Sep 12, 2020
“I am so beyond stoked about Alysa's coaching change! I hope this takes her in the right direction and lets her grow to her full potential!”
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“I am so beyond stoked about Alysa's coaching change! I hope this takes her in the right direction and lets her grow to her full potential!”
According to US Figure Skating, Alysa Liu has announced a coaching change - she will now be coached by Lee Barkell, Lori Nichol, and Massimo Scali.
"So, Vincent Zhou just announced his coaching change to Lee Barkell. I didn't expect this move, but I think he really missed an opportunity to move to Eteri. He already has the jumping technique (well, he actually has a lutz edge) of and penchant for Rippons as an Eteri girl. His PCS also might finally have made some sense if he had Eteri as a coach, too."
When you skate great you get a high five from Brian Orser and a nod of approval from Lee Barkell. 😄
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In his skate to excerpts from the Sherlock Holmes soundtrack Gogolev also became the first Canadian, of any age group, to land a quad Lutz in competition.
Cool!
A tiny photo of Coach Lee Barkell and Stephen in the article.
Celebrating two years of the fan blog with some more beautiful photography from Johany Jutras at 2018 Nationals.
You can see the full gallery of images here.
Satoko Miyahara (JPN) has moved her training base to Toronto, Canada. She will be coached by Lee Barkell, but is still going to be mainly a Mie Hamada student.
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This is a very intriguing move. Her main goal is to improve her jumps, which to me makes a lot of sense. One of the big criticisms that Satoko has faced over the years are her jumps and her tendency of underrotation. Lee’s skaters have typically excelled at jumping, so I’m excited to see how Satoko will fare!
Like Russia, it’s rare to see a Japanese skater move outside Japan nowadays. It used to be commonplace with skaters like Mao Asada, Miki Ando, and Shizuka Arakawa all having foreign coaches. But lately, the trend has been to stay in Japan, as there are many great coaches like Mie Hamada, Sonoko Nakano, Yukina Ota, and others. I think the trend is now reversing again, with Marin Honda still Training under Rafael Artunian, and now Satoko with Lee. For me, a move abroad means a skater is really taking their career in their own hands, and is making decisions that would best benefit them. I think Evgenia improved as soon as she moved to Canada. So hopefully Satoko will have similar results.
Stephen and Coach Lee Barkell at 2016 Coupe du Printemps.
The last thing I expected to see in 2019 was a new photo from this event - the first covered by this blog. But there you have it.
Credit: Posted by Truro News