Michael Yessis

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@NumberTwo

To add to Lyle’s comments, Yessis made his reputation (I use the term loosely) on translating Russian articles and materials (i.e. Soviet Sports Review). Not training athletes on his own. And, from what I understand, he’s not even good at translating.

I remember a story from a friend who attended a conference where Yuri Verkhoshansky (sp?) was going over some information in Russian (over the phone or closed circuit). Yessis was translating the presentation. Val Nasedkin (Omega Wave guy) was in the back re-translating everything to the people in the audience because Yessis was messing up the translation. Eventually, Val got on the phone and properly translated the information. I’m sure James Smith was there and could expand on the story.

Yep. That’s pretty darn accurate