Post by jomeku on Sept 1, 2014 21:25:28 GMT 1
Thanks for all the comments. I'm glad you enjoyed .
www.rts.ch/la-1ere/programmes/sport-premiere/6062793-sport-premiere-du-30-08-2014.html
Stéphane's part is at 1:04:48.
The first part is similar to the written interview in "Le Nouvelliste", but it's in Stephane's proper words. The passion he transmits to an audience when skating can be felt here too; he spreads enthusiasm with every word and you hear it in the intonation, when he talks about his skating school and, in the second part of the interview, about the way he sees his job as a coach and his reflections about it. Lovely!
I won't translate the first half (unless there's interest). Besides about his skating school they mainly speak about the insufficient promotion of athletes in Switzerland.
So, start in about the middle of the interview:
(…...)
...All my work of the last four years - in my seminaries for national teams of Japan, Corea as well as my work with the international skating federation, is a process of decomposition of the movement. Because, when teaching, you do not start with the roof. You have to start with a simple movement … which is not necessarily easy for a skater who does not understand the movement immediately. You have to actually understand and try to dissect it yourself and then afterwards to explain it in your own words. Sometimes you do not find the correct word in your mother tongue or the student does not speak the same language. So you have to find a solution. And then it's the job of the coach to find solutions, to give a frame, to plan, to be there when things don't go well. But to push them beyond their current limits when things go well. To dose, actually. The dosage … Peter Grütter kept talking and talking and repeating about it. Very important for a coach to know when you can push a student and when you need to temper him. To know when he might be hungry, to think that he might have to travel kilometers … this work of a coach fascinates me.
Are you aware of the strength you possess? Because - I've just seen you on the ice with a young girl, who looked at you with big eyes that said: 'This is Stephane Lambiel who explains me things'. That's a form of strength, anyway. Are you aware of this?
That's a strength … yes …. Actually for me it is a small victory, in terms of … when I get on the ice I actually expect from my students to be receptive, to be eager to learn. And if I see in the eyes of a child it is ready to absorb the training, it's ready to receive, it wants to learn, this is indeed a small victory. It means it's a good start, it brings something to the child that helps him grow, and it helps me grow too.
Don't you think there's already 20% of gain by the fact that it is you?
That, I do not know and I can't judge it myself.
You still have a huge radiance … as said before .. in the land of the rising sun. Did something special happen there in the beginning or during your career? What happened? Where this special connection comes from? Why you are a kind of idol there … maybe the word 'idol' is too strong … or, in the contrary, not strong enough?
Puhh … well … it's difficult to explain. I think that people, maybe in particular in Japan, felt the passion I have for figure skating. But I think that this is felt also here. It's not only the japanese who recognize that. I love my profession, I love my sport. And when I do something and when I love what I do, I do it 200%.
But, are they maybe more receptive than we are?
They are very receptive and what I appreciate with them is their way of …. they are very good observers. So I think they are very familiar with figure skating, which makes them a faithful audience that follows competitions as well as shows. So, once popular, it remains a good popularity, even on an international level. There are japanese skaters - the actual olympic champion is japanese, he's a huge star in Japan. When he comes on the ice, the japanese go crazy for him. But then, actually, they are open also to discover what the little suisse guy can show them. That's what I think it's great - I turn up in Japan an have the chance to show them what I know to do and what I have to share. I worked a lot with japanese skaters and they are very receptives. They want to learn, they want to know, they work like crazy … I admire a lot the japanese culture.
What has high level sport brought you and in what way are you different today, after, let's say, the first part of your career. Now, as you teach, it's a second career, somehow?
Actually, it's the mindset. It's in the way of acting. As athlete you might take less time for reflection because you have your coach who is there for this and for giving the frame. Your goal as athlete is to progress, to have success. You maybe do not take time for reflection. Today, if I put myself in the position of a coach, I have myself to do the reflection-work ... and I have to maybe think before I act. At the time, an action was so important that it was necessary to run for it, run, run, run, run. Today I want my pupils to speed forwards. But me on my side I have to canalize and dose the energies.
Would you say it's a form of achievement?
… Yes … of maturity. But hey, I can still learn and - at the age of 29 - I feel more mature than with 20 …. but there is still some margin ...(laughs).
A moment of incredible thrills that you first think of when you think of your career?
Well … there will still be plenty of moments of incredible thrills. Of course I can look back and there are those moments, there have been very strong moments. But right now, for example, we are in the process of preparing for a show - for a skating show in the Arena of Verona, with live opera music, an orchestra and choir and I know already that ... even by just working with a CD ... it already gives me chills. So now, I am looking forward to the moment I'm going to be on stage and skate with the choir and the orchestra and the singers of the opera for this show.
Stéphane Lambiel, what shall we wish you for your future?
That this passion remains intact and then, that this project will grow. And that, in some years, we will have again world champions from de Valais ….
A interview for RTS:
www.rts.ch/la-1ere/programmes/sport-premiere/6062793-sport-premiere-du-30-08-2014.html
Stéphane's part is at 1:04:48.
The first part is similar to the written interview in "Le Nouvelliste", but it's in Stephane's proper words. The passion he transmits to an audience when skating can be felt here too; he spreads enthusiasm with every word and you hear it in the intonation, when he talks about his skating school and, in the second part of the interview, about the way he sees his job as a coach and his reflections about it. Lovely!
I won't translate the first half (unless there's interest). Besides about his skating school they mainly speak about the insufficient promotion of athletes in Switzerland.
So, start in about the middle of the interview:
(…...)
...All my work of the last four years - in my seminaries for national teams of Japan, Corea as well as my work with the international skating federation, is a process of decomposition of the movement. Because, when teaching, you do not start with the roof. You have to start with a simple movement … which is not necessarily easy for a skater who does not understand the movement immediately. You have to actually understand and try to dissect it yourself and then afterwards to explain it in your own words. Sometimes you do not find the correct word in your mother tongue or the student does not speak the same language. So you have to find a solution. And then it's the job of the coach to find solutions, to give a frame, to plan, to be there when things don't go well. But to push them beyond their current limits when things go well. To dose, actually. The dosage … Peter Grütter kept talking and talking and repeating about it. Very important for a coach to know when you can push a student and when you need to temper him. To know when he might be hungry, to think that he might have to travel kilometers … this work of a coach fascinates me.
Are you aware of the strength you possess? Because - I've just seen you on the ice with a young girl, who looked at you with big eyes that said: 'This is Stephane Lambiel who explains me things'. That's a form of strength, anyway. Are you aware of this?
That's a strength … yes …. Actually for me it is a small victory, in terms of … when I get on the ice I actually expect from my students to be receptive, to be eager to learn. And if I see in the eyes of a child it is ready to absorb the training, it's ready to receive, it wants to learn, this is indeed a small victory. It means it's a good start, it brings something to the child that helps him grow, and it helps me grow too.
Don't you think there's already 20% of gain by the fact that it is you?
That, I do not know and I can't judge it myself.
You still have a huge radiance … as said before .. in the land of the rising sun. Did something special happen there in the beginning or during your career? What happened? Where this special connection comes from? Why you are a kind of idol there … maybe the word 'idol' is too strong … or, in the contrary, not strong enough?
Puhh … well … it's difficult to explain. I think that people, maybe in particular in Japan, felt the passion I have for figure skating. But I think that this is felt also here. It's not only the japanese who recognize that. I love my profession, I love my sport. And when I do something and when I love what I do, I do it 200%.
But, are they maybe more receptive than we are?
They are very receptive and what I appreciate with them is their way of …. they are very good observers. So I think they are very familiar with figure skating, which makes them a faithful audience that follows competitions as well as shows. So, once popular, it remains a good popularity, even on an international level. There are japanese skaters - the actual olympic champion is japanese, he's a huge star in Japan. When he comes on the ice, the japanese go crazy for him. But then, actually, they are open also to discover what the little suisse guy can show them. That's what I think it's great - I turn up in Japan an have the chance to show them what I know to do and what I have to share. I worked a lot with japanese skaters and they are very receptives. They want to learn, they want to know, they work like crazy … I admire a lot the japanese culture.
What has high level sport brought you and in what way are you different today, after, let's say, the first part of your career. Now, as you teach, it's a second career, somehow?
Actually, it's the mindset. It's in the way of acting. As athlete you might take less time for reflection because you have your coach who is there for this and for giving the frame. Your goal as athlete is to progress, to have success. You maybe do not take time for reflection. Today, if I put myself in the position of a coach, I have myself to do the reflection-work ... and I have to maybe think before I act. At the time, an action was so important that it was necessary to run for it, run, run, run, run. Today I want my pupils to speed forwards. But me on my side I have to canalize and dose the energies.
Would you say it's a form of achievement?
… Yes … of maturity. But hey, I can still learn and - at the age of 29 - I feel more mature than with 20 …. but there is still some margin ...(laughs).
A moment of incredible thrills that you first think of when you think of your career?
Well … there will still be plenty of moments of incredible thrills. Of course I can look back and there are those moments, there have been very strong moments. But right now, for example, we are in the process of preparing for a show - for a skating show in the Arena of Verona, with live opera music, an orchestra and choir and I know already that ... even by just working with a CD ... it already gives me chills. So now, I am looking forward to the moment I'm going to be on stage and skate with the choir and the orchestra and the singers of the opera for this show.
Stéphane Lambiel, what shall we wish you for your future?
That this passion remains intact and then, that this project will grow. And that, in some years, we will have again world champions from de Valais ….