【俄罗斯杯前，关于穆斯塔芬娜教练的采访】

由CandaceHao翻译--上赛季你开始带穆斯，穆斯一直被认为比赛作风顽强，团队精神佳，但我的感觉是，伦敦...







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--上赛季你开始带穆斯，穆斯一直被认为比赛作风顽强，团队精神佳，但我的感觉是，伦敦奥运会之后，她始终没有找到继续前进的理由。这种情况现在改变了吗？

--是的，显著改变。我认为格拉斯哥世锦赛后情况开始有变化。这是我的主观看法，但是世锦赛时，阿丽娅意识到她依然渴望为团队做出贡献，不只是有意愿，而且要有能力做到。换句话说，她对自己的能力做了彻底的评估。

--同她的合作是否在世锦赛之后变得更容易了呢？

--是的。我想我们达成了共识。正如我在别的地方说过的那样，如果教练为运动员指定了不合理的目标还逼太紧，训练中只考虑自己的想法，就会带来纷争。处于这种情况下的运动员会和教练作对，接着双方都会开始埋怨。这与双方都处于轻松状态下的合作截然不同，轻松时心理上很舒适。你明白我想表达什么了吗？

--不完全明白。

--我会解释的。运动员总是感到自己没有能力满足教练的期待。

--是做不到还是不想做？

--没有人确切地知道到底是哪种情况，除非运动员自己说出来。只能这样说，如果运动员总是准时来到体操房训练，教练怎么说她就怎么做，你还能怎么责备她呢？运动员和教练之间彼此缺乏信任是很可怕的。短时间内运动员可能还会忍受，时间一长她就会走掉。我现在并不是在说穆斯，只是在谈这个问题。我很开心的是，阿丽娅和我不必经受这种痛苦。

--很多人注意到穆斯在欧锦赛上大幅升级了她的平衡木。为什么高低杠她没有大升级呢？

--首先，我们先来定义一下“大幅升级”。伦敦奥运会时，阿丽娅的高低杠成套，无论难度还是完成，她的大部分竞争对手都难以企及。这次欧锦赛她仅仅是第三名。从我个人来说，她在高低杠上的潜力几乎是无限的。

我们最终又回到了同一个命题上：我们，你和我，可以设想我们想做到的一切并对一切抱以希冀。然而现实的情况却完全不同。当阿丽娅和我开始合作时，我们决定高低杠她将继续和Grebenkin合作（注：穆斯现在的教练Starkin在带穆斯之前一直带男队员，Grebenkin是现任俄罗斯女队主教练，伦敦周期是俄队负责高低杠的主教练，穆斯进入国家队后一直由Grebenkin指导高低杠训练），她们这么多年来的合作一直非常成功。我们一起为本赛季制定计划并尽我们最大的努力去完成。我们有一些想法，能帮她提升难度，但一切都取决于她的身体能够承受多少。

--你指的是那些日积月累起来的伤病？

--从本质上说是这样的。总有这样或那样的伤病来袭--背部，膝盖，腕部。去德国治疗时我们会一起去：我，丹尼斯（阿布里亚金）和阿丽娅。对于高低杠，我完全确信穆斯能够对这个项目发起挑战。有其他选手拥有更高的的d分，但如果谈完成情况的话，我找不到任何一个人能达到她的水平。你肯定已经注意到了，即使她在做最难的动作，她也能做得看起来是那么轻松。欧锦赛单项决赛阿丽娅仅获得第三名是因为她有失误，而在平衡木上她避免了犯错。对于阿丽娅平衡木的成功，Nazarova教练居功至伟（注，Nazarova是阿法的教练）。

--为什么当初你会选择Nazarova教练？

--我不知该如何回答。我一点都没多想就选择了她。多年以来，Marina都是在赛台训练中陪伴着女孩们的教练。即使她们在比成套的时候看不到她，或是仅仅能在场边看到她，知道她就在比赛场馆，感受到她的支持，对于女孩们来说非常重要。基于同样的原因，阿丽娅比高低杠时，格里本金教练总在她身旁。这并不是信任或不信任私人教练的问题（注，俄队国家队分私人教练和专项教练，如穆斯，本篇接受采访的斯大金是她的私人教练，Grebenkin和Nazarova分别是她的高低杠和平衡木专项教练。）关键的点在于你的运动员在比赛时应该有完全的舒适和安全感。

--你之所以没有提升穆斯的自由操难度是因为她的健康问题？

--对于欧锦赛我们只特意准备了高平两个项目。至于自由操成套应做哪些改变，具体如何实施，这些我们尚未决定。

--你们会参加俄罗斯杯吗？

--最初我们没有打算比俄杯：阿丽娅没必要参加奥运选拔的过程。心理素质方面，她也非常强大，没必要再用比赛去检验。但后来我们决定参加俄杯，因为这是很好的比全能的机会。毕竟，体操中的全能项目需要额外的专注力。

--你认为女队获得团体奖牌的机会有多大？

--我认为机会很大。能对奖牌发起冲击的队伍是有限的。中美是传统强队，我们也是强队。女团的局势从总体来看和男团差不多—并没有全新冒出来的队伍或选手，我们对所有的竞争对手都相当熟悉。

--所以你是在说，伦敦过后的这四年，并没有哪名女子体操新人冒出来惊艳到你，能让你惊呼“哇”！

--像拜尔斯或穆斯这样的选手是没有的。但在男子体操中有很多新生力量。

--两届奥运会冠军DenisPankratov曾说过，他相信赢得奥运金牌将会是难以置信的成就。失败时他感到非常沮丧。当你在获得了巨大的成就后，你知道这条路上不会再有什么新东西了，你会失去前进的动力，很难再激励自己一切从头开始。

--这话颇有道理。这就是为什么我对穆斯怀有极大尊敬的原因。她需要忍受长期不断的伤痛，而任何一个处在她这样位置的运动员一定早就放弃了。这不仅仅与她的个性有关，也与家庭教育和强大的精神力量相关。所以当我意识到穆斯依旧胸怀斗志，依然渴望为团队战斗时我非常高兴。仅仅为了个人荣誉，她是很难坚持到现在的。



附上英文原版：

-Last season you started working with AliyaMustafina, who had always been considered a team player and a tough competitor.But my impression is, after becoming Olympic champion in London, she just neverfound a good enough reason to keep going. Has that changed?

- Yes, and very noticeably. I think ithappened after Glasgow Championship. It is my subjective opinion, but duringthat competition Aliya realized that she still wants to be there for the team,to not only be willing to help but also to be able to do that. In other words,she thoroughly evaluated her abilities.

- Is it easier to work with her after that?

- Yes. I think we reached the mutualunderstanding. As I already said elsewhere, if the coach sets unreasonable goalsfor the athlete and pushes him too much, only considering his own perspectiveon training, this will lead to struggle. In a situation like this the athletewill first resist this regimen and then both sides will start to complain. Itis completely different from working when you are at ease, when there is apsychological comfort there. Do you get what I’m trying to say?

- Not really.

- I’ll explain. The gymnast always feelswhen he is not able to meet expectations of the coach.

- Is not able to or does not want to?

- No one knows this for sure, unless thethey say it. Technically, if someone is always on time at the gym and does whathe’s asked to, what can you blame him for? The lack of trust can be veryhurtful. For a while the athlete might tolerate this, but then he’ll justleave. I’m not talking about Mustafina now, just the issue overall. But I’mglad that me and Aliya did not have to go through it.

-At Euros many people noticed that Aliyaconsiderably upgraded beam. Why did not she do the same with bar routine?

- First, let’s define “considerableupgrade”

- Well, up to London Olympics, difficultyand execution of Aliya’s bars routine were unreachable for most of hercompetitors. In Bern she was only third, while I personally thought herpotential on bars to be almost unlimited.

- We circled back to the same statement:we, me and you, can think whatever we want, and wish for anything. But inreality, the situation is different. When Aliya and I started working together,it was decided that she will keep training bars with Evgeniy Grebenkin, as shedid, very successfully, for many years. Together we set the goals for currentseason and did our best. We had a few ideas that could have helped to increasethe difficulty, but it all came down to what she can physically handle.

-Are you talking about the injuries pilingup?

-Essentially, yes. There is alwayssomething - back, knee or wrists. When we go to Germany to get treatment, we goall together: me, Denis and Aliya. Going back to bars, I’m absolutely sure thatMustafina can challenge on this apparatus. There are other gymnasts with higherD-score, but if we are talking execution I do not know anyone who can touchher. You must have noticed that even when she is doing the hardest elements shemakes it look easy

Aliya got bronze on bars at Euros becauseshe made a mistake in the EF. She did not make any on beam. A lot of the creditfor this should go to Marina Nazarova who trains Mustafina on beam.

-Why did you choose Nazarova?

-I do not know how to answer. I did notsecond-guess this at all. For many years Marina had been the coach who is onthe podium with our girls during competitions. Even when they are performingand do not see her, or only see her on the sidelines, it is very important forthem to know that she is there, to feel her support. For the same reasonGrebenking is always near Aliya when she does bars. It is not about trusting ornot trusting personal coach. The point is that your athlete should feelabsolutely secure (comfortable) while performing.

-You did not raise FX difficulty because ofMustafina’s health issues?

-While preparing for Euros we deliberatelyconcentrated on bars and beam only. What will we change in Aliya’s floor andhow exactly will we do it - remains undetermined.

- Will you go to the Russian Cup?

- At first we did not plan to: Aliya doesnot have to go through team selection process, and mentally she is very tough,there is no need to put that to the test. But then we decided that the Cup is agreat opportunity to do AA. After all, this discipline in gymnastics requiresspecial attention.

- What do you think about chances of ourWAG team?

- I think they are pretty good. And thenumber of teams that can challenge for medals is limited. American and Chineseteams are traditionally very strong, but we are strong (not weak) as well.Overall the situation is much like the one on the men’s side - there is nothingtotally new, we are quite familiar with all the competitors

-So you are saying, in four years sinceLondon no new female gymnast emerged that can make you go “Wow”?

- No one like Simone Biles or Mustafina forsure. Meanwhile in men’s gymnastics there are a lot of new competitors.

- Two-times Olympic champion DenisPankratov once said that he was sure - when he wins Olympic gold it will besomething unbelievable. And he was very disappointed when it was not. Besides,it is virtually impossible to make motivate yourself to start over yet againwhen you know that there will be nothing new for you on this path.

- That’s is more or less true. This is whyI have an immense respect for Mustafina. Because of the constant need to pushthrough the pain any other athlete in her situation would have worn out longago. This is not only about character, but also about upbringing and thestrength of spirit. So I was very happy when I realized that Aliya has somefire in a belly and wants to fight for the team. It is harder to do it just foryourself.

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