That was the hard part for Johnny. There was no time to train. And that made things more difficult.
"Priscilla Hill" is an United States/American retired competitive figure skater who works as a coach. She was a two-time medalist at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and competed twice at the World Figure Skating Championships. She was the first American woman to land the loop jump/triple loop in competition.
More Priscilla Hill on Wikipedia.A week and a half of actual training did not cut it. Then the frustration on top of it ... made it more difficult. There were all kinds of things that went along with it. It just kept going and there was no time for him to get into his normal training system that happens in the fall.
The next thing I knew, there was Johnny standing there. He went through the whole thing with me. That's just the type of person he is.
It's so beautiful and easy for him to do in practice. But I feel at this point, it has to be his call.
Yeah, of course I cringe because I grew up in the era of skating when you couldn't talk to a judge. You couldn't talk to anyone. And so it's a big change. It's been a whole learning experience for me and yet a wonderful one, and I would never change it.
He's been smart and he's listened well. He's at the normal point of preparation for nationals. All the other things didn't help in the Grand Prix season, but he really missed training only for the Grand Prix season. Skipping the Grand Prix final gave us the time we needed to finally train and that was all he really needed.
He has no idea what his skating does to people.
He likes that they respect the sport there, not like in America, where it's all about football.
He just wasn't comfortable with it. The new program is still Johnny. But as a skater, when something isn't second nature, you find yourself thinking about it and it gets tougher.
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