Mary Scotvold: A TSL Interview

Mary Scotvold is a legend in figure skating. Born Mary Batdorf, she rose up the ranks of U.S. Figure Skating in the late 1950s alongside her twin sister, Anne. The twins excelled in the sport until their father decided it was time for them to quit - mid-competition. Following her competitive career, Mary Scotvold quickly became a top coach in U.S. Figure Skating - first alongside Ron Ludington and then her eventual husband, Evy Scotvold. While she is best known to the general public for guiding Nancy Kerrigan through the attack and her successful performance at the 1994 Olympics, Mary is known within the sport for her work as a choreographer, her mastery of the Gus Lussi technique, and for her coaching of Paul Wylie, Nancy Kerrigan, David Santee, Jimmie Santee, Jenny Kirk, Gordy McKellen, Terry Kubicka, Sandy Lenz and many others. We recently caught up with Mary to learn about her life and her views on figure skating. Subscribe to this channel for everything all of your figure skating fan needs. Access exclusive TSL content (including live shows), listen to audio versions of our latest episodes and support TSL by becoming a Patron: Backpod Posture Correction Device: Dave’s Recommended Reading List Christine Brennan ’Inside Edge’ ​ Christine Brennan ’Edge of Glory’ ​ Toller Cranston ’When Hell Freezes Over, Should I Bring My Skates: ​ Toller Cranston ’Zero Tollerance’ ​ Dick Button ’Push Dick’s Button’ Joy Goodwin ’The Second Mark’ ​ Ekaterina Gordeeva ’My Sergei’ ​ Scott Hamilton ’Landing It: My Life On and Off The Ice’ Gary Mack ’Mind Gym: An Athlete’s Inner Guide to Excellence’ ​ Adam Rippon ’Beautiful on the Outside’ ​ Grigory Rodchenkov ’The Rodchenkov Affair: How I Brought Down Russia’s Secret Doping Empire’ ​ Joan Ryan ’Little Girls in Pretty Boxes’ ​ Johnny Weir ’Welcome to My World’ ​ If you like these videos, please help TSL by shopping with our Amazon Affiliate Program. If you click this think and then purchase anything on Amazon, a small percentage of your purchase will help grow TSL and get you more of the content you love: ​​​​​ If you’re shopping in the UK: ​​​​​ If you’re shopping in Canada: ​​​​​ The goal of The Skating Lesson (TSL) is to share our passion and knowledge of the sport with all of you. Whether you call it figure skating, ice skating, Eiskunstlauf, фигурное катание, 피겨 스케이팅, フィギュアスケート, 花样滑冰, 花樣滑冰, patinage artistique, pattinaggio artistico or patinaje artístico, we hope you’ll share your passion with us as well. Tags: paul wylie figure skating lesson figure skating lessons vlog adult skating progress adult figure skating progress adult ice skating progress dave lease dave lease skating dave lease figure skating the skating lesson gus lussi technique gus lussi,sit spin sit spin tutorial axel jump axel jump in figure skating axel jump ice skating sit spin ice skating sit spin figure skating adult figure skating adult figure skating journey figure skating progress (Figure skating choreography)