Quote Originally Posted by cassiesmom View Post
I found this on You Tube. This is from the '84 Olympics. It is Yao Bin and his partner - he's now the coach for the Chinese national figure skating program that had some huge successes at the Olympics The figure skating program in China had only been in place for a couple of years and you can see them struggle -- how far things have come since then.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L_V0E0JP20
They showed a clip of Yao Bin skating during a break in the pairs skating. I had heard before how Yao had to teach from his limited experiences and by reading books and looking at videos. Now he takes his students to different choreographers for help and other things to aid in their learning. It's amazing how far the Chinese and Japanese skaters have come over the years.