Here's an article that looks at her training from a young age.Quote:
Originally Posted by swissiphic
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...r-in-the-world
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Here's an article that looks at her training from a young age.Quote:
Originally Posted by swissiphic
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...r-in-the-world
At least two sources analysing her skiing online saying her boot setup is way off just like it was at the start of last year (and I *think* in that case there was a return to her old boots)Quote:
Originally Posted by swissiphic
Shiffrin's mom sounds horribly overbearing. However if that's how Shiffrin gets the results, good for her.Quote:
Originally Posted by swerve
Definitely best way to be a pro is to have an over bearing parent. Since looking at that link on Schiffrin's mechanics, I can feel my skiing going to a level 11....on the groomers!Quote:
Originally Posted by skitolive
I tried streaming it but it wasn’t done live. Turned out the CBC did a delayed 4PM mountain time on TV. I think there was a last minute change.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrsG
If you are in Canada, try the CBC sports website for highlights.
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https://youtu.be/glitUp1H_hUQuote:
Originally Posted by MrsG
Schiffrin is a technical specialist, but with the power outage yesterday, they dropped the start about 450 metres, so really left a more technical turn course, which played to Schiffrin’s skill set.
I was a little surprised she didn’t do better today. That being said, 5th isn’t shabby.
Read 2/3rds of that article. Great reading. Tiger Mom and coachable kid, pretty good combo, though I am guessing as time moves forward, Mom is gonna get pushed more to back seat as a matter of course and as she matures. 21is still pretty young.
An old girlfriend’s niece is on the Cdn development team. Had a beer with former GF and her sister. The team system and setup has some weird and expensive processes. But the Mom has been in Calgary for the last two weeks (home base is Vancouver) and she is commuting to Panorama for Nor-Ams and training next week for two weeks before Xmas. The driving is insane. The price is crazy. And this is for someone who has huge potential and is seriously knocking on the door. There is very little support for a lot of these kids, though I don’t know if the US s different. So the DIY, you are on your own mentality, even if you are on the team, is very justifiable...
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You are totally right. Funding pretty tough in Canada and real expensive to get there
We used to do fund raising dances with silent auction for Sun Peaks local Eli Terweil who raced for Canada in SL at Sochi. She did not race a lot of WC, instead got a scholarship to the University of Vermont (I think) and an free engineering degree worth 100s of thousands $$ and is now working for an engineering firm in Boston.
It is sad when the best athletes are not the ones that get to the team. How many great skiers have we passed over due to them not having the financial wherewithal to make it.Quote:
Originally Posted by brraaap802
To listen to him tell, and frankly it can be insufferable to go through with it, but Jim Hunter may be the last of the Canadian “self made” skiers. Most others of the Crazy Canuck era and beyond had a silver spoon help.
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This photo makes me smile.
This photo makes me smile:
http://www.denverpost.com/wp-content...-shiffrin2.jpg
^^^^^WOW!!!!! Committed to that inside edge.
No much choice -> her downhill ski washed out
She's just transitioning for the next turn. [emoji41]
She is going to be super fun to watch for the next X amount of years. Records will be broken I think.
She has finished in the top 5 in every WC race so far this year...
Visions of "Skiing The Mahre Way". Phil was teaching transitioning to the uphill ski sooner than anyone else at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
Leading the world cup
http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/leader-board/
She should be blow up after this olympics. I think she will be a household name to non skiers soon. She deserves it.
Too bad the combined was canceled. Then her run was pretty much blind in super g from the fog and she grabbed 20th.
Mikaela Shiffrin passes Bode Miller with giant slalom win
https://apple.news/AC64jW5voQ_W0Nn-DWEd4Ag
FKNAQuote:
Originally Posted by acinpdx
".99 of a second"
She was up by 1.5 seconds 2/3rds of the way through. She almost washed out on some ruts, recovered and still finished with that .99 lead.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
Holy shit:
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Shiffrin, 22, now has 34 World Cup wins, second to Lindsey Vonn‘s 78 in U.S. history. Vonn had six wins at the same age.
Only a matter of time before she has the record (bar any injuries).Quote:
Originally Posted by The Tortoise
She's amassed those 34 wins over just 6 season (first season she only raced once I believe) which is crazy.
She had:
0 in 2012
4 in 2013
5 in 2014
6 in 2015
5 in 2016 (she got hurt halfway through if I recall)
11 in 2017
3 in 2018 (so far)
To make it even crazier, she hasn't even really begun to race speed. She's got 2 wins from speed events, 1 in DH and the other in AC. If she can become a competent speed skier (which it looks like she will be able to do), she is going to dominate. Any technical speed course will be a benefit to her style of skiing.
Between her and Hirscher, we're seeing a complete domination of the tour by two individuals and it doesn't look like it's going to stop anytime soon. Hirscher has won the overall every year since 2011/2012. He's just 28 as well.
With the speed events, that is a big condition to meet. But, however long it lasts she is amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by nyskirat
The two of them are usually in another league entirely technicallyQuote:
Originally Posted by nyskirat
Yeah, several years ago I posted almost exactly what you posted here (minus the recent stats). When I saw her move into GS, even before she won, I pretty much knew she could become the most dominant in history if she wanted to and didn't have crazy injuries. Every year I have only become more convinced I was right. She could pass Stenmark by the time she's 30. She is a modern, female Stenmark--who races speed events.Quote:
Originally Posted by nyskirat
what Hirscher has done is really amazing in lght of some damn impressive competion in the likes of Ligety, Kristofferson, and Pintarault. On Sunday at Alta Badia he led the first run by 0.17 seconds, but hammered run 2 to beat the field by 1.7 seconds. And coming back from a broken ankle in August.Quote:
Originally Posted by nyskirat
I was talking about Shiffrin to a friend and said that all ski racers get injured, because they have to give it everything they have, and be just on the edge all the time. This was why it's so difficult to win consistently for any length of time. I then said that for Shiffrin to beat Stenmark she really has to train to be so good that she can then go at her own 90% and still beat her competitors. I then read one of her interviews where she said just that.
This last GS she had that turn near the end where she almost booted out in the rut but saved it. Can she get good enough that she will be able to sense or feel that happening, and then back off just enough?
Yeah, I think she said she tries to race at 80-85% actually... and beyond that is pushing it too much for the long-term.
Exactly this. She is so good she doesn't have to go 100% every run. Look at Ted Ligety, one of the few reasons he isn't winning anymore (because there are a few), is due to his style of going 100% every run. It caught up with him and well he hasn't been able to rebound.Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
About 10 years ago or so (maybe more), the US training scheme was all about volume while the Europeans were about quality. Now, the Americans have adopted the European model which is ultimately easier on the body.
I don't think we'll see her doing the pure speed courses but focus more on the techier ones. Hopefully it works to her advantage.Quote:
Originally Posted by GhostofSeasonsPast
Great insights guys!
Goggia is 110 percent all the time feeling for more speed and riding the high to the line. I worry but it sure is fun to watch.
Shiffrin is fun to watch in a center of the universe in perfect equilibrium kind of way.
Even so it is like an exploding knee war zone out there. Lots of variables. Nobody is safe from snow snakes.
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Courchevel parallel slalom win to make it 35 wins.
Imagine if Shiffrin wasn't around, people would be raging about Vlhova because she's quite good and young too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs
Should make for an extremely exciting Olympic SL race.
Agreed. She is an excellent young SL skier. It is good to have her around to keep Shiffrin on her A game.
Shiffrin is already 15th all time in career wins. She's likely to finish this season in the top 10 (5 more wins ties her for 10th).
Great save, says she just goes too direct. I hope she can avoid injury and keep on winning.
https://www.facebook.com/usskiandsno...4240888974724/
The lifted inside skis have got to be giving the instructor thought police fits.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel
That link available anywhere beyond fb?
Which is why ski instructors are not race coaches.Quote:
Originally Posted by GhostofSeasonsPast