Comment on Medalist - Episode 8 discussion

• Endmaker@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  with her being able to do dual-rotation jumps with so little practice

  My understanding is that she had been practicing hard all along and perfected the fundamentals, making it possible to pick up advanced techniques in a short duration. We just never got to see her practice on her own.

  This is me bragging thinly-disguised as an example, but I can relate to this with first hand experience. I went from being complete beginner with no experience at skiing to do red runs regularly in a matter of days (to be specific, in about 2 weeks in total) which is considered kinda fast from what I’ve heard. One of my instructors pointed that because I did not pick up any bad habits, I never had to unlearn bad habits during lessons. Instead, I could simply pick up new techniques each time, building upon whatever I have learnt before.

  I think Inori is in the same boat as I was.

  For context, skiing levels goes something like this: learner -> green -> blue -> red -> black -> off-piste / free-style

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  • Unboxious@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    My understanding is that she had been practicing hard all along and perfected the fundamentals

    There is some truth to that, but only some. There were some really fundamental things she wasn’t familiar with, like how to glide long distances on a single skate.

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