umm raf already had skaters like mao and jeff 10 years ago..
I meant Honda and Lim seem to be Raf's highest profile young-ish students since Mao and Jeff 10 years ago. Except for Nathan, doesn't he get the others later in their careers, like Ashley, Adam and even Brezina?
And all of the Korea young skaters are moving oversea at 15/16. There are only these many top coaches in the world, so I'd say training oversea is what's "in fashion".
Case of korea young skaters seems to be differnet. Korea’s coaching system is very backward comparing with other countries(like japan, USA, canda...) Still, there was no rink for the figureskaters and coaches only focuse on jumps. So,for korean skaters, it is not fashion..
Well, by fashion I mostly mean there are more people doing it than ever, despite the reason behind.
Wouldn’t surprise me, if true. China wants to kick things into a higher gear going into 2022.https://twitter.com/SkatingLesson/status/986983162453680128 Boyang to Brian Orser ? Did I miss something ?
https://twitter.com/SkatingLesson/status/986983162453680128 Boyang to Brian Orser ? Did I miss something ?
Confirmation from another source: https://twitter.com/pandaatlarge/status/986985203468922881
Confirmation from another source: https://twitter.com/pandaatlarge/status/986985203468922881
https://twitter.com/SkatingLesson/status/986983162453680128 Boyang to Brian Orser ? Did I miss something ?
From the same source (a Zhao Hongbo interview, so pretty official): Ladies' skaters will be trained in Russia (https://twitter.com/pandaatlarge/status/986987359886393344) and ice dancers to Montreal (https://twitter.com/pandaatlarge/status/986988376652828672)
I am really sad that nowadays everyone in Dance seem to want to train under Montreal. But from the other hand- as soon as they have tons of dance couples their creativity will start to decline (as it always happens) and I think that will be good for Dance field. I cannot see what else this school can do for Dance in figure skating, I have honestly had enough of their same routines and same music choices for the last few years. So I wish some other school fight them back and we get to see new talent from Russia or USA (not Montreal school students) at the top of the game before the next Olympics.and ice dancers to Montreal (https://twitter.com/pandaatlarge/status/986988376652828672)