January 1 interview with Tursy's mom:
TursyMom: ...There were instances when Elizabet reminisce and say to me: we should have stayed with the previous coach. Tutberdize had a better inside for what each pupil needs. And here (in Canada) we had to learn English, adapt to each other, and five years just went by.
RVD: Brian Orser – what is he like?
TursyMom: Orser – he is cheerful, open (easy going), but extremely busy. He has many students, he travels all over the world. (He) spends quite a lot of time on ice shows. Our mistake in choosing Orser was our misconception that he will be with us 24/7 (that we will be under his management through out the day). But instead we had to work pretty much all on our own.
RVD: So there is a difference in the systems – “old soviet” vs. “western”?
TursyMom:
TursyMom: Over there (in the west) you’re left to your own devices, a lot you have to decide on your own, all the way to selecting your own programmes. But when you make a mistake, it is your mistake. Orser, pretty much, gives a 20 minute lesson, and he is responsible for these 20 minutes….
RVD: After Orser, will there be changes from Tutberidze in your daughter’s (training/technique)?
TursyMom: Of course, it is standard practice, yet technique from Tutberidze was not affected (saved) under Orser. We begged Eteri (to take us) for a long time, conducted negotiations. Eteri Georgievna, when she works, she puts her soul into it, and is not held back by formalities, perhaps that is why she has such results. She is a well organized (disciplined) coach with a great team – coach Dudakov, choreographer Gleikh.
RVD: Has Tatiana Tarasova, the honored coach of USSR, made any comments about Elizabet?
TursyMom: She (TAT) thinks that Elizabet could do well in pairs, because of her built, but I am not getting involved in my daughter’s business, she is now 18….
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