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Right now, Hanyu reports that his quad Salchow and his quad toe loop are just fine.
Earlier in the season, he seemed to struggle with a triple Lutz.
“We’ve discussed that through emails and he says it seems to be fine now,” Orser said.
Hanyu is relying on some video files on his iPad that remind him about the technique of jumps.
He has a Lutz file. And a Salchow file. And a loop file.
The only thing that worries Orser is the difficulty of finding motivation when skating by oneself.
“But he’s pretty driven and I think he’s able to manage it,” Orser said.
“I think he would prefer to be out there skating with Javi every day.”
Hanyu tells Orser he misses the club and “he misses us.”
But the travel from Japan to Toronto is hard and strength-sapping.
And the way it is now, Hanyu faces a one-hour flight to Shanghai in the same time zone,
while Orser and the rest of his boys will be dragging their heels from the opposite side of the world.
No matter, says Orser. They will arrive in enough time to have three good training days before the event starts.
At any rate, Orser feels he and Hanyu are back on track. He wants to cut Hanyu a lot of slack this year
because it’s a post-Olympic year, he’s the Olympic champion,
his life has changed and he has so many demands and responsibilities.
“Hopefully we’ll get back on track for next season,” said the coach.
He feels the information he’s getting from Hanyu is accurate,
that his star pupil is feeling strong and that he’ll be ready when the trumpet sounds next week.
Hanyu has a way of rising to the call, of battling magnificently.
He’s done it twice during this terrible year. We’ll find out soon enough what he’s made of.
