I am wondering if there might be a little disconnect between what actually happens at TCC and what may be projected?
Now, I only started learning about TCC since my fav skater joined there two years ago, but here is what I think I know:
1. Brian is one of multiple coaches at TCC. Every skater works with multiple coaches, some more than others.
2. If anyone is accustomed to handling two major talents at once, it is Brian Orser, coach of World Champions several years in a row. Yuzu and Javi were rivals *and* best buds. It is possible to be both. Both of them wanted to win (where is this coming from that Javi, two time World Champion, is just content with medaling. I don't think so ) and at times it was difficult to thread the needle. But Brian and TCC did. (If I am wrong and fans of Yuzu or Javi have other info, let me know).
3. Brian and TCC are great at polishing but also great at developing, as Yuzu and Javi were certainly not at the level they achieved when they joined TCC.
4. TCC does not have jump-offs, skate-offs to the death, or any of that type of competition between skaters during their training. Of course, their camp has world class skaters and they are highly competitive. But Jason has said, for example, that the coaches point out to each of them what the others do best as examples: Jason, you may want to look at how Yuzu takes off here, Yuzu, take a look a how Jason skates to each beat, etc. And these examples are not meant to criticize any one particular skater, just encourage them.
5. What the skaters do together is stroking exercises. I looooove this vid from the official practice at 4CC where Yuzu, Jun and Jason do their stroking exercises together:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBVHYwjJ3ne/?igshid=1v2dhrmb1nnse
Wouldn't it be cool to see Zhenya and Rika do the same thing?
Now, I only started learning about TCC since my fav skater joined there two years ago, but here is what I think I know:
1. Brian is one of multiple coaches at TCC. Every skater works with multiple coaches, some more than others.
2. If anyone is accustomed to handling two major talents at once, it is Brian Orser, coach of World Champions several years in a row. Yuzu and Javi were rivals *and* best buds. It is possible to be both. Both of them wanted to win (where is this coming from that Javi, two time World Champion, is just content with medaling. I don't think so ) and at times it was difficult to thread the needle. But Brian and TCC did. (If I am wrong and fans of Yuzu or Javi have other info, let me know).
3. Brian and TCC are great at polishing but also great at developing, as Yuzu and Javi were certainly not at the level they achieved when they joined TCC.
4. TCC does not have jump-offs, skate-offs to the death, or any of that type of competition between skaters during their training. Of course, their camp has world class skaters and they are highly competitive. But Jason has said, for example, that the coaches point out to each of them what the others do best as examples: Jason, you may want to look at how Yuzu takes off here, Yuzu, take a look a how Jason skates to each beat, etc. And these examples are not meant to criticize any one particular skater, just encourage them.
5. What the skaters do together is stroking exercises. I looooove this vid from the official practice at 4CC where Yuzu, Jun and Jason do their stroking exercises together:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBVHYwjJ3ne/?igshid=1v2dhrmb1nnse
Wouldn't it be cool to see Zhenya and Rika do the same thing?
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