Quadruple jumps require psychological preparation, says Gachinsky

Figure skating coach Arthur Gachinsky believes that quadruple jumps require psychological preparation.

— I would say that you have to be able to jump quadruples in competition. But in training… We had a lot of champions in training who were jumping, jumping, jumping endlessly. But nothing worked during the competition. But the task is not in quantity, but in preparing the jump in such a way that it occurs at the right time and in the right place.

The quadruple jump is such a story that you can’t jump multiple times. Maybe the sheepskin coat or the salchow – they really are technically simpler than the others. The Lutz guys usually jump two or three times a week. From a psychological point of view, you have to listen to it, and approach it physically correctly so as not to get hurt. So it is difficult to absorb it in quantity,” Gachinsky said, as quoted by RT.

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