Saturday, November 5, 2011 10:45 AM
Posted By SkatingPj
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I asked Lori and Denis separately if they thought that 'movers' were born or if they could be taught. Lori said definitively: "It can be taught. There are more than a few out there whose skating draws you in - and I can assure you there are more that are taught than are natural." Denis answered it this way: "There are natural movers and there are skaters who get taught. I think that in order to win you need to be a combinaton of both." Hmmm...interesting. I don't know about you - but I think I can tell the difference. Denis is one of those natural movers that I first saw on a teensy tiny TV monitor while calling the 4 Continents Championships a couple of years ago. At the time, his material was not what it is today but I could still feel his passion infusing the program rather then being superimposed on top of his skating. Regardless of results, I still think he is wonderful to watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYg0qej5P04 On our way out of the coaches' room - Lori said - "make sure you get him to smile - he has a great smile". As usual, when it comes to skaters and skating - she's right :)
Fun to watch the evolution of a terrific skater and wonderful young man :) The still pic by the way was taken at the Thornhill competition in the summer...looks like he has grown again??
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