Just now, Katt said:

Tbh stsq is never a strong point of Evgenia but the tosca one is just bad. Lacking of speed and flow are her usual problem but its so heavy and her upper body movement bother me alot. 

I thought her best step sequence ever was here:

It's not that great. Her strength used to be control. This season, as she learns to stroke more powerfully, and dig through her edges using her ankles and knees instead of swinging her entire body, she is losing energy as she skates through her program, not to mention she hasn't yet managed to make her technique look natural (hence the "heaviness" you notice). It takes time. She doesn't have it contained in less than a month.

 

3 minutes ago, Yume said:

I hope it will be the contrary. After all she never lost to her as a senior.

It's different now, with her being criticised so much, and the added pressure of her being OGM (vs Med's OSM).

2 minutes ago, rockstaryuzu said:

 

To be honest, you weren’t the first one to come up with the idea...  

2 minutes ago, hoodie axel said:

I thought her best step sequence ever was here:

It's not that great. Her strength used to be control. This season, as she learns to stroke more powerfully, and dig through her edges using her ankles and knees instead of swinging her entire body, she is losing energy as she skates through her program, not to mention she hasn't yet managed to make her technique look natural (hence the "heaviness" you notice). It takes time. She doesn't have it contained in less than a month.

 

Plus changes in her body. She rotates slower now.

2 minutes ago, Paskud said:

Plus changes in her body. She rotates slower now.

The girl has finally grown, she can’t always be in her pre-puberty body. And she never had a strong foundation to start with. Just her will and her fighting spirit and her iron nerves up to this season. 

Now she’s riding on that golden parachute, so it served her a good service. 

 

15 minutes ago, hoodie axel said:

I thought her best step sequence ever was here:

It's not that great. Her strength used to be control. This season, as she learns to stroke more powerfully, and dig through her edges using her ankles and knees instead of swinging her entire body, she is losing energy as she skates through her program, not to mention she hasn't yet managed to make her technique look natural (hence the "heaviness" you notice). It takes time. She doesn't have it contained in less than a month.

 

Uhm i have to admit i never watch her stsq under Eteri closely because theyre quite similar. I agreed her stroking improved abit. Actually her tosca steps remind me of her skating last season when she mostly pushed her upper body to finish the turn. Its not that obvious in Dwilson programs althought none of those stsq are good. 

32 minutes ago, hoodie axel said:

I do agree here. But also I wonder if without Tukt (and Med instead of her), Zagitova will feel pressure to "prove herself" and bomb again... Then it will be interesting to see what happens.

Zagitova skates well when Medvedeva is around. I.e. Olympics, Euros. Not Worlds

23 minutes ago, Katt said:

Tbh stsq is never a strong point of Evgenia but the tosca one is just bad. Lacking of speed and flow are her usual problem but its so heavy and her upper body movement bother me alot.

I wonder if choreo has something to do with it ? She was like dying swan skating the stsq. 

 

3 minutes ago, yuzuangel said:

Zagitova skates well when Medvedeva is around. I.e. Olympics, Euros. Not Worlds

But we don't know if that's true now that a conditional has been added. Well, we have Nats. The LP showing was bad. But it's just one datum point.

2 minutes ago, yuzuangel said:

Zagitova skates well when Medvedeva is around. I.e. Olympics, Euros. Not Worlds

Hey, Nats 2019 is not too long ago. 

Just now, wpisces said:

Hey, Nats 2019 is not too long ago. 

She was in a wrong group, so couldn’t inspire Alina enough, apparently...

1 minute ago, Fay said:

She was in a wrong group, so couldn’t inspire Alina enough, apparently...

I hope Alina (and Masaru) can stay safe and away from this drama. I hope Alina can try her best at worlds without regrets. 

7 minutes ago, hopeandlegacy2018 said:

I hope Alina (and Masaru) can stay safe and away from this drama. I hope Alina can try her best at worlds without regrets. 

I hope she slays.

Yikes. This selection.

 

I hope Samodurova continues placing highest among them.