28 minutes ago, Mastyaeva said:

Thanks!

Actually, Plush was just perfect in this interview: metaphorical and with good sense of humour. I wonder, whether Japanese translation reflects it. 

Yeah agreed! Exellent interview. And he is really REALLY fond of Yuzu. He sencerely wishes him to win that OG

28 minutes ago, Mastyaeva said:

Thanks!

Actually, Plush was just perfect in this interview: metaphorical and with good sense of humour. I wonder, whether Japanese translation reflects it. 

Yeah agreed! Exellent interview. And he is really REALLY fond of Yuzu. He sencerely wishes him to win that OG

28 minutes ago, Mastyaeva said:

Thanks!

Actually, Plush was just perfect in this interview: metaphorical and with good sense of humour. I wonder, whether Japanese translation reflects it. 

Yeah agreed! Exellent interview. And he is really REALLY fond of Yuzu. He sencerely wishes him to win that OG

22 minutes ago, MrPudding said:

 

 

20 minutes ago, MrPudding said:

True story 

 

Plushy knows him well.  It just makes me so happy that his idol thinks SO HIGHLY of him. 

47 minutes ago, MrPudding said:

 

I hope the whole planet have a bonding time with Plushy and together we'll fangirl/fanboy about Zuzu.

 

It's been a while since I've done a tl;dr but here it goes:

 

I think this idea that he only needs 3 quads to win is a fallacy. Yes, if we look at Yuzu's best scores, his 330 achieved with 2+3 quads, with only the 'easy' 4T and 4S, still stands to this day. But how likely would Yuzu, with those same quads, be able to replicate the circumstances that would give him that so far unsurpassed 330? We look at Javi and Patrick and bless them, they're amazing, but they're also posterboys of how you need to be absolutely foot perfect in order to stay competitive with the higher BVs of other skaters who are also improving in GOEs and PCS. And how hard it is to be clean even with lower BV. 

 

Yuzu's greatest opponents right now aren't staying still either; they will be gaining momentum throughout the season and they're packing some BV ammunition. Shoma is very close to Yuzu's scores, closer than any other man right now, and his GOE/PCS potential is as great as Yuzu's. And unfortunately, there's also the factor of narratives surrounding perceived weakness in keeping up with the quad race as well as pressure to do so, especially from Japanese media and its quad obsession. 

 

Then we add the fact that going back to a 3-quad layout seems to be complete opposite to Yuzu's personality, bless his stubborn self. I feel like he's going to need at the very least 4 quads, with the 4Lo, with those 3 quads in the second half, in order to at least feel like he is challenging something even if he ends up not doing the 4Lz. My feeling is that Brian will be weary of the 4Lz and might caution Yuzu not to risk it. But it depends entirely on Yuzu, his feelings for the jump, its training and the weight of the ratio of risk/reward in using it in his layout, especially now he's been set back.

 

Yuzu's layout for Olympics and whether it can or cannot include 4Lz is dependent on three things right now: conditioning, competition practice and psychological issues.

 

Conditioning: His injury set him back on that. He needs 10 days rest then he's hoping to get back into competition shape in 3-4 weeks. But he won't be able to immediately start training quads at the beginning of his return to the ice, so exactly how much he'll make up for in terms of strength, stamina, conditioning, quad training and success rate we'll need to wait and see. However quick and successful his recovery goes, I am somewhat doubtful of him being ready for a 5-quad layout by Japan Nationals so I think he'll have to water it down for that competition. Also, my hope is that he is reigned in a bit (by himself or his team) because he's also been known to try to overtrain to make up for lost time. 

 

Competition experience: Yuzu himself said he needed to take every opportunity to test out the 4Lz, as the newest and more unstable jump in his layout this season, in competition. Unfortunately he has now lost his last opportunities to do so. The only competition I could see him using to test that jump out prior to the Olympics would be 4CC as his conditioning should be much better by then. Could we possibly see him there? If his name is assigned to that competition, then I feel like the 4Lz might return. 

 

Psychological issues: As Daisuke Takahashi said recently, there is also the factor of fear of injury again so close to the Olympics and how that'll affect his quad training. This is something he will have to deal with but I trust he'll get over it soon enough. 

 

Also, let's all remember that it wasn't the 4Lz's fault that Yuzu injured himself. It was bad luck it was on that particular jump but it could have been in any other quad.

 

 

14 minutes ago, MrPudding said:

 

What does this mean? 

14 minutes ago, MrPudding said:

 

What does this mean? 

hace 19 minutos , xeyra said:

It's been a while since I've done a tl;dr but here it goes:

 

I think this idea that he only needs 3 quads to win is a fallacy. Yes, if we look at Yuzu's best scores, his 330 achieved with 2+3 quads, with only the 'easy' 4T and 4S, still stands to this day. But how likely would Yuzu, with those same quads, be able to replicate the circumstances that would give him that so far unsurpassed 330? We look at Javi and Patrick and bless them, they're amazing, but they're also posterboys of how you need to be absolutely foot perfect in order to stay competitive with the higher BVs of other skaters who are also improving in GOEs and PCS. And how hard it is to be clean even with lower BV. 

 

Yuzu's greatest opponents right now aren't staying still either; they will be gaining momentum throughout the season and they're packing some BV ammunition. Shoma is very close to Yuzu's scores, closer than any other man right now, and his GOE/PCS potential is as great as Yuzu's. And unfortunately, there's also the factor of narratives surrounding perceived weakness in keeping up with the quad race as well as pressure to do so, especially from Japanese media and its quad obsession. 

 

Then we add the fact that going back to a 3-quad layout seems to be complete opposite to Yuzu's personality, bless his stubborn self. I feel like he's going to need at the very least 4 quads, with the 4Lo, with those 3 quads in the second half, in order to at least feel like he is challenging something even if he ends up not doing the 4Lz. My feeling is that Brian will be weary of the 4Lz and might caution Yuzu not to risk it. But it depends entirely on Yuzu, his feelings for the jump, its training and the weight of the ratio of risk/reward in using it in his layout, especially now he's been set back.

 

Yuzu's layout for Olympics and whether it can or cannot include 4Lz is dependent on three things right now: conditioning, competition practice and psychological issues.

 

Conditioning: His injury set him back on that. He needs 10 days rest then he's hoping to get back into competition shape in 3-4 weeks. But he won't be able to immediately start training quads at the beginning of his return to the ice, so exactly how much he'll make up for in terms of strength, stamina, conditioning, quad training and success rate we'll need to wait and see. However quick and successful his recovery goes, I am somewhat doubtful of him being ready for a 5-quad layout by Japan Nationals so I think he'll have to water it down for that competition. Also, my hope is that he is reigned in a bit (by himself or his team) because he's also been known to try to overtrain to make up for lost time. 

 

Competition experience: Yuzu himself said he needed to take every opportunity to test out the 4Lz, as the newest and more unstable jump in his layout this season, in competition. Unfortunately he has now lost his last opportunities to do so. The only competition I could see him using to test that jump out prior to the Olympics would be 4CC as his conditioning should be much better by then. Could we possibly see him there? If his name is assigned to that competition, then I feel like the 4Lz might return. 

 

Psychological issues: As Daisuke Takahashi said recently, there is also the factor of fear of injury again so close to the Olympics and how that'll affect his quad training. This is something he will have to deal with but I trust he'll get over it soon enough. 

 

Also, let's all remember that it wasn't the 4Lz's fault that Yuzu injured himself. It was bad luck it was on that particular jump but it could have been in any other quad.

 

 

Agree. He definitely needs some competition practice before Olys (team event doesn't count), like 4CC or Challender Event. I don't expect 4Lz at JN but with this boy you can't be sure about anything. After all we are speaking about someone who set new WR at his first competition this season and landed 4Lz on his first attempt in competition.

So for now I can only hope for his fast recovery, he will do the rest. 

1 minute ago, PapiandPooh421 said:

What does this mean? 

google translate says that its about his shoulder muscles 

13 minutes ago, MrPudding said:

google translate says that its about his shoulder muscles 

What about it? I'm sorry I really can't read that. 

15 minutes ago, PapiandPooh421 said:

What about it? I'm sorry I really can't read that. 

thats all I got sorry. Might not even be about the muscles at all...  

I'm a simple girl.. I see Yuzu worthy stuff.. I post.. 

9 minutes ago, MrPudding said:

thats all I got sorry. Might not even be about the muscles at all...  

I'm a simple girl.. I see Yuzu worthy stuff.. I post..