Incredibly aesthetic and fascinating sport. Art on ice, requiring complete dedication and true talent. All this is true in relation to figure skating, which is admired by millions of people around the world, and which does not cease to amaze the audience with its novelty.
Figure skating in Russia
In Russia, figure skating has always developed at the highest level. The great successes achieved in this area at the world and European championships were made possible thanks to the talent and dedicated work that Russian figure skating coaches rightly famous for raising truly unique skaters are famous for.
So, at the last European figure skating championship, Evgeny Medvedeva won a decisive victory among women, Russian figure skaters Elena Radionova and Anna Pogorelova also won silver and bronze. And this is only one of the latest examples of well-deserved Russian victories.
Famous Russian trainers
The most famous in Russia, and throughout the world, are such figure skating trainers as Elena Tchaikovskaya, Marina Zueva, Tatyana Tarasova and Nikolai Morozov. They have made and continue to make a huge contribution to the development of this sport. What are the main achievements of these famous trainers and what is the secret of their success?
Elena Tchaikovskaya
Perhaps the most honored figure skating coach is Yelena Anatolyevna Tchaikovsky. She was born in December 1939. In 1957, she won the championship in single skating in the USSR. Her coach was Tatyana Tolmacheva - the founder of the Soviet famous school of figure skating.
The result of the coaching work of Elena Anatolyevna was 11 gold medals, which her wards won at the world championships. Tchaikovsky raised many truly outstanding skaters. Among them are world-famous couples Pakhomova Lyudmila and Gorshkov Alexander, Karponosov Gennady and Linichuk Natalya, Kovalev Vladimir and Butyrskaya Maria. Tchaikovsky received the title of Honored Artist and two awards for special merits in the field of figure skating.
The first specialty of Tchaikovsky is the choreographer, so Elena Anatolyevna pays a lot of attention to the artistic part of the performance in her coaching work. For her, figure skating is, first of all, all that is done by the athlete between jumps, and not the jumps themselves. Those who are familiar with Tchaikovsky, in their reviews, note the high intelligence and delicate taste, which are always reflected in the work that she conducts as a figure skating coach. Moscow can rightfully be proud that it was in this city that Elena Tchaikovskaya was born and works.
"Tchaikovsky's horse"
In 2001, Elena Anatolyevna opened her school for skaters "Tchaikovsky's Horse", in which children with disabilities are given the opportunity to free education. So her main dream came true. Graduates of this school were such talented skaters as Julia Soldatova, Margarita Drobyazko, Kristina Oblasova and Povilas Vanagas.
In addition, Elena Anatolyevna is not only a coach, but also a teacher of GITIS. At the institute, she runs a faculty in which future figure skating trainers learn their art. Also, Tchaikovsky is the author of several books on the education of skaters.
Marina Zueva
Marina Zueva is a figure skating coach and choreographer with over 40 years of experience. She was born in April 1956. Under the coaching leadership of Elena Tchaikovsky, she was engaged in pair figure skating with Andrei Vitman. Later she began working at CSKA as a choreographer and at the same time studying at the GITIS as a choreographer. As a trainer, she raised many titled pairs of figure skaters and single athletes. Among them are Olympic champions Scott Moir and Tessa Virtu from Canada, and
Charlie White and Meryl Davis from the USA. Katsalapov Nikita and Victoria Sinitsina became one of her last charges.
Marina Zueva is a figure skating coach who knows what sports and creative success depends on. According to Zueva herself, she draws inspiration and all kinds of ideas for choreographic productions not only in figure skating, but also in circus art, in theater and in ballet. She is determined to never stop her artistic development. According to reviews, in his students Zueva brings up discipline, consistency and consistency. She always tries to adhere to these three main principles herself, since it is they who lead her to professional victories.
Tatyana Tarasova
Tatyana Tarasova - figure skating coach, choreographer and director, daughter of the honored hockey coach Anatoly Tarasova. Tatyana Anatolyevna was born in February 1947. She was engaged in pair skating with Georgy Proskurin under the coaching of Elena Tchaikovsky, but as a result of a serious injury she was forced to end her skater's sports career.
Tatyana Tarasova is a very wise and successful coach. Until 2004 alone, her various students won 41 gold medals at world and European championships and 8 medals at the Olympic Games. For some time, Tarasova trained the Japanese skater and world champion Mao Assad. Among her famous wards are Irina Rodnina, Oksana Grischuk, Sasha Cohen, Johnny Weir, Alexei Yagudin and other skaters. One of Tatyana Anatolyevna’s last awards was the Order of Honor, received for a significant contribution to the development of sports and physical education and many years of fruitful professional activity.
Numerous positive reviews confirm that Tarasova works energetically and emotionally, always remains optimistic and devotes herself to her job to the end, so it is not surprising that she is a very successful figure skating coach. Moscow is known for many coaching names, but the results of Tarasova’s work are especially impressive. Tatyana Anatolyevna admits that the conviction that she creates, the ability to uphold her ideas and fight for them to the end, really helps her. This Tarasov was taught at lectures at GITIS and she really is a real fighter.
Nikolai Morozov
In December 1975, the famous director and honored coach Morozov was born in Moscow. Figure skating has become for Nikolai Alexandrovich a life-long affair. After the successful sports career of the skater, Morozov worked as an assistant coach for Tatyana Tarasova for four years. After that, he began to train skaters on his own.
Morozov worked with many famous skaters. Among them are Shizuka Arakawa, Michelle Kwan, Miki Ando, Daisuke Takahashi, Evgeni Plushenko, Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov. The professional growth of these athletes and the sports peaks that they have reached clearly show what a first-class Nikolai coach. Figure skating is not only the work of either skaters or their mentor. Success comes only when both athletes and coaches put maximum effort into this. Grushina and Goncharov won the bronze at the Olympic Games in Turin, and Nikolai Alexandrovich after that received the title of Honored Worker of Sports and Physical Culture of Ukraine. Also, actively participating in the preparation of the Sochi Olympic Games, he received the award "For Merit to the Fatherland".
At the moment, Nikolai Morozov is one of the youngest and most sought-after trainers in the world. This is largely the result of not only his undeniable talent, but also his amazing performance. Morozov's working day lasts 14 hours, and he says that, unfortunately, there is too little time in the day.
The essence of success in figure skating
To summarize, all successful figure skating trainers have their own professional secrets. But they have something in common that confidently leads them to sports victories. This is a constant personal creative development, selfless work and the desire to give oneself to their pupils without a trace, so that they can then give unforgettable impressions and real emotions to the audience.