What on earth is wrong with Shoma? Is he sick or injured??? :shocked:
He jumps fine in practice. Everything that's wrong with him is in his head.
Shoma was really basking in the Applause Of Pity.
No shame in trying something new, but this experiment needs to end RIGHT NOW!
Shoma was really basking in the Applause Of Pity.
That said, I think I'd like for Shoma to find a Japanese coach who can give him kind and solid guidance and fix his confidence and jump issues at the same time. I like Lambiel, but Koshiro and Deniss aren't shining examples of solid jumps at the moment.
I suggest Yuma Kagiyama's coaching team. It might not be the environment that Shoma is looking for, but Yuma has solid jumping technique, great skating skills and is a pretty good all around skater. Plus, Yuma wants to start working on a quad flip. There would be no language barrier and it could create a friendly rivalry! Yuma's scores are not too far away from Keiji at the moment.
Pity? Don't know where you're getting that from. Try encouragement and support.
That arena was full of people who had flown from all over the world to see Shoma.
MEN- (200+) bold = international scores/skaters, unbold are from sectionals
Yuzuru Hanyu 322
Shoma Uno 255
Keiji Tanaka 250
Yuma Kagiyama 245
Sota Yamamoto 240
Kazuki Tomono 229
Shun Sato 219
Koshiro Shimada 216
Mitsuki Sumoto 209
Ryuju Hino 207
Shu Nakamura 200
Taichiro Yamakuma 200
I suggest Yuma Kagiyama's coaching team. It might not be the environment that Shoma is looking for, but Yuma has solid jumping technique, great skating skills and is a pretty good all around skater. Plus, Yuma wants to start working on a quad flip. There would be no language barrier and it could create a friendly rivalry! Yuma's scores are not too far away from Keiji at the moment.
Congrats to Kazuki Tomono for winning Japanese Western Sectionals today!
https://twitter.com/atom_doshisha/status/1190906766495604736
Kazuki won the event delivering a strong FS after being 6th in the SP, with a total of 214.55. Sota won silver with 213.84, and Mitsuki won bronze with 211.47
Full results and link to protocols here: https://twitter.com/tsuyoboogie/status/1190884893670035456
For a moment i thought you forgot that this is not a Kazuki Tomono fan fest thread, but then you remembered that other skaters were there too... At least Tomono is doing well at local events...
At least Tomono is doing well at local events...