Yes, you gave me some negative feedback. In my training program, as my coach, to create a champion ice skater, we talked about discipline. And now my laces are smartly tied, no longer dragging the ice.

But am I now, by virtue of correcting this weakness, a champion ice skater?

The answer to the question about negative feedback is, yes, it must be spoken, but correcting a weakness does not make a champion. It just means I am not going to fall on my face, skating across my laces.

As my coach, one thing you see, is that I have a natural and strong accelerating push-off. It is my strength. It is the one tool you have, as my coach, to build on strength. Sure, you have to tell me my laces are untied, but correcting that will never make me a champion. To make me a champion, you have to build on strength.