Olympic figure skating champion Anna Shcherbakova She talked about when she realized the importance of sports in her life.
– Do you remember the moment when you already realized that figure skating would become something very important in your life?
– The realization of this appeared when at the age of nine I joined the group with Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze. It was a more serious group, and athletes who achieve results trained there. I looked at them and saw how much work to do.
And Eteri Georgievna, she does not just train, but constantly talks to you – and my attitude to the matter has become more conscious over time. In her group, I began to do triple jumps and then I began to understand that this was no longer just a hobby, now I don’t just come and do what I like.
Now I have set goals for training, I have to fulfill them, achieve results, strive for my goal.
How do you prepare yourself for an important competition?
– The biggest secret is just to work very hard and feel the maximum confidence in your abilities.
The biggest confidence comes when you understand that I do this every time in training, now I will go out and do the same. If you confidently perform this set of elements in training every day, then it will be easier to get together at the competitions.
And before the start itself, it is important to tune in correctly. I warm up, talk with coaches and listen to music to get distracted and not hear strangers – because the competition may already be going on at this time, ”said Shcherbakova.