“It’s a mess in my head.” Figure skater Samoilov, who represents Poland, spoke about psychological problems

Figure skater Vladimir Samoilov who plays for Poland, spoke of psychological problems.

Since 2021, Samoilov represents the Polish national team. The 24-year-old athlete, who previously competed for Russia, is training in Italy.

— What are the problems with the free program, besides the lack of time to work on the program?

— We have slightly modified the program. I haven’t had time to do all that yet, I have to mentally adapt to skating with a lot of quads. We must collect our thoughts.

I overthink certain things as I get older. I would like to go back to when I was 15, I haven’t thought about it at all. He came out happy, bowed and left. Now I’m starting to get stressed, it’s hard to deal with.

-What exactly are you thinking?

– Mess in my head. Partly a kind of self-doubt.

— Are there sports psychologists on the team staff? Have you contacted them?

“I don’t think they’ll be much help.” You have to work on yourself. Now it’s easier in terms of thinking, somewhere the coach helps,” Samoilov told .

Samoilov is a winner and winner of the stages of the Russian Cup, silver medalist of the Junior Grand Prix of Italy series in 2017 and three-time champion of Poland.