He finds the bottle, sitting there on the rink edge next to the poodle tissue box, and hands it over, looking back over the ice as he does.
(There's Yakov, talking with Georgi. The one skater who has always listened to him, and done exactly as he's said ...
that must be a new feeling for him.)
"You just need to relax." Simpler said than done, and not helpful: he might as well tell Yuri that all he needs to do is spin the Earth backwards –– it's just as impossible, so he searches for something solid, something constructive. He has to motivate Yuri, not frustrate him further. "Focus on nailing that first quad before you think about the rest, okay?"
When Yuri gets it, he tends to get a rush of confidence that carries the rest of the program. When he doesn't ...
Well, he will. Victor just needs to be confident: he has the skill and he has that jump. It's been looking better and better in practice, and when he hits it, it's like a dream. "How do you feel?"
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Date: 2017-04-02 01:00 am (UTC)(There's Yakov, talking with Georgi. The one skater who has always listened to him, and done exactly as he's said ...
that must be a new feeling for him.)
"You just need to relax." Simpler said than done, and not helpful: he might as well tell Yuri that all he needs to do is spin the Earth backwards –– it's just as impossible, so he searches for something solid, something constructive. He has to motivate Yuri, not frustrate him further. "Focus on nailing that first quad before you think about the rest, okay?"
When Yuri gets it, he tends to get a rush of confidence that carries the rest of the program. When he doesn't ...
Well, he will. Victor just needs to be confident: he has the skill and he has that jump. It's been looking better and better in practice, and when he hits it, it's like a dream. "How do you feel?"