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[ID: Two gifs of Yuzu the yellow and brown western hognose poking her head out from Juniper's hand and flicking her black tongue]
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I was watching the Grand Prix Final 2011 and noticed that Yuzuru was extraordinarily fast in his Romeo and Juliet program. I also recall Brian Orser's interview when Yuzuru had just switched to him as a coach. He mentioned that Yuzuru likes to skate fast, but they planned to make changes (for focusing on other aspects and conserving energy as I understood) . So, my question is, did they reduce the speed, and if so, by how much? Because at the Japanese Nationals, where they measure the average speed of skaters, Yuzuru seemed to be among the top again. However, it also looks like he did not maintain the same speed he had when training under Nanami Abe.
First if we talk of "reducing speed" we have to set some things straight. All top skaters do have fantastic speed when you compare it to skaters with lower ranks. Take for example Kaori and compare her to lower ranked Japanese ladies. Skaters with extraordinary skating skills like Yuzu, like Shoma, like Kaori have a lot of speed without effort. So if we say "reducing speed" we have to take into consideration that Yuzu's speed was and is still very good and on top at his field. (I think only Shoma had a similar speed measurement as Yuzu at the statistics) All in all you need extraordinary to even talk about "reducing speed" because most skaters need to work very hard to even have more speed.
I think your observation is correct. In both senses. Yuzu's speed is among the top skaters but it's also not as fast as back in 2011. But there are a couple of reasons why this is the case and none of it has to do with Yuzu being worse than in 2011 on the contrary. (And I also think it's only true for his programs, not for when he is skating in rounds for example in the warm-up.)
This is Yuzu's SP 2021 statistics:
For Yuzu there come some things into play for why Brian Orser wanted to reduce Yuzu's speed (ofc I can only guess what Brian Orser meant, but for me these are some explanations):
The emphasis on "focusing on other aspects" is because lots of speed is good, but it also goes in hand with a tendency to rush through a program, which Yuzu did. Yuzu had a tendency to rush under Nanami Abe which let to making "silly" mistakes like for example falling during the step sequence like Worlds 2012. Also too much speed can cause you timing problems on jumps like almost jumping into the boards like you can often see with Boyang's 4Lz timing. And Yuzu's timing got significantly better, there are few times when he missed a jump.
Yuzu has a severe asthma problem, so until 2014 you could see him nearly on the verve of breakdown after every free skate so it was necessary to find an energy balance. Reducing speed helps. He had to learn to maintain an energy level that would not make him panting because of exhaustion after every skate.
Yuzu's programs got more complex in transitions and entries and exits of jumps, nobody is able to maintain the same speed doing difficult steps and turns in contrast to crossovers forwards or backwards. You can try it yourself by running straight forward or turning and jumping and see if you're being just as fast. 😉
Reducing speed can also be about getting more control. Too much speed can also be a hindrance. Sometimes you see skaters who are slow but get level 4 on their step sequences while skaters with superb speed may not get it. That is often due to the inclarity of steps to count towards the step sequence because with speed there is a tendency to rush through steps.
No one can compare to Yuzu in the complexity of transition department. If you do almost no crossovers in a program, getting speed is not as easy. You can look at almost any other single skater and see how much they need to push towards the ice to accelerate speed (jarring example look how much Isabeau Levito has to work to get speed for her jumps).That Yuzu maintained one of the highest speeds while executing difficult transition shows you what true master of speed he is. For comparison look at any Eteri girl from the 2015-2018 aera (Medvedeva and Zagitova for example) and see that while they also had tons of transitions in their programs they are comparably slow and even slower than most other top skaters.
In conclusion: Yes Yuzu may not be as fast in his programs than when he was with Nanami Abe but it's just because he developed as a skater and because speed alone means nothing.
Here a little reminder to Pyeongchang 2018 gala practice "Yuzu in his speed skater aera" 😉
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Henlo :3
I know you don't want to talk at least your bio says that 😋
But I do like your blog :3
That's all I wanted to say :3
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Thanks for the msg Cya -- and thank you for the compliment.
😎😝 it's not that I don't want to talk (Just changed that in my bio) it's more like I am picky and on Tumblr only cause I care about one person. And do not want to get deleted again.🤷🏼♀️
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It’s been a hot minute, but I wanted to post a second list of some of my favorite anime girls!
11. Marin Kitagawa - My Dress-Up Darling
12. Moroha - Yashahime
13. Alice Lendrott - The Duke of Death and His Maid
14. Yuzuki Tachibana - Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
15. Venus - Heaven’s Design Team
16. Tohru Honda - Fruits Basket
17. Rikka Takanashi - Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
18. Risa Koizumi - Lovely Complex
19. Misa Amane - Death Note
20. Nobara Kugisaki - Jujutsu Kaisen
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Tried out Shake Art DELUXE and wow it's super cute holy moly!!!
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