Actor Smolkin told how his son went from figure skating to soccer when he was 14

Actor Boris Smolkin on the air of the program “There is a theme!” on the channel “” told how his son Gleb Smolkin At the age of 14, he quit figure skating and started playing football.

Figure skater Smolkin performs ice dancing with Diana Davis the daughter of a russian trainer Eteri Tutberidze .

I can’t even skate! About figure skating – there was an initiative of my wife when Gleb was 5 years old. Find friends, assign him to a good trainer, that’s all.

I’m definitely not immersed in figure skating technique, I can discuss artistry and musicality, but I don’t understand skating. Children need to be helped, not pampered, but to be helped in the business that they do, that’s all.

There were moments of serious conversation, because at the age of 14 he decided he had had enough of figure skating. Without telling us, he went to play football. He was just bored. This break lasted a year and a half, during which time we had conversations. Although I didn’t interfere with his transition to football, I tried to help him in some way. Then, at some point, he was called upon to dance on the ice, and that’s how it all started.

I know Eteri Tutberidze and Diana Davis, the daughter did not go to her mother, she is completely different. Eteri – strict, energetic. Diana is a little different, it’s hard for me to explain, but they are different, very different.

At the Beijing Olympics, Smolkin and Davis took 14th place.