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Bouncing Back and Looking Forward
This is us! We’ve learned this through every fall on the ice, every test we did not pass, and at that competi tion where someone else beat us. We learned how to be resilient then, and we are a resilient community now.
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Our business of coaching took a great hit due to the pandemic. It was worrisome and difficult for all of us.
But consider this: one of the many life lessons we have learned from this wonderful sport of figure skating is resiliency. Resilience is defined by the American Psychological Association like this:
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We have so many wonderful opportunities to improve ourselves as coaches, our athletes, and our sport. Let’s continue to move forward together, side by side!
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Throughout this time, many of us started to reeval uate many areas of our lives. We have evaluated our way of coaching, our needs as a coach, and the needs of our skaters, too. We are looking ahead and then taking actions to meet those needs.
We’re bouncing back. As coaches, we had to reinvent how we keep our athletes conditioned, trained, and motivated. Our world turned into a virtual one, for both teaching technique and sharing mental health tips. Off-ice training took on a whole new dimension, but we made it Thankfully,through.things
are starting to feel a bit more “normal” again. We’ve had a full summer with many competitions returning to the calendar. We are able to travel again and network with each other face-to-face. It feels so nice to greet each other in person again, and perhaps even share a hug.
Our written communications and emails such as PSA Today are a great starting point. Our Area Representatives e-reach emails are an incredibly valuable resource across all disciplines for the most updated information.
When was the last time you actually attended a live PSA Summit, formerly called PSA’s Annual Conference and Tradeshow? Or maybe you have never attended a PSA Summit, at all. Our next Summit will be held in Orlando, Florida in May 2023. If you want to save money, be sure look for our Cyber Monday registration sale. It will be a great time with great information for all coaches. I look forward to seeing you there!
Between now and our next Summit, consider taking advantage of other educational opportunities that the PSA provides year-round. PSA’s membership is comprised of coaches, athletes, judges and officials. The PSA builds opportunities for all of its members to learn together, side by side. We continue to offer live seminars and the Foundations of Coaching Courses (FCC) several times throughout the year. For a more flexible option, consider our Accelerated Coaching Partnerships (ACP). The ACP is a valuable appren tice/mentorship program that allows coaches to work one-on-one with a master-rated coach to expand their knowledge base. And of course, our PSA Ratings and Ratings Prep training continue to be very popular. Did you know it is not just coaches who participate in ratings? We have athletes, judges and officials who have earned PSA ratings, too! Exciting, right?
In all of this, our sport is moving forward, too. Some of the many changes have included rule revisions, new names for test levels and disciplines, and the decoupling of testing requirements from the competitive track. With all of these changes in our sport, how do you keep up with them all?
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You could also consider registering for a webinar where informed presenters explain the changes. Have you heard about our new “Webinar Wednesdays” initia tive? Once a month, the PSA will be hosting webinars where you can learn new information, ask your questions, and get an informed answer. The best news: if you can’t attend on the evening of the presentation, you can review it on PSA TV at a later time.
ake a moment to reflect on the impact that the pandemic had on our sport. Who would have imagined rinks across the world closing for undeter mined amounts of time? Our daily routines of going to the rink—something that most of us have been doing for our whole lives, first as a skater, then as a coach— abruptly ceased. At first, competitions were cancelled. When they were able to be held again, the only “audience” allowed were cardboard images in the stands. What a strange world that was!
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The time has finally come! As our sport continues to develop and refine itself, it's necessary for our ratings exams to occasionally do the same. After under going a summer of revisions and improve ments, we are excited to announce the re-launch of our incredibly popular group ratings exams this October.
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A special thank you goes out to the TOI Ratings Discipline subcommittee who helped launch this exciting new program: Ashley Wyatt, Rebecca Stump, John Mucko, Jamie Lane-Youtsey, Adam Blake, Jimmy Morgan, and Tracey Seliga-O'Brien. Congratulations is also in order for PSA's first five TOI rated professionals!: Hazel Dodson, Kate McSwain, Ailsa Robertson, Paige Scott, and Nicole Zawojski.
Riedell Skates Welcomes Elizabeth Thornton as Ice Sales and Marketing Director
Sales and Marketing Director for the ice division.
“I am incredibly excited to join Riedell and continue my career in the ice skating industry. As a lifelong Riedell customer, I am familiar with the history, quality, and performance of Riedell products. I look forward to bringing my communications and marketing expertise to the role,” Elizabeth shared.
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COST: $260 (Discount applied for Premier members)
The Virtual Ratings Prep Training is an intensive tutorial that prepares coaches for oral rating exams. Featuring an all-master rated coaching faculty presenting on- and off-ice topics, the delivery and content is designed to support coaches and generate a positive exam experi ence. Our new virtual format keeps the best of the past, enhances the experience with a new look and feel, and has the added benefit and flexibility of recorded sessions for future review.
We would like to congratulate everyone who participated in the launch of our newest ratings discipline at our annual Summit last May!
Elizabeth brings many years of experience in the skating industry having previously worked for the Professional Skaters Association as Communication and Media Director, in addition to over 15 years of figure skating coaching experience. She also has great expertise and expansive knowledge in the world of marketing, having completed a master’s degree from Concordia University.
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Modern technology bestowed us with naviga tion devices that literally transmit exactly where to go, when to turn, and how far to drive before the next turn. However, we no longer need to observe landmarks, learn street names, or other details that used to inform our journey in the days of the past.
Unfortunately, navigation device feedback deceptively influences learning. One of the greatest miscon ceptions of practitioners is the emphasis on how much an athlete seems to improve within a single practice session with the coach. In the research literature, this is referred to as ‘within-session improvements’ and decades ago there was an assumption that when learners are provided more feedback they learn more too (Schmidt et al. 2018). However, the true test of learning is to see how the athlete performs after the effects of practice—the coach’s feedback, the pole harness and other performance aids—have diminished. True learning involves lots of wrong turns. Athletes must struggle, make mistakes, explore new solutions, and seek guidance only when they truly need it. This represents the transformation from coach centered to athlete centered training.
Navigation device feedback also interferes with athletes’ self-motivation because they tend to rely on the coach to provide the ‘spark’ to make them push harder, count their spin rotations, and perform their movements more expressively. What does this mean? It means that if the coach provides the athletes with constant encour agement, no matter how positive their intentions, then athletes might not develop their own intrinsic drive to push harder without it. The external source—the coach— becomes the driver of the athlete’s motivation.
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Unbeknownst to many, traditional feedback practices fail to accomplish the true goal of feedback: to guide yet, ultimately, supplement athletes’ selfregulated learning and performance (Schmidt et al. 2018). The reality is that athletes and coaches tend to
oes anyone remember what it feels like to get lost when driving to a new destination? Not long ago, this was a common reality. Drivers studied physical maps to determine which roads to take then sketch out important details on paper. We sought advice on which landmarks to look out for and how many lights to go through before making a turn.
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In fact, the run-through scenario is not an exchange at all because the athlete plays a passive role. They
When drivers used to make an errant turn, we experienced varying levels of frustration for sure. However, we also used the error information as feedback to change our general method and pattern of performance. An errant turn, thus, informed our learning. Therefore, for a driver to avoid building a dependence on a navigation device they must connect with the information provided by the environment.
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develop a dependence on a coach to problem solve for them and when the coach’s feedback is not there, athletes are at risk of getting lost just like drivers when their navigation device is turned off. This does not mean the coach should never provide feedback. They just need to observe when those teachable moments occur and this is a coaching skill that takes time to develop.
The notion that making errors inform our learning is acknowledged in the skill acquisition research litera ture (Schmidt et al. 2018, Chow et al. 2015, Davids, Button, and Bennett 2008) and some experts even argue that those who make the most mistakes learn the most . If we think of the typical exchange between a coach and skater, we witness a navigation device in full effect. Consider a program run-through when the coach follows a skater and calls out feedback as they move from skill to skill. “Keep your head up… arms here… get your shoulder back on this next jump… push harder… hold this spin… one, two, three, change… smile!” In this example, the coach’s feedback is a navigation device in full effect and, while this action may appear to be effective and motivating, it does not cultivate a confident, capable athlete. It does not nurture the athlete’s learning.
One approach coaches can take to transform feedback into a dialogue is to ask the athlete questions that guide them to the answers without directly providing the answer for them. This holds athletes accountable to think for themselves and allows them to connect with their environment and take ownership of their learning. As they develop this learning skill, coaches can adjust the complexity and number of questions. Young children and athletes unaccustomed to dialogic feedback, for example, may require simpler, yet more direct, questions. Below is an example:
Athlete: “It felt big and I landed it.”
Coach: “What did you think of your Lutz jump?”
Coach: “What did you like about it?”
Athlete: “A Lutz jump takes off from an outside edge.”
the importance of an outside edge. Next, the coach supported the athlete’s intuition that the jump was big. Then, the coach triggered the athlete’s thinking. The athlete knew a Lutz jump takes off from an outside edge but forgot to pay attention to this detail on their own jump. After observing the athlete perform another Lutz jump the coach then observes that the athlete has not learned how to do a Lutz from the correct edge (or perhaps what it should feel like). The coach learns what the athlete knows and thinks and this allows the coach to modify the lesson plan accordingly.
Coach: “Can you do another Lutz jump for me and let me know what you think?”
Schmidt, Richard A, Timothy D Lee, Carolee Winstein, Gabriele Wulf, and Howard N Zelaznik. 2018. Motor control and learning: A behavioral emphasis: Human kinetics.
Stein, Jonathan, Gordon A Bloom, and Catherine M Sabiston. 2012.
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Coach: “It was a big jump! What makes a Lutz jump different from a flip jump?”
In this exchange, the coach noticed right away that the athlete did not acknowledge the edge issue. This is a teachable moment: to help the athlete understand
Athlete: “I don’t know.”
Athlete: “I liked it.”
Chow, Jia Yi, Keith Davids, Chris Button, and Ian Renshaw. 2015. Nonlinear pedagogy in skill acquisition: An introduction: Routledge. Davids, Keith W, Chris Button, and Simon J Bennett. 2008. Dynamics of skill acquisition: A constraints-led approach: Human Kinetics.
“However, the true test of learning is to see how the athlete performs after the effects of practice—the coach’s feedback, the pole harness and other performance aids—have diminished. True learning involves lots of wrong turns.”
perceive feedback differently where coaches assume their feedback is effective and athletes feel it is not (Stein, Bloom, and Sabiston 2012). Effective feedback is not transmissive like a navigation device. Effective feedback is transactive; it is an active exchange of information, a dialogue between individuals that positions the athlete as an active agent- the driver- of their own learning.
References
The athlete lands a Lutz jump but had an edge change on the takeoff.
The athlete performs another Lutz jump and changes edge again…
Coach: “Yes, it does! Did your Lutz takeoff from an outside edge?”
"Influence of perceived and preferred coach feedback on youth athletes' perceptions of team motivational climate." Psychology of Sport and Exercise 13 (4):484-490.
In Charlotte, I was the new coach in the rink and I was welcomed by the staff. I pursued my ratings, took my athletes to other coaches through out the east coast to fill the gaps that I couldn’t. In turn, I had some wonderfully successful athletes accomplishing more athletically and in competition than I ever came close to during my own career. Fast forward to the early
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this very day. I was fortunate to work with Mr. Brunet for over two years until his retirement. I adored that man. My final years of skating I was coached by Charlene Guarino. She was young, full of energy, and very detailed. We are still in contact to this day.
appy fall skating everyone! I am Denise Williamson, your new PSA Education Committee chair. In May of 2022, I concluded my role as 3rd Vice President for the PSA. It was an eventful three years. One of my respon sibilities was oversight was the Ratings Committee. As many of you know, the manner of how the exams are administered has changed dramatically. Getting virtual exams launched was as difficult as learning a triple Axel and I believe with the leadership of Cheryl Faust (Ratings Chair), Heidi Thibert, and Barb Yackel, we landed a clean one.
Denise Williamson, MFS, MM, SFF, CC, Level 4 Ranking
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In this first article, I want to introduce myself. I was fortunate to train in Rockton, Illinois at the home of the Wagon Wheel FSC, in the 1970s. “The Wheel” was filled with outstanding coaches that drew athletes from all over the world. My coaches were passionate about their profession. Dana Holan was my first coach and I was her first competitive student in the United States. She and her husband, Jerry, defected from Czechoslovakia after the world championships in 1969. I still remember Mrs. Holan asking to speak to my mother after my first group lesson. I was sure I had done something wrong. No…it was time to start private lessons and my life changed on that day. Mrs. Holan coached me until I passed my fourth figure test, then she and her husband moved to coach in Ohio. Devastation wasn’t even close to describing the anguish of her leaving. I loved and respected her so very much. I wanted to stop skating. No one could replace her. Our facility was full of national and world competitors and I was an average skater that went to regionals. Who would want to coach me? That person was Pierre Brunet, and he renewed my love of skating again. This wonderful and brilliant man changed my life and I continue to carry the lessons he taught me to
I began coaching in 1978 while going to college. My degree is in Chemistry, but I decided an ice rink is much more exciting than a laboratory! Fast forward to 1986 and I moved to Charlotte, North Carolina with my new husband. I attended my first PSA seminar in Atlanta and didn’t see any familiar faces. Fortunately for me, one of the coaches from the Wagon Wheel, Lynn (Teglia) Thompson, was leading the seminar. She pushed me to answer questions when no one else would volunteer. I became hooked on what education could do for my coaching career.
Meet the New Education Committee Chair
Celebrating the launch of the Theatre on Ice rating at the Chicago Summit. LEFT TO RIGHT: Cheryl Faust, Rating Chair, Jamie Lane-Youtsey, Adam Blake, Ashley Wyatt, John Mucko, and Rebecca Stump, PSA President, and Denise Williamson.
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by attending many education events, challenging myself with ratings exams, and learning the “new” system of IJS, I would not be a coach of any relevance now. Education is so essential in our lives because it helps us to realize what we don’t know and how to fill those holes. Our skaters need us to be current, adaptable, and honest about our abilities. Learning is what keeps us young and present.
2000s and the change in the judging system. Once again, someone from the Wagon Wheel took me under her wing and gave me a chance at become a Technical Specialist. Mary Cook provided me an opportunity that I never would have dreamt of for myself. About the same time I began serving as a Technical Specialist, I began my six-year commitment as a PSA Board of Governor and the Free Skating Discipline Chair for ratings. For ten years I served as faculty for the U.S. Figure Skating technical schools. I enjoy being on both sides of the educational table because no matter where I sit, I know I will learn something. Now, thanks to the chance Mary Cook (and Gale Tanger) took on me in 2005, I am an ISU Championship Singles Technical Specialist.
Looking at where skating is today compared to where it was when I trained and then the first 15 years of my coaching, the sport is almost unrecognizable. I am not complaining, but I am noticing. If I didn’t stay involved
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I hope you can see that I am passionate about skating and for those that share the sport with me. I need you to tell me what information you need to be a better coach. I am not the expert, but I will find them for you. I would like for my articles to cover the wide variety of disciplines in our sport today. Let me hear from you, please, and thank you for reading my first Contactarticle!meat: Denise@gocubs.us you want to has the resources you need.
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Adaptive badges, which can be found in the Compete USA Manual, can be turned into programs with a time maximum of 1:10 minutes.
ADAPTIVE SKATING:
hroughout the years serving on the Adaptive Skating Subcommittee for U.S. Figure Skating, the adaptive programming has gone through multiple itera tions. Understandably our subcom mittee often gets asked questions from emerging or growing adaptive program directors, coaches, and parents. Please continue reading to see some of our common questions and answers!
While the terminology and program names may have changed over the years, our mission has not! As the Adaptive Skating Subcommittee, we aim to provide testing, compe tition, and skating development opportunities for all skaters with disabilities. In the past our programming consisted of Adaptive Skating, Special Olympics, and Therapeutic Skating opportunities. The current programming for testing and compe tition includes Adaptive Skating, Special Olympics, and Skate United.
Skating testing levels are Pre-Bronze, Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Adaptive skaters may choose to also test on other tracks if appropriate (Standard, Adult 21+, Adult 50+, Special Olympics and/or Skate United).
Adaptive Skating is the umbrella term used to describe skating for all skaters with any type of disability. Skaters participating in adaptive programming can test and compete under this umbrella. Adaptive skaters may have physical and/or intellectual disabilities. Adaptive
Skate United is the newest skating programming offered for skaters specifically with physical disabilities. Skate United offers both testing and competition tracks. For testing, all levels and elements parallel the standard track, but the passing expectation is one level below standard. Skaters may test standard and switch to Skate United but not the other way. Skate United is offered for free skate, moves in the field, ice dance, solo dance, pairs, and any Compete USA event that
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It is important to also note that the Skating Accommodation Memorandum (S.A.M.) is available to skaters with disabilities in any of the above programs. A S.A.M. request can be completed by a skater and sent to the Adaptive Skating National Vice Chair who will facili tate medical and skating experts to review the request and provide appropriate reasonable accommoda tions for testing and competition specific to the needs of each skater. This process is similar to a school 504 or Individual Education Plan for students with disabilities who receive supports in school.
ow can I start a program?
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This is one of the most common questions our committee gets asked! Anyone can start an adaptive skating program with their rink or club, and I encourage you to do so. It is easier to learn about your community of prospective skaters with disabilities than to learn about figure skating, which you already know. You can reach out to the Adaptive Skating Subcommittee and we can give you advice and sugges
competitions offer such as jumps, spins, and compulsories. For compe tition, Skate United skaters abide by all rules similar to standard events, but compete in their own group against skaters with physical disabili ties using 6.0 judging.
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hat is the difference between Adaptive, Special Olympics, and Skate United?
Special Olympics is the largest international sports organization for children and adults with intel lectual disabilities. Special Olympics facilitates a wide array of sports opportunities for their participants and figure skating is offered through events such as free skate, pairs, and ice dance. U.S. Figure Skating implements the Special Olympics guidelines for skating programming and skaters may test and compete in Special Olympics events hosted by competitions and clubs.
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tions on how to get started and offer support as you go. Networking and advertising, both within our skating community and within the disability community, is a great means to getting started, as this spreads awareness about your program and recruits skaters. Ensuring that you have appropriate ice time, if you want to recruit children with disabilities after school or weekends are best and thinking about the needs of the skaters is important. Skaters with disabilities may need a higher coach to skater ratio than a standard class. A great way to supplement this is to have your coaches in training or older skaters volunteer in your adaptive class. This saves money and gives your skaters (who may become future coaches) a great volunteer opportunity to share their passion for skating! You may also think about creative coaching methods, adaptive/assistive devices on the ice, and the accessibility of your ice rink and the entrance to the ice surface. Many of our programs also reach out to local schools and community programs for individuals with disabilities to collaborate and work together so that everyone finds a place on the ice. If you have more questions please reach out to the Adaptive Skating Subcommittee or other adaptive skating programs; we want more programs and more skaters with disabilities skating!
If you have ever skated a freestyle at Fairfax Ice Arena (FIA), you have heard Sandy yelling “PUSH” across the ice. Sandy Sparger has been teaching at FIA for over 32 years. During this time she has accumulated over 100 skaters who have passed Senior Moves in the Field tests. Her first skater, Megan Noss, passed her test in 2000 and her 100th passed test was in May 2022 by Ellie Choe. Sandy has touched so many lives over the years and has enriched her skaters' lives by helping them learn to set and achieve goals as they develop into young adults. Passing moves tests is such a big accomplishment forSandyskaters!started skating in 1964 at the age of six and was coached by Audrey Weisiger, Mark and Anne Militano, and Fred Yankee. She became a Gold Medalist in Figures and Freestyle in 1974 and even passed her Adult Gold moves in 2019! Sandy jokes about retiring soon. One of her former students, Terry Barr, dared her to keep coaching until she had 100 tests. Now she has reached that goal, but her many fans are urging her to keep teaching and aim for 200!
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In short, everyone. Unfortunately, a question that has come up is, “who do I include?” or “who can I exclude from my adaptive program?”. Again, the answer is, include everyone. We cannot discriminate against skaters with a specific type of disability, so when you offer programming for skaters with disabilities, any prospec tive skater with a disability can and should be supported to register for your programming. If you do not know about someone’s needs, ask. Get to know each skater and what their specific needs are so that everyone can enjoy getting on the ice and developing their skating skills.
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Sandy Sparger and Ellie Choe, Sparger's 100th student to pass a Senior Moves in the Field test
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Author Bio Courtney Fecske, PhD, CTRS is the National Vice Chair of the Adaptive Skating Subcommittee and serves as the Skate United lead. Dr. Fecske is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor at Indiana University-Bloomington in the School of Public Health within the Department of Health & Wellness Design, is a former Team USA Synchronized skater, and current official for US Figure Skating. She has founded and worked with adaptive skating programs and conducts research focused on examining the impact of participation in adaptive sports.
For more information please check out the Adaptive Skating page at www.usfigureskating.org or email courtneyjweisman@gmail.com the Adaptive Skating Subcommittee National Vice Chair.
Adiscussion about the future of sports coaching needs to start with reviewing where coaching has come from as a profession. More formalized coaching education gained traction with structure and universal systems in the United States during the 1970’s (Campbell, 1993; Sutcliffe, 1995). We are dealing with a relatively short history of establishing systems that are coordinated and well organized.
Why is developing coaches’ skills and efficacy important?
Larry Nassar and Jerry Sandusky represent two of the most highly publicized sexual abuse cases in sport and have changed the nature of sport forever. Establishing the U.S. Center for SafeSport has been a major step forward in creating structures to address the reporting and investigation of misconduct and to make athlete wellbeing the centerpiece of sport culture through abuse prevention, accountability, and education (U.S. Center for SafeSport, 2022).
Campbell, S. (1993). Coaching education around the world. Sport Science Review, 2(2), 62-74.
Even beyond the United States, the fundamental question for leaders in sport is: What lessons have we learned from these cases of misconduct and abuse?
How will coaching education move forward?
The Importance of Coaches’ Education: Where are We Headed?
BY CAMERON KIOSOGLOUS, PH.D.
Lessons learned for sport and coaching
McCullick, B., Schempp, P., Mason, I., Foo, C., Vickers, B., & Connolly, G. (2009). A scrutiny of the coaching education program scholarship since 1995. Quest, 61(3), 322-335.
Cam Kiosoglous is an Assistant Clinical Professor and Sport Coaching Leadership Program Director at Drexel University.
References
Cam was a US Olympic rowing coach at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. He also serves as President with the United States Center for Coaching Excellence (USCCE). He has consulted with a variety of organizations in coaching development including the International Council for Coaching Excellence and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee. Twitter: CKiosoglous
If there is one takeaway from a discussion on coaches’ on-going learning and the future of coaching educa tion, it is to prioritize how we prepare coaches. Adherence to the standards of quality coaching needs to be the focus in order to prioritize and optimize our athletes’ experiences.
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If we look at the world of medicine, cases of misconduct and error continue to occur despite much more sophis ticated levels of certification. Even in our everyday experience, we hear on the news and see during our daily commutes that poor drivers who are in error cause accidents. As the profession of coaching advances, leaders of coaching education and development programs need to recognize and adapt systems that are more formalized and structured to prioritize improving coaching skills, knowledge, and abilities.
Sutcliffe, P. (1995). Comparative coaching studies. Leeds: National Coaching USFoundation.Centerfor SafeSport. (2022). Media Resources. https://uscenterforsafes port.org/about/news/
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Coaches play a critical role in the quality of the athlete experience. Developing a coach’s knowledge, skills, and abilities is critical to helping athletes improve their performance. This is a well-documented topic of discus sion (McCullick et. al, 2009).
SafeSport and optimizing the athlete experience
Heidi Thibert, MFS, MM, MC
Shining the spotlight on these issues has been hard to listen to, and it is even harder to believe that such tragic events in sport have happened.
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE; a part of SHAPE America) to create the National Standards for Athletic Coaches in 1995. The revised second edition, the National Standards for Sport Coaches: Quality Coaches, Quality Sports was published by NASPE in 2006. The standards represent 40 core domains identified as being essential areas of knowledge and training for sport. On that foundation and in response to the growing inter national development of the field of professionalism in coaching and sports coach education development led by the International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE), the United States Center for Coaching Excellence was able to grow and hosts the National Coaching Conference (renamed the North American Coach Development Summit) to reflect the emphasis on the importance of the continued professionalization and developmental support of the field. https://uscoa chexcellence.org/
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The mission of the USCCE is to strengthen the quality of coach development systems through guided program development, training and support for coach developers, and the accreditation of coach education and training provision all of which are based on cutting-edge sport coaching practices.
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All sporting organizations have a systematic, integrated, continuous approach to the development of coaches that is guided by theory and best practice and led by qualified coach developers. The profession of coaching is elevated to a status where coach developers and coaches are fully prepared for the sporting environment in which they work.
This award is presented to an active coach who, along with other criteria, serves as a role model, exemplifies the highest standards of ethical behavior, promotes integrity, has concern for the welfare of others, and has made a significant impact on athlete performances at the highest levels of competition in the senior division.
he coaching team of Rafael Arutyunyan, Vera Arutyunyan, and Nadia Kanaeva is the recipient of the 2022 PSA/U.S. Figure Skating Coach of the Year award.
“I am grateful to the figure skating community for recognizing our achievements, and as a wife I am so happy for my husband,” Vera Arutyunyan said.
Rafael says that he, Vera, and Nadia share all coaching duties, which is why he is so adamant about them being selected together for awards such as this one.
Rafael Arutyunyan, with more than 45 years of coaching experience, combined with his wife Vera and Kanaeva, work with skaters such as 2022 Olympic Champion (Nathan Chen), U.S. National champion (Mariah Bell), and 2022 World Champion pairs team (Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier).
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This coaching team also won the 2016 PSA Coach of the Year award, and Rafael Arutyunyan was named Coach of the Year in 2015.
Rafael told the PSA that, having won the award twice previously, he was motivated to do so again.
“Edges, jumps, spins, choreography, off ice elements,
Rafael Arutyunyan, Vera Arutyunyan, and Nadia Kanaeva
By Kent McDill
“After winning the first two times in a row, I thought it would be easy to win the award over and over again, but it wasn’t,” Arutyunyan said. “The quali fications to win this award are very high. Not winning over the last few years just made me work harder and harder, even after repeatedly producing a World Champion, Grand Prix event Champion, and creating U.S. National Champions. Honestly I was really trying my very best. I express my gratitude to the committee for motivating me to be so driven to produce the highest of all achievements. I hope everybody is treated the same way so that they are also motivated to keep up the high performance in order to produce more International Champions.”
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LEFT TO RIGHT: Nadia, her son Timur, Rafael, and Vera
Kanaeva joined the coaching team after completing her competitive skating at the turn of the century.
Like everything else in the world, figure skating coaching changed when the pandemic struck in 2020. It is the mark of a champion coach that when they say nothing shall stand in their way, they proved that by succeeding through the isolated and remote period of all of our However,lives.itcame at a time when the Arutyunyan team moved its base of operations to the Great Park Ice facility in Irvine, Calif., which opened in 2019.
2022 Olympics: Rafael and Mariah Bell.
off ice jumps, strength, conditioning,” Rafael said. “All of us cover everything.”
“We were just getting settled in when we had to close,” Kanaeva said. “We learned how to benefit from online classes. This also helped keep our team united. After reopening, great care was provided by our figure skating coordinator Jacqui Palmore to keep the ice surfaces and all competitor areas sanitized for all competitors and coaches, especially when leaving for Beijing and the Olympics. We are very proud of all five Olympians from Great Park Ice making it to Beijing healthy.”
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“During all of the difficulties, we tried not to stop,”
“The trust that Rafael and Vera has put in to me, I will always be grateful for,” Kanaeva said. “I feel very blessed to have been a part of Nathan’s growth that led to the Olympic gold medal”
“I am grateful to the figure skating community for recognizing our achievements, and as a wife I am so happy for my VERAhusband.”ARUTYUNYAN
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Vera Arutyunyan said. “All of those difficult years, we kept our skating training the same amount of time every day. Yes, there was no ice, but we spent a lot of time with off-ice training outside. This raised the physical abilities of our students a lot, and when the ice opened up, we simply stepped inside and used it.”
“The owners of Great Park, Henry and Susan Samueli, and vice president Art Trottier did everything they could for me,” Rafael Arutyunyan said. “They allowed the rink to be open for me to train my Olympic-bound skaters for two hours a day. Only training two hours per day allowed us to also rest and have more time to focus on off ice training. There was also no traffic to the rink!
“In light of the pandemic consequences, I also thank our High Performance Coordinator Jacqui Palmore for all she did in keeping me and my Olympians safe and healthy leading up to Beijing,” he said. “That was a very stressful period, and every session, every room, any surface that was touched by us was cleaned during every ice cut, allowing us to skate knowing all that could be done was being done gave us some comfort in the midst of all the stress associated with the pandemic.”
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“From the bottom of my heart, I am very thankful to the award committee for motivating me over a very hard long six years to consistently deliver repeated results such as U.S. National and World Champions!” he said.
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Great Park Ice and FivePoint Arena became home not only to the Arutyunyan coaching team, but also the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL as a practice facility. Other famed coaches working out of Great Park are Christine Fowler-Binder, Todd Sand, Jenni Meno-Sand, and Chris Knierim.
From Rafael’s reaction to the coaching award, one might have reason to believe this is not his last such honor.
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• Stance – The stance should feature the feet shoulder width apart with the skater using their core, gluts, and thigh muscles for stability.
his section is a quick summary of many technical skills that were introduced in the three hockey skating manuals. These skills apply to almost every situation you may encounter in teaching hockey skating. If you have to teach a skill that you are unfamiliar with, the list below can be used to improve the skill.
• Sequencing – A long push with a toe snap will produce more distance than a long push plus a toe snap. In other words, combining these two tools will produce power that has a syner gistic (1 +1= 3) effect. The toe snap should not occur until the very end of the long push; these two skills must be performed in a sequence.
push forward to glide backward.
Tools of Good Technique
• Head up – A skater who skates with their head up will be safer, have a better view of the game, and have better posture for the best skating, stick handling and shooting.
• Proper arm motions – Given that the game of hockey is played with a stick, the arms become a more important factor. Think of the stick as an extension of the arm and it becomes twice as long as a leg.
General
• Pushing – According to Newtonʻs Third Law of Motion, "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Push backward to glide forward, and
• Toe snaps – Toe snaps are even more powerful for hockey skaters since the toe is rocked and has no toepicks.
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Power
• Falling – Falling is used in any rapid accelerating move, such as quickstarts and the cross of a crossover.
• Posture – Core muscles are the mainstay of good posture. The body centered over the legs with the head up, arms to the side or forward, and strong core muscles define good posture. Good posture allows the arms and legs to work at maximum efficiency.
• Heel pushes – Since the heel is rocked, heel pushes are valuable in quick direction change pushes.
• Square position – The human body works best when it is not twisted. A square body position is where the shoulders, hips, and knees face in the same direction.
• Weight transfer – Weight transfer is a key element in producing power in hockey, and is made even more powerful by the use of a wider base.
• Upper body rotation – Rotation of the upper body will create a turn and may be enhanced by leading the turn with the stick.
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Turning
• Hips – Hips are excellent for turning since the back does not twist.
• Knees – Knees are the best for turning in hockey because they act like a power pull and the short rocked blade reacts
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the skater to move forward or backward on the rock of the blade.
• Posture – Good posture allows
• Combinations – In a power turn, all of the above turning
tools are used to produce a strong, evasive turn.
perfectly to the knees.
• Rocking – Rocking from the front to the back or from the back to the front of the blade can enhance all of the turns above.
• Leaning – Leaning the whole body to create the edge can be used to push against a player who is checking you.
• Pressure – Pressure through the foot lengthens a glide by increasing the cushion of water under the blade.
Gliding
• Square position – Glide length will increase by using a square position since it keeps the blade straighter and allows maximum pressure through the foot.
• Skater needs to lean the body, foot, ankle, and blade as one unit to create effective turning.
• Feet – Keeping the feet relaxed inside the skate will allow the blade to have little resistance against the ice.
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“Jackie quizzed me using the Ratings Study guide and had me practice performing walk-throughs. Meeting weekly allowed me time to organize my knowledge and process new ideas. We would discuss technique one week and then the following week I could put what I had learned in practice with my own skaters.”
On more than one occasion, Jackie live-streamed her lessons and had Jessica coach “on-the-spot”. Jackie shared that these lessons allowed her to assess Jessica’s “coaching eye” and were a great starting point for discussion on how to identify errors and prescribe fixes. Jackie also arranged for Jessica to meet with other free skate experts. She spent time with Denise Williamson to review IJS rules and critiqued jump technique with Diane Miller. Jessica says, “Jackie helped me realize that I can always look to others to expand my knowledge. Once I asked her a question about the flight paths for single through quad Axels and Jackie phoned Frank Carroll to get the best answer!” Jessica’s ACP experience has helped her make wonderful new connections and forge a network that will carry her forward in the sport.
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her thinking, get a new perspective, and get going on her ratings exams. The ACP connected her with Jackie Brenner and they agreed to meet for a series of one-hour online sessions.
Jessica says that her Accelerated Coaching Partnership with Jackie was the perfect learning environment for her. As a working mom, not having to travel "was a big plus. But more than that, the pace of instruction suited her.
he Accelerated Coaching Partnerships Committee was formed late 2019 to update and enliven the former PSA Apprenticeship program. Like its parent program, the ACP seeks to unite coaches to learn from one another in a uniquely personal one-on-one format. Current Partnerships involve 50 participants across the country! Here are two success stories:
Accelerated Coaching Partnerships
Jackie and Jessica at the 2022 PSA Summit in Chicago
The first time Jackie Brenner met Jessica Mills Kincade in person was at the 2022 PSA Summit. She recognized her, of course, after more than a year of virtual meetings. Now, not only was Jessica there in person, but she had just passed her Master Free Skate exam! For Jackie, that was the high point of their Accelerated Coaching Partnership which began in March 2021.
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Both women credit the ACP for a wonderful teaching/learning experience, but both emphasize that the friendship they have forged is precious and lasting.
For Jackie, the Partnership was a refreshing respite from COVID isolation that allowed her to share her love of the sport and look at skating technique through a “fresh lens”. Most of all, however, it was fun to connect with a new friend and play a part in her growth as a coach.
In the winter of 2021, Jessica contacted Phillip Mills, then co-chair of the ACP, looking for inspiration. She had already accomplished a couple of ratings, but felt that she had not done a good job in communicating her knowledge to the examiners. She needed to organize
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Phillip and Kathryn celebrateat the 2022 PSA Summit
totally charmed by Kathryn’s answer to a question about the use of the body movement feature in a step sequence. She remained seated in her chair, but her head rolled, her arms floated, and her leg suddenly appeared next to her ear!
Kathryn Vaughn’s coaching relationship with Phillip Mills began when she was a young skater, so it was only natural for her to contact him for advice when she decided it was time to begin pursuing her PSA ratings. Together they decided to sign up for an Accelerated Coaching Partnership, one of the first to ever have a choreography rating as its ultimate goal. Since May 2021, Phillip and Kathryn have met online most Saturdays for an hour.
To hone those communication skills, their meetings often took on a mock exam format, with Phillip firing questions so that Kathryn could practice answering on the spot. My interview took the first half hour of their usual study time, so Phillip offered to run a short demonstration for me. I was
Kathryn Vaughn, MM, SC, CFS Figure Skating Instructor, Las Vegas
Right from the start, Phillip knew it would be easy to mentor Kathryn because, as an accomplished musician and classical dancer, she is already abounding with the skills she needs to be a great chorographer. Kathryn, however, felt intimidated by the wide scope of the choreography discipline. She felt she lacked the confi dence needed to communicate her knowledge in an exam setting. The ACP afforded her personal one-onone time with an expert to help her focus and organize her diverse knowledge. During her sessions with Phillip, Kathryn began to develop a better understanding of the terminology that gives structure to the art of chore ography. With Phillip, she began to build a stronger scaffold for the “piles of information I have in my head from years of choreographing and performing,” and thus learn to better communicate what she knows.
"On more than one occasion, Jackie livestreamed her lessons and had Jessica coach “on-the-spot”. Jackie shared that these lessons allowed her to assess Jessica’s “coaching eye” and were a great starting point for discussion on how to identify errors and prescribe fixes."
Phillip Mills, MC World & Olympic Figure Skating Choreographer, California
The one-onone format of an Accelerated Coaching Partnership suited Kathryn: it felt comfortable.“Idon’twork as well in a group setting. I think probably from being an athlete and having so many private coaches, it always wasHeron-on-one.”favoritememory in the entire experience is a classic coach/athlete moment. It was at Summit waiting to be called to take her senior choreography rating exam, which was to be her first in-person exam. She was nervous, but “I actually really enjoyed it. [Phillip was with me] and it felt like we were at a skating competi tion. We went over the combinations I was going to have to do, and I was stretching…and he was [right behind me] in the hallway when I walked in the room meet the Kathrynexaminers.”tearedup a bit when asked what she liked best about working with an Accelerated Coaching Partner. She passed her Registered, Certified, and Senior Choreography Exams in a single year. She couldn’t say enough about what she had learned, but it was the personal support that she got from Phillip that meant the most to her. Coming out of a COVID year, a year in which she lost her much-loved mom and also faced her own cancer diagnosis and treatment, the support of her husband, fellow coach Shayne Orologio, and the hours spent immersed in her art with Phillip were a balm to her soul. Now her confidence is fortified and she is looking forward to taking her master exam in the fall. If you would like more information about the Accelerated Coaching Program, contact Debby Jones at d.jonesskate@gmail.com
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The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians of Canada, and the American College of Sports Medicine recommend 1.2 to 2.0 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day for athletes, depending on training. For an average figure skater weighing 110 pounds, this would equate to 60g -100g of protein daily.
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The Importance of Protein for Athletes
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This equation will give skaters their daily protein
An athlete’s diet that is adequate in protein will help with appetite, metabolism, and maintenance of muscle mass.
Here is a list of excellent protein sources to include in daily meals and snacks, and how much protein each provides in a serving:
It is encouraged that athletes consume adequate amounts of protein as part of a balanced diet to maximize energy levels and muscle recovery.
rotein is well-known to be useful for repairing muscles after a hard workout. But how much protein do athletes actually need? Because of all the increased activity-level of an athlete, the expenditure of calories and protein needs are slightly higher than the average person.
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Consuming a meal or snack that combines carbo hydrates and protein within 30 minutes of a workout or skating session will help to restore muscle glycogen stores. This will not happen with insufficient carbo hydrate consumption. Adequate restoration of muscle glycogen stores is imperative for athletes to be able to train daily at a high level.
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Because the body can only process about 20-25g of protein at one time, it is best to consume a varied diet of protein over the course of the day to maximize benefits.
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“We feel so fortunate to have had so many opportunities to skate other places than our home rink and enjoy the great friends and experiences that come with the roller side of things. We have tried other brands of inlines but none are as light or promote good freestyle skating form the way pic frame skates do. Having our picskates during the pandemic has been such a blessing, not missing practice times when ice rinks were closed, and they have become an integral part of our training. We love skating at all the outdoor ice rinks in the winter and our pic skates allow us to have equally amazing outdoor skating experiences in the summer.”
2022 PHOTO OF THE YEAR FINALIST
By Brianna Hatch (& Richard Keele)
A PUBLICATION OF THE PROFESSIONAL SKATERS ASSOCIATION 3006 Allegro Park Lane SW Rochester, MN 55902
“This was a passion project that I did with my students. Covid has been so hard on our figure skaters and I wanted to do something for them that would lift their spirits and expand their creativity as well. We love these photos because not only did we create a special memory but it also exhibits their beautiful skating as well.”
