joethepeach
02-21-2010, 11:34 PM
Hi all,
Was watching videos of various skaters (inspired of course by current Olympics) and was always a fan of Jill Trenary, who I believe was a very good "complete" skater.
My favorite skates of hers were 1987 Nationals LP, 1988 Nationals LP, 1988 Olympics SP and both her Nationals and Worlds LP's in 1990. (I really became a fan of hers because of that 1990's Long Program which I thought captured her personality, spunk and her strength at presentation and her elegant line quite nicely).
So I know the basic story that after 1990 World's Jill gets a really bad ankle injury and the Fassi's return to Italy, and Jill loses that guiding force that had been central to her career. And plus, she's no longer a young, spring chicken anymore.
What I've always wondered, but have not been able to find anything about, is whether Jill ever worked to include the Triple Lutz into her program?
Her 1998 long program included 6-triples, but she struggled to complete much more than 4, and her 1990 long program included 5 triples - and she usually did 4 or 5 out of the 5.
Had she been able to add a lutz to her flip, toe loop, and salchow and been able to do 5 or 6 out of 6 planned triples it seems to me she would have been a contender in 1992 - had she been healthy and focused in those years prior.
Woulda, coulda, shoulda.
What I want to know though is if any of you know if she was even trying to add the Lutz to her arsenal, or had she pretty much maxed out in both talent, youthfulness, effort and focus in 1990?
Was watching videos of various skaters (inspired of course by current Olympics) and was always a fan of Jill Trenary, who I believe was a very good "complete" skater.
My favorite skates of hers were 1987 Nationals LP, 1988 Nationals LP, 1988 Olympics SP and both her Nationals and Worlds LP's in 1990. (I really became a fan of hers because of that 1990's Long Program which I thought captured her personality, spunk and her strength at presentation and her elegant line quite nicely).
So I know the basic story that after 1990 World's Jill gets a really bad ankle injury and the Fassi's return to Italy, and Jill loses that guiding force that had been central to her career. And plus, she's no longer a young, spring chicken anymore.
What I've always wondered, but have not been able to find anything about, is whether Jill ever worked to include the Triple Lutz into her program?
Her 1998 long program included 6-triples, but she struggled to complete much more than 4, and her 1990 long program included 5 triples - and she usually did 4 or 5 out of the 5.
Had she been able to add a lutz to her flip, toe loop, and salchow and been able to do 5 or 6 out of 6 planned triples it seems to me she would have been a contender in 1992 - had she been healthy and focused in those years prior.
Woulda, coulda, shoulda.
What I want to know though is if any of you know if she was even trying to add the Lutz to her arsenal, or had she pretty much maxed out in both talent, youthfulness, effort and focus in 1990?