Certifications and Qualifications:
USFS/Learn to Skate USA/USA Hockey/PSA Member
Fully Compliant as a Volunteer, Skater, and Coach
Representing Coach at Winchester Figure Skating Club
Associate Coach at North Shore Skating Club
Coach with Jacqui Vona - Power & Edge
Guest Coach with 5-Star Skating
Skills Coach for 2016 Shamrocks
PSA Hockey 1, 2, and 3 Certified
U.S Figure Skating Association Objectives:
To provide a fun and safe skating experience for the beginner as well as the more advanced skater
To teach correct technique of the simple basic elements
To promote health and physical fitness
To enable all participants to achieve the skills necessary to either skate for fun the rest of their lives or to move competently into the U.S. Figure Skating advanced test and/or competitive structure.
Learn to Skate USA Curriculum:
My Coaching Philosophy:
To foster a safe, inclusive, welcoming, encouraging, and educational environment for all skaters at all levels
To promote general health, wellness, and confidence through the teaching of ice skating skills
To promote life skills such as perseverance, creativity, stress management, strength and conditioning, performance, teamwork, patience, repetition, attention to detail, and respect
To work and communicate as a team with skaters and their families/support systems to best support athletes and their development
To develop lifelong lovers of the sport