is necessary to fully recover.
Yesterday, MRI photos went to Germany, waiting for a response from the doctors on the results of their viewing. The other day Adeline herself flies there and will be treated, because here, in Russia, unfortunately, did not work.
- How have the plans changed because of Sotnikova's injury?
- She moved from one coach to another, and I would like to prove that Adeline is a strong athlete. Prove this work, but because of the injury, unfortunately, this did not happen yet to do. Of course, what happened is a big loss for figure skating, because she is a great athlete, our first Olympic champion in women's singles. But life does not stop there, we need to move on, it is set up for this.
- What do you think about Yulia Lipnitskaya in connection with the latest news about the completion of her career?
- I know that she had health problems and very serious. I know that a whole team of specialists worked there. In my opinion, in the person of Julia figure skating lost a very serious athlete, who at the age of 15 won the Olympics in Sochi. It seemed to me that she coped with the excitement and difficulties in health.
I think that the point has not been set. At 19, if you work with doctors, ours or foreign, you can go back, because at this age you still need to ride. Let's wait a little - maybe she will return to the sport and will please her fans. But this decision should be made by the sportswoman herself.
- Would you consider the possibility of cooperation with Lipnitskaya?
- You know, when Adeline came to me, I was accused of luring her, but in fact, I never lured anyone. As for Julia, I would be interested, I'm a young coach, and these are great athletes, talented people - and Adeline, and Julia. But first you need to cure all the sores, this is exactly what will happen now with Adeline, when I will spend my money and money sponsors. This is what Yule needs to do-first to conduct a survey, and if she decides to return, then the doors in my academy are open.
Evgeni Plushenko: "Girls jump and are not afraid, but guys need to change diapers"
There is nothing worse than a covered artificial ice rink in the summer. Outside it's warm, you go inside - it's cold and wet. The temperature difference beats the body so that you feel as if you are getting sick. Arena, where we met with Evgeni Plushenko not from the warm, I've also been in places more comfortable. But the essence of what is happening is not changed - Eugene made his debut this season as a coach and certainly worried. In a winter jacket, with a stubble, Plushenko was somehow a little like a refined blond star, whom many people consider him to be.
About a new job
- Eugene, today you are already here as a coach?
- Yes, these days there is an open championship of Moscow among juniors. My pupil, Ksenia Pankova, skated yesterday dignifiedly, made all the elements. Today she has a complicated program, two cascades, I hope that everything will do well, cleanly. We are newcomers, the judges are looking at us and we were a little bit clamped yesterday, but it's okay. I Ksenia said that we should be higher on two heads, and then there will be no problems with refereeing.
We work with Pankova for six months, she came from another coach, we change equipment, she works on skating and artistry, and we need to continue. I believe that this girl is the future of our figure skating.
- Is the level of competition stably high?
- The guys are very weak, just a failure. As for the girls, we are ahead of the whole planet, the girls are very worthy, everyone jumps the cascades 3-3 and is trained in quadruple jumping, which will definitely need to jump by 2022. With Xenia, for example, we are now studying the quadruple Salchow and axel three and a half times. If 7-10 years ago to ask someone from the world of figure skating about quadruple jumps in girls, then people would twist at the temple.
Figure skating has gone very far ahead. I have a feeling that now some new people are born, they are different from us, very quickly everyone grasps.
- How does the equipment change for quadruple jumps?
- The boots are lightweight, the blades are lightweight, everything is constantly being improved, and not only in figure skating, in all sports.
- Where did this wild failure come from? Always the guys were stronger than girls, even in terms of statistics of victories. Boys do not go in kind?
- Yes, there are very few boys, 90% of girls are engaged in the academy now, and only 10% of boys are engaged. Now everyone goes to hockey, football, parents take their children there, it's true. But I do not have a general picture, only my own, the one I see in my academy. I think the federation has a general picture, they should have more fundamental answers to this question.
Now, when you observe how an eighteen-year-old boy is ridden by a fourteen-year-old girl ... it's just ridiculous. The boys are very weak, I saw a couple seemingly promising, but it's not clear how they will work, what will grow. In fact, girls jump and are not afraid, but guys need to change diapers. Girls are just fire. The first six of our juniors is the top of Europe at the moment.
Is it true that you have a non-standard training area?
- Yes, it's 50 by 25 meters in size, it's even smaller than the Canadian site. Now we are building a new platform, of a normal size, we are negotiating on land issues. The actual construction of a training rink will take 4 months, if we settle all the issues.
- How many people work with you, how everything is organized?
- I have a whole staff of trainers on the ice, and on the PFD, I'm still expanding the staff of dancers, because you need to work on slipping. For Pankovoy I hire a specialist in the transmission of emotions, for me at one time Alexey Nikolayevich Mishin also invited such a person, because even at this tournament, for example, the level of girls is very high, but they do not work as a person, and this must be done. They are still juniors, not "opened", but in the future without it anywhere.
In general, when I leave, that is, to whom to leave my athletes, the training process is not interrupted for a day.
- Plushenko-coach only works with singles, or have thoughts about couples?
- If we solve the issue with the new training arena, then there are no problems.
- Do you see the prospects of a commercial club system in Russian figure skating?
- It would be very interesting, but we have few private schools, one. Yes, we have a private school with a partner, we do not receive subsidies, we completely finance everything ourselves. But I also train a lot of athletes for free, I pay them apartments, skates, fees, medicine, coaches, in general, everything that is needed. I also award. The same Pankova today presented the prize, because she fought to the end, showed a character, I think it's great and should be encouraged.
About new and old
- Summer in the Russian figure skating - the time of calm. In the West, for example, in the summer hold tournaments on jumping, including commercial. Do we need this?
- In due time we handed over the elements and due to this we had a hopping base. Such competitions on the elements did, as far as I remember, in France, and it seems to me that this would be interesting.
- This season a number of stars, for example, Japanese Yudzuru Khan and Syoma Uno and American Ashley Wagner left last year's programs. This is normal?
- Old programs are normal practice. Me and Alexei Nikolayevich (Mishin) it passed. If the program is very successful, then why not leave it? Can you imagine how they rolled these programs for the whole season? They know where to inhale, where to exhale, where to pause, where you can relax a little to save energy. This is a very competent tactical move.
- How do you feel about the change in the corridor of assessing quadruple jumps in men from -3 to +3 in the range from -5 to +5?
- You know, it's not bad. Has touched a hand to an ice - a minus a point. He stood on two feet, touching the ice - minus the score. Nedokrutil - minus the score. Landing on the tooth - minus the score. You can make a whole range of penalties, more flexible. I think that's a good idea.
About the stars
- What do you think about Kovtun's chances this season?
- I do not know how it works, recovered or not, I can not say.
"What about Adeline Sotnikova?"
- Two months ago, Adeline was injured, and the doctors misdiagnosed, which complicated the situation. She suffered a tear ligament and fracture of a small stone in the foot. Continue playing sports this season, we do not see the point, and powder the brains and fool people unfairly, so they decided to skip the season. It is necessary to fully recover.
Yesterday, MRI photos went to Germany, waiting for a response from the doctors on the results of their viewing. The other day Adeline herself flies there and will be treated, because here, in Russia, unfortunately, did not work.
- How have the plans changed because of Sotnikova's injury?
- She moved from one coach to another, and I would like to prove that Adeline is a strong athlete. Prove this work, but because of the injury, unfortunately, this did not happen yet to do. Of course, what happened is a big loss for figure skating, because she is a great athlete, our first Olympic champion in women's singles. But life does not stop there, we need to move on, it is set up for this.
- What do you think about Yulia Lipnitskaya in connection with the latest news about the completion of her career?
- I know that she had health problems and very serious. I know that a whole team of specialists worked there. In my opinion, in the person of Julia figure skating lost a very serious athlete, who at the age of 15 won the Olympics in Sochi. It seemed to me that she coped with the excitement and difficulties in health.
I think that the point has not been set. At 19, if you work with doctors, ours or foreign, you can go back, because at this age you still need to ride. Let's wait a little - maybe she will return to the sport and will please her fans. But this decision should be made by the sportswoman herself.
- Would you consider the possibility of cooperation with Lipnitskaya?
- You know, when Adeline came to me, I was accused of luring her, but in fact, I never lured anyone. As for Julia, I would be interested, I'm a young coach, and these are great athletes, talented people - and Adeline, and Julia. But first you need to cure all the sores, this is exactly what will happen now with Adeline, when I will spend my money and money sponsors. This is what Yule needs to do-first to conduct a survey, and if she decides to return, then the doors in my academy are open.