This episode shows mainly behind the scene of his NHK Trophy competition.
Before left to Japan, Galina's coaching was different than it was before going to Rostelecom cup.
His jump condition didn’t look good and was struggling with the same jump when he made a mistake at “stars , Stripes and skates “ and “Rostelecom Cup “.
Galina was trying to make him more confident.
It was funny when she told him “ You are the most handsome skater, you are the best !”
It’s true, but what does his being handsome have to do with skating… lol
And loved her words to Johnny “ Step over yourself, whatever part of you is stopping you, step over it !”
I thought that coaching way Galina did was successful as a result for his motivation.
If she coached in hysteric , mean way like she had before, it doesn’t help anything, he would just get negativity in his mind and easy to get fear.
For off ice parts,
I love to see his neatness in his apartment.
and love his decorating taste and the furniture.
We also watched one of his media appearances , Bonnie hunt show , and they showed the scene when Johnny talked his loneliness being one of top athletes and his life, while classical music played in the background.
And Johnny was laughing about the scene because he didn’t know they put that nostalgic and sad music , which made it like really tearful scene.
If we didn’t watch that, we might feel really crying seeing that part, but Johnny was laughing, lol, so we didn’t go too deeply into it and took it as one of his sense of humor.
But we can see athlete’s life must be lonely. I’ve heard about it for other skaters as well.
Their life is going to ice rink, training for competitions, deal with country pressure, expectation from coaches, family, fans, public, no life like most young people have since their childhood.
It was inspiring since such a young age, they were independent for their future and had strong desire to be top athlete and achieve their dream.
It’s respectful.
I didn’t think about my future so seriously when I was young.
Johnny’s friend Paris’s new life was interesting.
They showed his new apartment (NYC) where he lives with his other friends. It looked luxury place which is two-stories type of apartment.
Apartments in New York is expensive compared with other states , but average incomes are also higher than many other states.
Sharing apartment with four people can save money, I guess.
Johnny and him both look artists but completely different personalities. Paris looks easy going, not so deeply thinking too much things, he looked having fun in his new life there.
Johnny has said “ I’m like a cat, I don’t need anyone. “ but his mood might be ups and downs depending on the situation.
Sometimes feel lonely , sometimes satisfied living alone.
It was also impressive when Johnny arrived at Nagano, Japan, his super Japanese fan, her name is Ikuko-san, was giving many amazing gifts which included all his favorite sets of traveling cosmetics, drinks, stuffed animal etc..
Johnny said he told her I feel like you are one of my family, but she said no I’m your fan, don’t forget. That part I was not understanding why she said that ?
And Ray was guessing maybe she is just being humble. Yes, maybe. I guess I might already have forgotten about common Japanese cultural character.
NHK trophy was very thrilling competition because after Johnny arrived at Nagano, in the next day, we saw Johnny was tweeting about his health condition , he got illness ( sinus infection).
So we were guessing he might catch it in Airplane where there are many people who have ill.
And all his angels got panic and really worried about him and the competition.
Because of his result at Rostelecom Cup, if he lost to get gold or silver, he might not go to GPF.
Besides that, the line-ups for the competition was very tough, there were Brian Joubert, Daisuke Takahashi, Takahiko Kozuka, Jeremy Abbott and also Adam Rippon who had just won bronze at TEB competition.
His agent Tara was upset with the line-ups.
Johnny’s condition looked really bad and serious as we imagined in the show.
He had high fever, and cough a lot and looked very sick.
They also showed Johnny and his mom Patti and his aunt Diane were shopping around the street, and I loved his fashion in it, he was wearing black leather jacket, and tight pants with green scarf, with a black Balenciaga bag, and peter pan shoes. Especially the shoes !
In his short program, I remember that he was very strong and showed amazing powerful performance , fight through the illness.
He received the scores Total: 78.35, TES:41.70, PCS:36.65 and placed third.
In the hotel, they showed Patti and Diane’s room with full of gifts to Johnny from his fans. Many flowers and stuffed animals, Johnny doll etc...
But Johnny looked very sick. It also must have been hard to film, during the time.
I actually prayed deeply from bottom of my heart for him before SP and also LP.
Johnny said he had no idea he could handle the LP until the end with his health condition , but as a result he won silver medal with such a tough competition.
I remember that only one mistake from his loop, and he really fought until the end.
While I felt bad for Jeremy Abbott who fell on jumps three times in his LP, it was funny his facial expression at the end, like a comedian, showed with humor.
And his reaction for his scores at K&C.
They didn’t show Takahashi and Kozuka’s parts, but it was really strange competition. All the other his tough contenders were disaster except Brian Joubert and Johnny.
It was like a miracle because of Johnny’s terrible health condition, but he won silver !
Next episode#7 is about Grand Prix Final which will be up on Monday ( in Sundance channel ).
And seems like it’s already in air in other channel. And everybody said it’s the best one.
Can't wait to see it !
Before left to Japan, Galina's coaching was different than it was before going to Rostelecom cup.
His jump condition didn’t look good and was struggling with the same jump when he made a mistake at “stars , Stripes and skates “ and “Rostelecom Cup “.
Galina was trying to make him more confident.
It was funny when she told him “ You are the most handsome skater, you are the best !”
It’s true, but what does his being handsome have to do with skating… lol
And loved her words to Johnny “ Step over yourself, whatever part of you is stopping you, step over it !”
I thought that coaching way Galina did was successful as a result for his motivation.
If she coached in hysteric , mean way like she had before, it doesn’t help anything, he would just get negativity in his mind and easy to get fear.
For off ice parts,
I love to see his neatness in his apartment.
and love his decorating taste and the furniture.
We also watched one of his media appearances , Bonnie hunt show , and they showed the scene when Johnny talked his loneliness being one of top athletes and his life, while classical music played in the background.
And Johnny was laughing about the scene because he didn’t know they put that nostalgic and sad music , which made it like really tearful scene.
If we didn’t watch that, we might feel really crying seeing that part, but Johnny was laughing, lol, so we didn’t go too deeply into it and took it as one of his sense of humor.
But we can see athlete’s life must be lonely. I’ve heard about it for other skaters as well.
Their life is going to ice rink, training for competitions, deal with country pressure, expectation from coaches, family, fans, public, no life like most young people have since their childhood.
It was inspiring since such a young age, they were independent for their future and had strong desire to be top athlete and achieve their dream.
It’s respectful.
I didn’t think about my future so seriously when I was young.
Johnny’s friend Paris’s new life was interesting.
They showed his new apartment (NYC) where he lives with his other friends. It looked luxury place which is two-stories type of apartment.
Apartments in New York is expensive compared with other states , but average incomes are also higher than many other states.
Sharing apartment with four people can save money, I guess.
Johnny and him both look artists but completely different personalities. Paris looks easy going, not so deeply thinking too much things, he looked having fun in his new life there.
Johnny has said “ I’m like a cat, I don’t need anyone. “ but his mood might be ups and downs depending on the situation.
Sometimes feel lonely , sometimes satisfied living alone.
It was also impressive when Johnny arrived at Nagano, Japan, his super Japanese fan, her name is Ikuko-san, was giving many amazing gifts which included all his favorite sets of traveling cosmetics, drinks, stuffed animal etc..
Johnny said he told her I feel like you are one of my family, but she said no I’m your fan, don’t forget. That part I was not understanding why she said that ?
And Ray was guessing maybe she is just being humble. Yes, maybe. I guess I might already have forgotten about common Japanese cultural character.
NHK trophy was very thrilling competition because after Johnny arrived at Nagano, in the next day, we saw Johnny was tweeting about his health condition , he got illness ( sinus infection).
So we were guessing he might catch it in Airplane where there are many people who have ill.
And all his angels got panic and really worried about him and the competition.
Because of his result at Rostelecom Cup, if he lost to get gold or silver, he might not go to GPF.
Besides that, the line-ups for the competition was very tough, there were Brian Joubert, Daisuke Takahashi, Takahiko Kozuka, Jeremy Abbott and also Adam Rippon who had just won bronze at TEB competition.
His agent Tara was upset with the line-ups.
Johnny’s condition looked really bad and serious as we imagined in the show.
He had high fever, and cough a lot and looked very sick.
They also showed Johnny and his mom Patti and his aunt Diane were shopping around the street, and I loved his fashion in it, he was wearing black leather jacket, and tight pants with green scarf, with a black Balenciaga bag, and peter pan shoes. Especially the shoes !
In his short program, I remember that he was very strong and showed amazing powerful performance , fight through the illness.
He received the scores Total: 78.35, TES:41.70, PCS:36.65 and placed third.
In the hotel, they showed Patti and Diane’s room with full of gifts to Johnny from his fans. Many flowers and stuffed animals, Johnny doll etc...
But Johnny looked very sick. It also must have been hard to film, during the time.
I actually prayed deeply from bottom of my heart for him before SP and also LP.
Johnny said he had no idea he could handle the LP until the end with his health condition , but as a result he won silver medal with such a tough competition.
I remember that only one mistake from his loop, and he really fought until the end.
While I felt bad for Jeremy Abbott who fell on jumps three times in his LP, it was funny his facial expression at the end, like a comedian, showed with humor.
And his reaction for his scores at K&C.
They didn’t show Takahashi and Kozuka’s parts, but it was really strange competition. All the other his tough contenders were disaster except Brian Joubert and Johnny.
It was like a miracle because of Johnny’s terrible health condition, but he won silver !
Next episode#7 is about Grand Prix Final which will be up on Monday ( in Sundance channel ).
And seems like it’s already in air in other channel. And everybody said it’s the best one.
Can't wait to see it !