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2021 HALL OF FAME
By Kent McDill
udrey Weisiger believes her selection for the PSA Hall of Fame is a consideration of her body of work over several decades of coaching. But she is aware of her most recent “Hall of Fame” coaching moment, and it came during quarantine. “I was able to adapt to teaching virtually, which I am proud of myself because it is not in my nature to be very techy,” Weisiger said. “I was able to teach a couple of kids their first triples. Talk about a Hall of Fame moment! “That made me aware that we are onto something,” she said. “The pandemic taught us that we can be effective virtually. But I don’t think it will ever replace live in-person coaching.” Weisiger’s Hall of Fame selection is the capstone to a career that has included numerous other awards, like the PSA and USFSA Coach of the Year in 1999. She was a U.S.
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Olympic team coach in 1998 and 2002, and most famously worked with U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame skater Michael Weiss, the three-time national champion. But Weisiger believes her Hall of Fame selection comes as a result of her body of work, which has included both on-ice one-on-one coaching with skaters as well as off-ice coaching of athletes and coaches with the Grassroots to Champions program she founded in 2003. Grassroots to Champions offers seminars to raise the technical level of skaters and coaches. After a hiatus due to Covid-19, Weisiger said Grassroots to Champions seminars will start again soon. “That’s what I want people to remember, that it is a body of work. I had a high profile career for a while, and it is certainly lovely to be respected and honored. But every coach that does a great lesson is a Hall of Fame coach in
