John Nicks
John Nicks
John Allen Wisden Nicksis a British figure skating coach and former pair skater. With his sister and pairs partner, Jennifer Nicks, he is the 1953 World champion. As a coach, his skating pupils have included Peggy Fleming, pairs team Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner, Kristi Yamaguchi, Sasha Cohen, and Ashley Wagner...
coached obvious ready skating standard tonight
I think it was obvious that the standard of skating tonight was not particularly good. I coached the same (system) for 45 years; now in two years you have to get ready for something else.
good produces understanding
We have an understanding of what is good for her and what produces good results.
coast east helped visit wonderful worked
I think the visit to the East Coast helped her. She worked with two very wonderful coaches.
saw time
That was the first time I ever saw her distraught.
chance definitely good imperfect mistakes obvious overall seen short skating standard
I thought she still had a chance (after her imperfect program). I've been around a long time, seen a lot of mistakes made. I think it's obvious the standard of skating overall was not particularly good, definitely not as good as the short program.
heard practice rest
I thought she should practice. Then, when I heard of her rest issues, I thought she shouldn't do it.
obvious skating standard tonight
I think it was obvious the standard of skating tonight was not particularly good.
good today
It's been quality, not quantity. We've been working harder, not longer. Today for her was a good start, a very good start, but it was only a start.
good
It was a good start. But it was just a start.
assign coach continue crop current depth far finished good government junior method perhaps produce question results russian seeing skaters system whether wonderful
Not that they don't have wonderful skaters, but when I look at the results from some of the junior competitions, I'm not seeing the depth now that I used to see. So I have a question as to when this current crop of Russian skaters are finished whether they'll be as strong. Originally, the (Soviet) system was to assign a wonderful coach to perhaps one or two wonderful competitors and government would reimburse the coaches. Once that was removed, there was anticipation that this method wouldn't continue to produce any good skaters. So far it's been wrong. We'll see in the future.
move skaters system
The new system is so demanding. Skaters go from one move to another.
compete difficult legitimate michelle seen
It's been very difficult to strategize with Michelle because I haven't seen her compete but one time, and that wasn't a legitimate competition.
act encourage seem
Sometimes I think she's a little too intense. I encourage her to go out more and act her age, but she doesn't seem interested.
came coast east girl left until
She was 17 when she went to the East Coast and didn't come back until she was 20. She left as a girl and came back as a young lady.