This is an interesting page of comments, thanks everyone.
It makes me think of something in the TSL wrap-up of Worlds. They said that in their interview with Elvis Stojko, he'd told them that when he finally managed to make a correction in his foot position (I think it was in the camel spin, but I'm not sure) -- something so many had complained about -- he was never able to land a quad toe again. Something about, it opened up his hips, which made his 4T suffer. So, the idea was, be careful what you work so hard to correct.
Nathan has such a good sense of his capabilities and priorities; I don't mean he might be swayed. But to me, it was just an interesting comment, that not every "flaw" in someone's skating or technique would be worth the sacrifice of correcting it.
It makes me think of something in the TSL wrap-up of Worlds. They said that in their interview with Elvis Stojko, he'd told them that when he finally managed to make a correction in his foot position (I think it was in the camel spin, but I'm not sure) -- something so many had complained about -- he was never able to land a quad toe again. Something about, it opened up his hips, which made his 4T suffer. So, the idea was, be careful what you work so hard to correct.
Nathan has such a good sense of his capabilities and priorities; I don't mean he might be swayed. But to me, it was just an interesting comment, that not every "flaw" in someone's skating or technique would be worth the sacrifice of correcting it.