January 25, 2020. The dashing trinity of Eteri Tutberidze "TSK" is on the podium of the European Championship.
Who would have thought that only half a year would pass and Tutberidze would have only S, T (Trusova) and K (Kostornaya) would go to another coach.
Alexandra Trusova is the heroine of the documentary on MatchTV today.
Alexandra categorically does not like to give interviews and when film crews are scurrying around her. She made an exception for us.
After watching our film, you will understand what kind of girl she is and why she changed coaches right now.
Quad jumps are really very difficult and lightning fast.
She's just a little person who rocket into this sport and showed what no one else had done before.
When I first heard this, my first thoughts were "Wow." It was a shock for me, it was a breakthrough, it was a sensation.
Really a worldwide sensation, it's very cool. Thank you very much to Sasha for pushing women's figure skating forward.
That day changed figure skating once and forever .
Further more, by the end of 2019, Trusova had learned and done 4 different types of quads at competitions.
She holds the world record for scores and technique
From the outside, incredibly complex elements look easy, and this is Alexandra Trusova. What is the goal of all life for others, is daily work for her.
I was very happy about the first quad done, but the next ones were like one more, one more, one more (easier).
Since the spring of 2016, Trusova was in the Tutberidze group
but on May 6, she was as calm as she does quads, without nerves and unnecessary emotions, Alexandra left the coach.
I think it's okay to train with different coaches.
This is how her new sports life began. On June 4, Trusova arrived at the training camp in Kislovodsk.
The first days, while the hotel room was waiting for the results for the coronavirus, she could only open the door to pick up a tray of food.
Writing on paper "Dear guests, after eating, leave the dishes on the chair."
Summer 2020, the realities of quarantine sports.
The base is completely isolated from the outside world, but everyone has to measure the temperature twice a day
This is one of the first training session on ice.
Next to Trusova, Sergey Rozanov, with whom she worked for Tutberidze for several years, and the new coach, Evgeni Plushenko.
Trusova is a big responsibility, but at the same time it is a great thrill.
I would even say this is a great gift. It is very interesting to move forward with Sasha and we have to work very hard.
The future champion was born in a quiet, provincial Ryazan in June 2004 into a family of lawyers.
Mother Svetlana, father Vyacheslav, he is also a master of sports in three types of martial arts
Everything is good with character and willpower in the family.
Sasha was taken to the only skating rink in Ryazan to coach Olga Shevtsova when she was 4 years old.
The girl's abilities were immediately visible, she was very purposeful and hardworking. Most often she came to the rink with her dad
I skated and dad followed me on the ice right without skates, then mom and grandmother were with me as well on ice rink.
At first she didn't want to skate, but then everything went fine and the fact that she would soon become a champion became clear to everyone.
In 2013, when Alexandra was 9 years old, her parents decided to move to Moscow
and the main argument for the move is the future of daughter because there was nothing to do in Ryazan.
For 2 years she was in the group of Alexander Volkov, who already in the first season laid her a strong technical base.
All triples and cascade 3-3.
3-3 is toeloop - toeloop or something more serious?
The best ones were rittberger - toeloop and lutz - toeloop.
She learned all 5 triple jumpss at the age of 10 and this is phenomenal.
It seems that there is every reason to work with Volkov further, but at this moment Alexandra and her parents decide that they need to move forward faster.
She is being selected for the group of Eteri Tutberidze.
I wanted to go there because there were many champions and a strong coaching staff.
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This is our shoot in 2016, Trusova joined the group on the eve of Evgenia Medvedeva's victory at the World Championship.
It was comfortable for me to communicate with Zhenya, we lived in the same room in Novogorsk
At first I was embarrassed to approach her, but then she started talking simply, as if she was not a world champion.
I always communicated well with both Anya and Alena, there was also Polina Tsurskaya.
At first, Trusova will simply work without asking unnecessary questions, but only one year will pass and Alexandra will be bored with only triple jumps.
It is her energy that will launch a new round in the evolution of figure skating.
Whose initiative was it?
Mine)
You asked the coach to teach you quadruples?
Yes, I said that to Eteri Georgievna.
What was her reaction?
At first no, then let's see, then let's jump triple axel.
The triple axel did not work out and we decided to try the quads.
When I tell to kids let's try quadruple jump, I see their fear.
She has no fear, she is not afraid to fall. She goes on the attack like a bull terrier.
But what prompted Alexandra to leave the group of Eteri Tutberidze?
The skater herself says that this decision was brewing and did not come overnight.
Her career was on the rise - victories, records. Everything was perfect until this season, during which she took bronze 3 times
Kostornaya and Shcherbakova took 1st and 2nd places, while Alexandra remained third. She fell every free program
I have never done my program clean - it was not so much the third places that were offensive, but that. And I was upset.
At the same time, in the second half of the season, there was a constant discussion between the skater and the coach about the number of quadruple jumps and the inclusion of a triple axel in the program
In the grand prix final, I insisted that there be an axel and 5 quads.
Not everything worked out and at the Russian Championship coaches removed the axel and one quadruple.
At first I was against it, but on the day of the competition I agreed as it was just a qualifying start.
At the European Championships, the coaches again insisted on reducing the number of quads, but it still didn't work out.
Let's look at the situation from the outside.
The athlete wants to jump more, the coach is not sure that the athlete will cope and reduces the number of difficult elements.
Everything seems to be logical, but there is one nuance. Maybe in relation to Trusova who turned the idea of ​​women's skating, this obvious rule simply does not work?
I always wanted to jump, but they stopped me and this is not the first year. I've always wanted jump more.
Last year it was 3, and this year it was 5.
Such athletes are not born every day. Trusova was born to raise the bar of figure skating so high that only a few men can match her.
What other reasons were there for changing the coach?
For some reason, I could not skate cleanly with the old coach and we decided that we should try with other specialists.
I wanted to try to train with Evgeny Viktorovich because he himself performed with quads and maybe he knows how to skate cleanly and stably.
Yes, in this regard, Plushenko was an absolute monster.
In four Olympics, he had only one fall in the Salt Lake City short program
And then Turin, Vancouver, Sochi and 6 unmistakable skates.
Was the final word in choosing a coach yours?
The final word is always mine. We discussed the transition with my parents, but I'm already old enough to make decisions myself.
She's strong, she's really very strong.
We are now engaged in general physical training at the training camp, she is such an "armored train"
She is sometimes angry with herself when something does not work out and still does everything she has planned for the day.
In terms of the training process, our characters are very similar.
Let's compare the 4T-3T cascade of Plushenko and Trusova.
The execution is slightly different
Plushenko and Trusova begin to spin at the same time, but Evgeny makes the first revolution 0.03 fractions of a second faster.
A little ahead of Plushenko and after the second and third revolutions, but on the last revolution Plushenko slows down and they land at the same time.
Both have the highest grouping coefficient of 0.9.
And these are just a few of the 16 parameters of multiturn jump performance that matter. Figure skating is a science today.
Oddly enough, this is simple math and it is available to every coach and even most parents who are good at numbers.
For Sasha Trusova, it all came together
The world's first lutz, flip, toe loop and many other records.
Sasha, do you think about new records or is it a task to skate stably?
First, I want to perform stably, and of course I want new records.
As you heard "I want to perform stably
"- this is her main motive.
Sasha's technique is not at all Mishins, it is wider and more powerful, but I want to make the jumps more technical.
So that she does not think to jump with force, but to group quickly and the jump is more convenient in execution.
She turns and only then he pulls up his hands.
Here our comparison is just relevant.
Plushenko, who has large dimensions, enters the first turn much faster and this is not due to strength, but due to technique
Without any delay, immediately turn and hold the grouping.
Once Alexei Mishin's dad  came to our training and said:
"Lushchenko, you are very slowly grouping, the grouping must be lightning fast."
These words have remained in my head for the rest of my life.
Eteri Tutberidze's team painfully accepted the news of the departure of the great athlete and the coach's feelings can be understood.
It is very difficult when a student leaves you, whom you made a star.
Public opinion in such situations is always on the side of the coach and considers the students ungrateful.
But there is one moment, people far from professional sports simply do not think
that a coach, if something does not work out with one student, always has a chance that there will be success with another
this is reality and the truth of life,
and an athlete has only one life and career. there will be no opportunity to fix or change something.
How has your attitude towards Eteri Georgievna changed? Do you still have respect for her?
Of course, nothing has changed. I just want to try something different.
Let's leave figure skating, the life of our heroine off the ice does not differ in diversity, which is the norm for a professional athlete
From grade 3, Alexandra is homeschooled and learns remotely.
What books do you like to read?
Agatha Christie and Fantasy
The world figure skating superstar is not interested in computer games.
She maintains pages on social networks (not on YouTube), but unlike most competitors on the Internet, she does not live there.
Do you like reading about yourself?
No, I don't read anything on the Internet (comments).
Is this your personal decision or advice from your parents?
We agree with each other on this issue
Alexandra is the eldest in a large family, she has two brothers.
When parents are not at home, they listen to me and do what I say, and together with their parents they are hooligans.
In the spring, during isolation, the brothers helped Sasha to train.
My brothers and I have a lot of fun, and instead of toys I have a lot of dogs.
Sasha's dogs, which she is proud of, are even earned.
Tina for a double axel, and Lana for a triple.
In every city where Trusova comes to the competition, she always goes to the dog store.She is an expert in this matter.
Clothes, dresses for dogs, bags for dogs, leashes, collars, slippers, socks.
Are the dogs better dressed than you?
I have a lot of clothes, but I often go in sports suits, and I dress my dogs in all the best.
Which city in the world has the best pet store?
In Cannes, there are so many things ...
She loves dogs very much, in this we are also similar.
June 2020. Kislovodsk. It is clear that there is a lot of talk around the choice of a Trusova
the main argument of opponents is that Plushenko has no successful experience of working with superstars.
Everyone says you took a strong athlete and everything will be simple.
This does not happen, we work a lot on skating skills and artistry, everyone, including the athlete, sees this problem.
Sasha is a hard worker and wants to do 5 quadruple jumps and a triple axel it is her goal.
Time will tell how everything goes.
Alexandra Trusova made her choice and goes forward with absolutely sincere gratitude to all previous mentors
but does not look back. She only goes forward.
