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Post by pia on Aug 26, 2010 23:44:27 GMT 1
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Post by reut on Aug 27, 2010 10:24:59 GMT 1
Thank you for the video. Nice. Stephane is so expressive when he tried to explain something. Joannie's Quebec accent is much harder to understand. But I have soft spot for it as my favourite singer is a Quebecer.
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Post by pia on Aug 27, 2010 20:02:07 GMT 1
Thank you for the video. Nice. Stephane is so expressive when he tried to explain something. Joannie's Quebec accent is much harder to understand. But I have soft spot for it as my favourite singer is a Quebecer. Joannie's Quebec accent was really interesting to hear. Stephane and Joannie in Olympic museum in Lausanne For photos greatest thanks to irysia and ireni from lambiel_ru. MORE:picture.belga.be/belgapicture/editorial/all/coverage/2420863.html
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Post by kadri on Aug 27, 2010 20:25:19 GMT 1
thank you very much for the video and the pictures, pia! his love for kids is so adorable
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Post by stephanie2006 on Aug 28, 2010 8:26:13 GMT 1
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Post by pia on Aug 28, 2010 8:40:50 GMT 1
Thank you very much Stephanie! So lovely.
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Post by nike2010 on Aug 28, 2010 10:41:45 GMT 1
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Post by banshee on Aug 28, 2010 17:48:25 GMT 1
Oh I agree Seeing Stephane with the kids makes me feel completely Thanks for the photos
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Post by reut on Aug 28, 2010 20:13:09 GMT 1
stephanie2006, thank you for the photos! They are sweet. Hm, I think Stephane has some non-traditional methods of teaching.
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Post by sigrid on Aug 28, 2010 21:43:59 GMT 1
Thanks so much stephanie2006 the pics are so cute and lovely
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Post by goldguegi on Aug 29, 2010 1:56:48 GMT 1
a little (or not so little ) report about the training with children in Lausanne...Like you know pianomaya, stephanie2006 and I went on Friday to Lausanne to see Stéphane train with kids. After using for the first time a subway in Switzerland (and the only subway in the whole country!) we got to the Malley ice rink. We were a little early but Stéphane and many kids were already on the ice. I wonder if he was there for the whole afternoon. Shortly after there was a zamboni break. And then other kids came. They divided the rink into three parts and there were also three groups of children. Stéphane was in the middle of the rink, Joannie Rochette and another coach on the right side and another group on the left side. There were'nt many spectators about 20-30 people. Unfortunately I didn't see much of what Joannie Rochette or the other guy were doing because my focus was logically on Stéphane and his group of children. In the first hour the children were probably between 7-12 or so and in the second hour maybe between 13-18. In between this hour the three groups of kids changed from one coach to the other. Stéphane showed them some moves and the kids were learning and repeating them. He observed what the kids are doing and helped and explained the moves to them when they weren't successful. Unfortunately he was speaking so quietly that we couldn't hear what he was saying. The other coaches were almost yelling but the almost only words we could hear from Stéphane were: "Hopp!" Sometimes he was clapping with his hands so that the kids listen to him again or because they were doing great. All in all he was a very patient coach, despite him saying a long time ago he wouldn't have the patience to be a coach. But that was before his injury... The younger kids seemed to have learned to skate to a certain music. They were skating to this music again and again. And Stéphane had to start, repeat and stop the music and was sometimes skating with them. So we assumed that he invented this little "programm" for them. It seemed that with Stéphane the kids learned to improve their spins and with Joannie and the other coach they were doing more jumps or spirals. Stéphane had to show his spins again and again. As I don't skate by myself everything on the ice looks so easily. I know that it's hard work and years of training from a very young age. You could see that this children were learning to do these movements Stéphane showed to them and once more I realized that you have to learn every little step and every little move by doing it again and again. Sure the talent you have or don't have plays a certain role but without hard training it's impossible to reach a certain level. At around six the training was finished and all the kids were standing on one side to watch Stéphane and Joannie. They were doing some jumps, spins, split jumps and spirals (only Joannie unfortunately). After their little "exhibition" Stéphane skated around with some children, took many pictures and skated three times this little programm to the music with the younger children. It was so funny and cute to watch him there surrounded by children, who were admiring him. At around half past six the zamboni ended this beautiful afternoon and everybody had to leave the ice. We had the hope that he might return after the zamboni, but only hockey players came and took the ice. So we left for dinner. I'm so thankful to have had this possibility to watch this. It came out of nowhere (thanks again Reut for finding this information). It was more than two and a half hours of watching Stéphane! The longest I saw him before was 40 minutes for practices at competitions (when he stayed for the whole time). After the opening of the Bossard Arena in Zug I thought: When will I see him again? At Art on Ice in February? Now I think again: When will I see him again? Maybe there will be another sudden possibility?!
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Post by pianomaya on Aug 29, 2010 7:39:34 GMT 1
Thank you stephanie2006 for fotos and thank you goldguegi for the report. Now, from me a few videos. I have taken quite a lot of videos. But many times are students on them. I have tried that students only be seen from far or from behind. www.mediafire.com/?0p76e4gcju1e5Video quality is especially bad, because so I can do, that nobody will recognize the faces of students. The ice rink was also dark, so we also couldn't see clearly.
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Post by nike2010 on Aug 29, 2010 7:59:49 GMT 1
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Post by stephanie2006 on Aug 29, 2010 9:16:30 GMT 1
Thanks goldguegi and pianomaya for the teamwork It was again a big pleasure to share this experience with you and to enjoy it in the Malley ice rink for an unveliebable 2.5 hours. It took me a lot of organisation to make it to Lausanne but I didn't want to miss seeing Stéphane as a teacher in a skating workshop, especially now in a time where his appearances on ice are limited to shows. I've always enjoyed watching trainings at competitions a lot and that's one of the reasons why Tallinn will forever be my favourite event. There weren't enough eyes to follow the other groups but the teacher in the left part of the rinkg focused on basic skating skills like crossovers and on the right side the young skaters trained jumps. Joannie Rochette did an amazing series of triple jumps and assisted the trainer who was focussing on jumps. How amazing Stéphane is as a teacher and how he cares about the students is what I can better describe with the pictures I posted than express with words. I was most fascinated by the teaching method of the flying sit spin. The last two pictures show the simulation of the right position in the air and Stéphane adjusted the leg positions of the students. Now we know everything about spins - in theory ;D
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Post by kadri on Aug 29, 2010 10:39:58 GMT 1
thanks you so much stephanie2006 for the videos and the impressions, pianomaya for the videos and goldguegi[ for a great report! so nice of you to share that with us coach Stephane with children is a very heartwarming sight to see
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