- Joined
- Dec 5, 2015
Actually, I had the impression that 3A has traditionally been a sort of trademark pride for the Japanese ladies, possibly a vestigial tribute to Midori Ito and Mao Asada. Somehow, the translation from juniors to seniors have recently been less than stellar. What Japan needs is more competitive nerves and less natural talent dependency. Eteri’s greatest gifts to me has always been making sure all her charges have the steely competitive fire to shape up or they are out.
Yes, that is Eteri's greatest strength. (along with maximizing her skater's BV) However, it is likely the result of so much internal competition in the Eteri camp. They compete everyday against each other and thus actual competitions aren't that much more stressful. It is difficult to do this in Japan when the talented girls are more spread out between different coaches.