It's looking more likely. She's pretty consistent. Last year, Hanna did a good job at Asian Open and got a JGP spot. The same can happen for Gabriella as well.
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It's looking more likely. She's pretty consistent. Last year, Hanna did a good job at Asian Open and got a JGP spot. The same can happen for Gabriella as well.
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It was in Latvia, where she faced Panenkova (1st), Kihira (2nd), and Fedichkina (4th)
That's a good strategy until you get left behind, in my opinion, and Emmy is definitely left behind without even a 3T
It's not really. As of right now, Tammy and Tom have a good number of US ladies. Mirai, Karen, Ting, Brynne, and Audrey. I'm very hopeful for this partnership. Everyone knows that Tom is good at teach jumps and Tammy is good producing artistic skaters. What this competition showed is how it may positive affect other skaters in their team. Ting is skating next week, so I'm eager to see what the coaching team has done for her.
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Pooja spends A LOT of money on the costumes, and looks beautiful, but needs to spend more money on training.
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She seems pretty trained - it’s the programs that are bad.
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Her performance quality was very off. Overscored on PCS, for sure. Maybe she'll bite down and work harder on it.
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The programs are duds for sure. She did seem really disconnected from the music but then again the cuts were as bad as the choreo. Especially The Lion King. She deserves better material for sure.
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Why the facepalm?
Pooja has such nice posture and elegant lines. Why would anyone chose the Lion King?
It's a pet peeve of mine. When many skaters want to take it up a notch, they find new coaches and also pay for an elite choreographer for a high quality program. Sometimes choreographers phone it in And give skaters programs that don't suit them at all. Thus defeating the whole purpose of going to them. It's really disappointing when it happens to a young skater like Pooja that still hasn't made her mark. She deserved better.
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Exactly my feelings. That program would be bad on anyone but on Pooja, it was such an extreme mismatch.
I really don't understand. Her style matches so many classical pieces easily. Did he pick these pieces because he though since she was junior she'd have fun with them? There's such a disconnect with her style and the music and choreography chosen.
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It's not the music that was the problem. The choreography didn't fit the music and it didn't fit Pooja. The program looked as if it was put together very lazily. She deserves better, because her elements were great.
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How do you know how much money she spends on costumes and training?
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So I have no idea what Bluediamonds09 is specifically talking about - my assumption was that he/she was making an assumption/inference based on Pooja's gorgeous costumes versus her relatively weak results and/or programs.
Anyway, I just rewatched Pooja's SP and LP, and seriously, she has what are generally quality elements. Her spins slow down a bit toward the end and she needs to watch the levels on her footwork, but the jumps are good, and they are rotated. But these programs are BAD. Scott Brown has done her a serious disservice. Music cuts, choreo, it's all bad. I would take a regular warhorse any day with regular generic lyrical choreo. These programs are bad - give me Lori Nichol genericism any day.
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that 3F-3T by Pooja was nice! Sadly she can't do that in SP since 3F is solo jump and her 3Lz is not as reliable. She could do 2A-3T and do a 7 triple layout rather than repeat 3T but with one as solo jump. Also she didn't do a 3Lo yesterday, is she having a problem with it?
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I have to agree. She seemed as though she had no connection to the music at all. The music is just so bland to me, no emotional impact at all.
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Courtney definitely skating to The Nutcracker. I think she can do it. She’ll have great choreography, just like for La Califfe. If only someone would fix those jumps.
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