Irina Rodnina
JM
I finally gave up waiting for the FAQ to show up here and visited the
site where it is posted. Some interesting reading, but it did suggest
one question to me:
I keep hearing that Irina Rodnina is coaching. I still have fairly
vivid memories of how she and Zaitsev dominated pairs skating, so her
activities interest me. But so far I haven't seen her standing on the
sideline while a skater of hers skated. Is it just that her skaters
aren't that competitive? Or does she coach very young skaters? They
say she's in the US which should give a US fan the maximum opportunity
to see her. I'm sure there's someone here who knows the where and
who.
MarieM
She teaches at Ice castle and several pairs have made a trainee there suche
as Sarah Abitbol ans Stephane Bernardis of France this fall.
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Sandra Loosemore
j...@nospam.com (JM) writes:
> I keep hearing that Irina Rodnina is coaching. I still have fairly
> vivid memories of how she and Zaitsev dominated pairs skating, so her
> activities interest me. But so far I haven't seen her standing on the
> sideline while a skater of hers skated. Is it just that her skaters
> aren't that competitive? Or does she coach very young skaters? They
> say she's in the US which should give a US fan the maximum opportunity
> to see her. I'm sure there's someone here who knows the where and
> who.
Rodnina is coaching Tiffany & Johnnie Stiegler and was with them at US
Nationals. Maybe you didn't recognize her at the boards because she's
dyed her hair orange! And she coached Kovarikova & Novotny to their
world championship in 1995 and was working with Meno & Sand last
season. She's based at the same rink in Lake Arrowhead where Frank
Carroll coaches. She does also work with some less prominent pair
teams and I've seen her coaching singles skaters as well at past
competitions.
-Sandra
Skatephile
>I keep hearing that Irina Rodnina is coaching. I still have fairly
>vivid memories of how she and Zaitsev dominated pairs skating, so her
>activities interest me. But so far I haven't seen her standing on the
>sideline while a skater of hers skated. Is it just that her skaters
>aren't that competitive? Or does she coach very young skaters? They
>say she's in the US which should give a US fan the maximum opportunity
>to see her. I'm sure there's someone here who knows the where and
>who.
Rodnina is currently based at Ice Castle in Lake Arrowhead, CA. She is
coaching Tiffany and Johnnie Stiegler (as of last season) and a few other
younger pairs. She has previously worked with Meno & Sand and Nicole Bobek.
--Sylvia
Skate...@aol.com
DellaG
>Rodnina is currently based at Ice Castle in Lake Arrowhead, CA. She is
>coaching Tiffany and Johnnie Stiegler (as of last season) and a few other
>younger pairs. She has previously worked with Meno & Sand and Nicole Bobek.
>
>
During Nationals, she was coaching a few of the pairs. The Stieglers were one
of them, but I can't remember the others.
Della
JM
On 19 Jan 1998 23:35:50 GMT, skate...@aol.com (Skatephile) wrote:
>Rodnina is currently based at Ice Castle in Lake Arrowhead, CA. She is
>coaching Tiffany and Johnnie Stiegler (as of last season) and a few other
>younger pairs. She has previously worked with Meno & Sand and Nicole Bobek.
>
>--Sylvia
>Skate...@aol.com
Wow, so she's the one behind the Stieglers. Funny they didnt mention
that when those guys were making such an impression. Also, now I'll
have to go back and look at that part of the tape.
Pamsk8mom
>>Rodnina is currently based at Ice Castle in Lake Arrowhead, CA. She is
>>coaching Tiffany and Johnnie Stiegler (as of last season)
>During Nationals, she was coaching a few of the pairs. The Stieglers were
>one
>of them, but I can't remember the others.
The other team that Irina had at Nationals was the brother and sister team of
Sima and Amir Ganaba, who are Novice.
Sharonilee
She was sitting next to Jonny at the Kiss and Cry.
>>>Rodnina is currently based at Ice Castle in Lake Arrowhead, CA. She is<BR>
>>>coaching Tiffany and Johnnie Stiegler (as of last season) <BR>
Shari
" The jumps were never supposed to mean so much. You need it all: the
lightness and the airiness, the music, the personality. You need the caressing
of the ice." ...Carol Heiss
NNRathbun
>During Nationals, she was coaching a few of the pairs. The Stieglers were one
***
Apropos seeing her with her students at Nationals, I was amused to see that
Tiffany Stiegler in her skates is noticeably taller than Rodnina. She must be
one of the all-time peanuts.
Or perhaps I wasn't seeing this properly. Does anybody know?
Nancy (NYC)
Pamsk8mom
>Apropos seeing her with her students at Nationals, I was amused to see that
>Tiffany Stiegler in her skates is noticeably taller than Rodnina. She must
>be
>one of the all-time peanuts.
>
>Or perhaps I wasn't seeing this properly. Does anybody know?
>
>
HILL JANET SWAN
>>younger pairs. She has previously worked with Meno & Sand and Nicole Bobek.
>
>that when those guys were making such an impression. Also, now I'll
>have to go back and look at that part of the tape.
To give credit where credit is due, they started out with Peter Oppegaard.
It is he who taught them their basics, AND helped them develop the
presentation and panache you see now. They were already a force to be
reckoned with before they switched to Rodnina.
And to answer the question that will probably come next: No, I don't know
why they switched, but I believe this is their second season with Rodnina.
janet
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svan1
Irina Rodnina currently coaches the young Stieglers.
I saw her at the Nationals practice session. Was really happy to be the
first one to recognize who she was.
- Sophia
p.s. i think she was also coaching some other team at nationals but don't
know their names....
JM wrote in message <34c36f31....@news.wavetech.net>...
>I finally gave up waiting for the FAQ to show up here and visited the
>site where it is posted. Some interesting reading, but it did suggest
>one question to me:
>
NNRathbun
JM writes: >Wow, so she's the one behind the Stieglers. Funny they didnt
mention that when those guys were making such an impression.
Peggy Fleming made an interesting observation during the SP televised on ESPN
(2?). She said that working with Rodnina had taught the Stieglers how to make
crossovers and simple stroking an "important" expressive statement. And sure
enough, just as she said this they were stroking forward with such verve and
lean that it was really exciting.
Nancy (NYC)
Zuchinni
The Stieglers learned their stroking, jumping, throws, lifts, positions,
extensions,spins and presentation under Peter Oppegard over a period of many
years. He also choreographed their programs, and selected & cut the music,
Patty Kilpatric
The new issue of Russian Life magazine produced in Moscow, has a blurb about a
new rink under construction in Moscow that will be named for Irina Rodnina and
she will return to Moscow to coach. Has anyone else seen something about this?
PIreneP
>>From: Patty Kilpatric <pat...@lcpl.lib.va.us>
>Date: Fri, Jan 23, 1998 14:34 EST
>Message-id: <34C8F0C4...@lcpl.lib.va.us>
Yes, I have recently read an article from some Russian newspaper that talked
about this. I didn' t quite understand though whether Irina was going to
return to Moscow for good, or whether she was planning to remain in the USA.
The article was vague about this.
Irene.