I hope the ladies can find their way out of their rut, we'll see. Of some of those mentioned, I'd love to see Emmy Ma make a splash in the next few years. She's a gorgeous skater with lots of charisma. She just needs higher tech content and a bit more polish.
2017-18 State of U.S. Ladies Skating
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I hope the ladies can find their way out of their rut, we'll see. Of some of those mentioned, I'd love to see Emmy Ma make a splash in the next few years. She's a gorgeous skater with lots of charisma. She just needs higher tech content and a bit more polish.
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yes thanks to karen, mariah & ashley.
However i am personally disappointed in their performances this year.
I did expect them to skate better being an olympic years, claiming i am national champ, silver and bronze medalist we aren't going to give up our
olympic spots without a fight.
To say lackluster performances by all 3 been understatement. To be honest.
Yes i am sorry about ashley injury, karens boots, but the top two u.s. ladies been there done that throughout the years from tenley, carol, peggy, dorothy, julie ann holmes, janet, linda, elaine-roz, tiffany, deb,
jill, michelle, nicole, tara, sarah, angela.
heard all before but it matter the olympic years. They came out strong , showing the up-comers they had to get through them to do--usually didn't happen.
i am just disappointed.
i do hope all skate well at nationals and strong.
However i am personally disappointed in their performances this year.
I did expect them to skate better being an olympic years, claiming i am national champ, silver and bronze medalist we aren't going to give up our
olympic spots without a fight.
To say lackluster performances by all 3 been understatement. To be honest.
Yes i am sorry about ashley injury, karens boots, but the top two u.s. ladies been there done that throughout the years from tenley, carol, peggy, dorothy, julie ann holmes, janet, linda, elaine-roz, tiffany, deb,
jill, michelle, nicole, tara, sarah, angela.
heard all before but it matter the olympic years. They came out strong , showing the up-comers they had to get through them to do--usually didn't happen.
i am just disappointed.
i do hope all skate well at nationals and strong.
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Mirai never looks remotely inspired to me. She always looks as though she just wants to get her programs over with. She never sinks into the music or moves with feeling. No evidence whatever that "you can really tell she wants it."
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I think Mirai does train hard, and that she isn't a good competitor isn't necessarily indicative of not wanting it. She has nice, expressive exhibition programs, so I think lack of feeling in competitive programs is just a situation in which she freezes up when nervous.
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https://youtu.be/gFvfxOiC0oQ
EVERYONE NEEDS TO WATCH THIS. I've been a fan of Ting for a little while and the progress she has made is astronomical.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO WATCH THIS. I've been a fan of Ting for a little while and the progress she has made is astronomical.
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Yes, other countries could easily fill 4 or 5 olympic spots with their rosters. A lot will have to change for usa to be competitve starting from the bottom up.
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Yes. That's the jist of what I recall her saying, and that sounds much more like the Ashley we know.
for looking it up. A number of people have said in the past 10 or 20 pages of this thread that Ashley seems to have lost her motivation, or drive, or desire or something. I just don't see it that way, although I do agree that not having Gracie as her main competitor left her a little off balance. (I can relate ... I remember competing in track; my friend and I always came in first and second and finished the race within a couple of inches of each other.)
I think people think of Ashley as being such a strong, sassy, assertive woman that it throws them off a bit when she shows some vulnerability or emotion. But I've always felt that it's her emotions paired with her competitive fire that gives her performance and artistry something unique to her. That, plus her ice presence.
I'm very happy to see it reported on this thread that she's back on the ice training for Nationals! :yay:
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Can someone please educate me on how to find Ashley's instagram stories ... or anyone's, for that matter? thanks in advance.
If you follow Ashley on Instagram, her stories should appear automatically at the top of your screen whenever she makes one. They only last for 24 hours, though. I don’t know if you can see stories if you don’t have an Instagram account.
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That was great!
I think that she and Hanna have the best chances of making the team to junior worlds. They both are gaining consistency, are on an upward momentum, and USE RIPPONS
I should written new research indicates muscle memory may not exist. Link follows:
https://www.livescience.com/56218-muscles-have-no-strength-memory.html
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Aha, ok. This article is talking about memory within the muscle tissue itself. That is a separate issue from brain control of movement. In the case of Mirai, her brain has been trained to do that jump following a specific setup. That was the point I was trying to make.
Later in the article they mention this distinction:
Although new results suggest that the muscle cells themselves do not retain a "memory" from exercise, the same is not true for the nerves that thread through the muscles, or the brain regions that control movement, Lindholm said.
"Your nerves have learned in which order to activate your muscles in order to perform a certain movement," she said.
Riding a bike, serving a tennis ball and learning how to walk when you're a really small child, are things that you can't really forget, Lindholm said.
Thanks for clarifying - although, we'll agree to disagree on Wagner being the "main one". Personally feel it doesn't give Gold quite enough credit, considering she placed above Wagner at both 2014 and 2015 Worlds.
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Well, when I said "main one," I was counting all of 2011-2012 and even 2008 through 2010, when Ashley was one of the top women. So if we consider the 10 years that she's been a senior, it adds up cumulatively. And then Ashley did place above Gracie in 2013, 2016 and 2017.
But I agree that Ashley and Gracie were definitely a force together. Some symbiotic relationship going there. Ashley has acknowledged it repeatedly herself, saying that Gracie has been "a blessing" to her, competitively.- Joined
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The bar was always high. There was always plenty of competition from other nations. It's just that this year the US wasn't up to it. Not only that, they looked out of shape, distracted, and unfocused. This does not make fun viewing, either.
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Ashley alone kept the US competitive in the last 10 years, and that to me is undisputable. She has been able to accomplish so much and with technical flaws. I just hope one day her legacy is elevated and that she's remembered for being fierce for the US.
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BREAKING NEWS! Ashley is going back to La La Land. Thoughts?
BREAKING NEWS! Ashley is going back to La La Land. Thoughts?
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I personally think she's looking for attention since she knows eyes aren't really on her right now.
