Alena Kostornaya: I see the coach as a helper
A few years ago, the figure skater replaced Evgeni Plushenko with Eteri Tutberidze, and now she is working under the guidance of Sergei Roslyakov.
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Alena Kostornaya told how she perceives working with coaches.
“Now I perceive the coach more as an assistant, a person who wants me to become better, to achieve results. It’s my business: to listen to him or not to listen. And earlier, as a person who will stand over me with a stick,” said the skater .
She also said that on some issues, for example, choosing a costume, she needs a female look and she consults with Betina Popova.