Sorry but why do y'all support Denis's cooperation with Lambiel? He got another patchwork of old Lambiel programs for the next season and still no quads. Imo Deniss should've stayed with Urmanov to be competitive. His technique would've been so much better! He's now wasting half of his potential because of a inexperienced coach. It makes me sad!
Urmanov was actually the one who chose Four Seasons for Deniss and they had begun working on it before the coaching change. Stephane and Deniss changed it to the Max Richter version to avoid having the exact same program repeated.
Deniss doesn’t have quads because he was spending this season recovering from a serious injury to his thigh, the same injury that ended Lambiel’s career. And it was Stephane who organised the doctor who fixed Deniss up because of his experiences.
Stephane is not an inexperienced coach, yes Deniss is his first international senior student, but Stephane runs the skating school of switzerland and has coached many young champions and other students before Deniss. He has also spent years as a choreographer and a ‘finesse coach’ (in other words: polishing programs with skaters in order to bring out their full artistic potential).
Who knows, maybe Deniss’ jump technique would have been better with Urmanov, but being with Lambiel has polished Deniss’ artistry, spins and skating skills to amazing levels, and he has so much room to grow as well. I would argue that the strides they have made as a coach/student team in such a short time have been incredible and now that Deniss is recovered fully, and ready for it, the improvement will increase with quads (barring any pesky growth spurts).
He’s not wasting his potential, he’s realising it.
Deniss Vasiljevs is a natural born performer, he has a stage presence, and energy on the ice that has truly flourished with the change in coaches. Because it took someone like Stephane, an artist on ice, to help Deniss really come into his own as a skater and performer. Yes they have similarities, many coach and student teams do, yes their similarities are quite pronounced, but that is one of the reasons they work so well together. Stephane knows how to bring out the best in Deniss and Deniss is able to find his own style. Deniss has an electric youthful energy that makes him so bright and earnest and joyous, that you can’t help but smile and clap along because you can feel how much fun he is having, how much he loves skating. Stephane doesn’t have that same energy, his style is different.
Also Stephane is one of Deniss’ idols and it is natural for skaters to emulate the styles of their idols.
I support this cooperation because Deniss seems to be so much happier, and he is improving so rapidly I can’t wait to see where this team up takes him.
There’s a reason we call it ‘dream team’, because it is.
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