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Over the Edge
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President’s Message
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Ratings
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SafeSport
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| Cheryl Faust | U.S. Figure Skating
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Sport Science
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Education
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Best Business Practices
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A Coach Who Fell in Love With Her Job
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2020 PSA Coaches Honor Roll
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2020 Summit Keynote: Patrick Chan
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Additional Summit Insight
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Board of Governors Candidates
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PSA TV: Christy Krall's Balloon Exercise
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Board Profile New Members PSA Calendar of Events Elizabeth Thornton | Editor/Advertising Amanda Taylor | Art Director
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OVER THE EDGE Jimmie Santee, MPD, MG PSA OFFICERS President First Vice President Second Vice President Third Vice President Treasurer Past President
Failure to Report I
check the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s Centralized Disciplinary Database (CDD) regularly and recently the Center updated its website. The new CDD is a huge improvement and much easier to navigate. Currently, the Center has over 1000 individuals listed on the CDD. When I accessed the webpage in January, I noticed a first…two individuals affiliated with U.S. Soccer who had been suspended for failing to report. It got me thinking… if there are over a thousand names listed on the site, there have to be at least an equal number of people who decided it was their responsibility to report. How many however, decide it’s not their responsibility and do nothing? An equal number or more of non-reporters? Could it be substantially higher? In this day and age, there is no defense for not reporting. Still though, there are many excuses. Whether right or wrong, friends and family often support the accused at the expense of the victim. The anger in which they respond to accusers often intimidates additional victims or witnesses from coming forward. You would think common sense would dictate our actions to do the right thing, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Until we understand the consequences of not reporting, the ever-increasing physical or emotional damage done to victims will continue. As a society, we must do better. Shedding light on wrong doing is something figure skating has been working on for a long time. U.S. Figure Skating’s mandated reporter rule has been in place for years. PSA’s code of ethics was adopted in 1964. The difficulty comes in the limited oversite and authority PSA has over the sport as a whole. PSA’s authority is limited to our members and their membership in the organization. While we take our role seriously, it is our individual members who must decide to take a stand against abuse in any form. Our rinks, clubs, cities, etc. need to work together to create a culture of support. Consequences PSA has a process to adjudicate breaches of ethical behavior but only if people have the fortitude to stand up and report. That being said, not reporting to U.S. Figure Skating or the U.S. Center for SafeSport can have dire consequences for covered individuals. Witnesses themselves need not make emotional decisions on whether to report or not but focus on the facts as they know them. Witnesses are not investigators; that’s the job of the U.S. Center for SafeSport. Our duty as covered individuals are to report…period. Consequences to victims who continue to be mistreated are obvious. Physical and mental anguish appear in the forms of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, and more. For PSA members, a consequence, whether intended or unintended, of not reporting is liability. Failure to report puts you in a non-defendable position. There is a distinct possibility that liability insurance carriers will deny coverage in the event that a policy holder has knowledge but fails to report violations of misconduct, sexual or not. The Rules Federal law requires every state and territories, including the District of Columbia, to have policies and procedures requiring certain individuals to report known or suspected instances of child abuse and neglect. Approximately 47 states designate individuals who typically have frequent contact with
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To report instances of suspected or known abuse: • Report to local law enforcement: State Statutes childwelfare.gov children as mandatory reporters. The “Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017,” requires a “covered individual who learns of facts that give reason to suspect that a child has suffered an incident of child abuse, including sexual abuse, shall as soon as possible make a report of the suspected abuse,” within a 24-hour period. This is regardless of the specific laws of the state you are in that may or may not require you to report. U.S. Figure Skating SafeSport policy (Part 6: Willful Toleration, page 18, U.S. Figure Skating SafeSport Handbook) specifically states, “It is a violation of these SafeSport policies to willfully tolerate any misconduct where an Athlete or Participant observes or otherwise knows of misconduct but takes no action to report it on behalf of the affected Athlete or Participant.” Known or suspected instances of abuse may be made anonymously reported to U.S. Center for SafeSport, and U.S. Figure Skating. Approximately 19 states, including the District of Columbia, require, mandatory reporters to provide their names and contact information, either at the time of the initial oral report or as part of a written report to local law enforcement.
The PSA Code • U.S. Center for SafeSport: of Ethics direct the uscenterforsafesport.org conduct of members. • You may also call the U.S. Center for Ethics Rule #8 states SafeSport at: 720.531.0340 “Members shall • U.S. Figure Skating: not engage in, nor usfigureskating.org/safesport knowingly permit, any • You may also call U.S. Figure Skating athlete with whom at 719.635.5200 they are charged with the responsibility of coaching to engage in any offense in violation of the U.S. Figure Skating SafeSport policies, including willfully tolerating misconduct of an athlete(s), coach(s), official, and/or volunteer”. Disciplinary action for an ethics rule violation includes private or public admonition, suspension, expulsion, or permanent expulsion from membership of the Professional Skaters Association. It is good that victims are reporting and coming forward. This is how we can remove abusers from our sport. But how many victims could have been saved earlier if someone who knew or suspected what was happening reported it sooner?
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Alex Chang, MFS, RM
Planning, Shifting Perspective, and Purposeful Adaptation B
y the time you read this, most of you will be full swing into the new season with fresh competition plans on the horizon. With 2020 comes a fresh start and a time to dream big and implement well-intentioned stratagems. It’s a time to restart the competition cycle with hopes that this year everything runs according to plan. But… what do you do when the hiccups happen, a reoccurring injury flares up, a mental block hinders progress, or better yet, the inevitable growth spurt materializes overnight? Take a moment to pause, step back, see the bigger perspective, and assess the damage before you coursecorrect. (A.K.A. Don’t react.) Your brain and self-talk will kick in no matter what, so take the opportunity to find an unexpected silver lining, like: “It’s a good thing this happened now and not before regionals.” Taking a moment to re-orient yourself (and your clients) will help you find the teachable moment amidst the frustration. For example, it would not be helpful to say, “You made mistakes, you missed a jump and a spin, AND got a timing violation!” Don’t panic – this is good feedback for the next event. I like to use: “Yes you made a mistake but think of it like this: You got a ‘parking ticket’ on the streets of skating. Pay your $50 fee and move on. You don’t sell your car or stop driving, but you also stop parking on the wrong side of the street.” Then, you talk to your skater and make the corrections – “move the jump earlier, change the spin, and stop on time!” Sounds simple, but sometimes we need a reminder or a pause to re-center our coaching. The education within PSA will hopefully provide new material for you and your skaters to prosper throughout the season. But no matter what we anticipate and purposefully plan for, there are going to be gaps and what I like to think of as opportunities for our true coaching talents to really shine. How do we explain the unexplainable? How do we get past the personally-crippling frustrations that come along with competitive skating and striving to be our best? That is when pausing, shifting perspective, and adapting to our circumstances will allow us to get back to our plan and purpose. These life lessons about overcoming obstacles will be what our students remember most about us, our time together in this sport, and what makes us skaters. PSA is here to help, not only to teach ‘at you’ but to also provide seminars, mentorships, community discussion,
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and lots and lots of interactive opportunities… to talk about the fuzzy, the frustrating, and the seemingly unanswerable questions that come along with coaching. More than an organization, the PSA is your partner in providing a pathway for coaching development. We hope our education provides some concrete answers, but more importantly we hope it will spark discussion, generate clarity, and help forge new relationships within our coaching community. In other words, the answers reside in you and we are here to help you discover them. We are very excited for the 2020 slate of events as well as our online/on-demand offerings including PSA TV, and we invite you to explore our many offerings to find the right fit for you. I’m sure each of you have many stories of your own about your favorite teachable moments. Share them with your fellow colleagues and further the conversation. By sharing we all can spark something within ourselves and each other that answers the many questions we face in real life, or in our case, on the ice. Cheers to you in 2020!
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RATINGS Cheryl Faust MFS, MM
Never Stop Learning H
appy Spring! In life and in skating you should never stop learning. What better way to solidify your coaching career than by investing in yourself? As coaches we give of ourselves everyday...even when there is no more to give. It is important to have a tribe of support to uplift, encourage, acknowledge, share ideas and most importantly laugh with! Membership has its privileges! Having your PSA membership opens the door not only to education and updated information, but networking with master coaches. As a PSA member, the directory is your personal resource to coaches all over the country who are willing to share their knowledge with you. If you would like guidance to connect with a master coach, please feel free to contact me directly. Another great privilege is the benefit of this magazine where we are continuing to bring you sample oral rating questions. These questions should not only help your ratings preparation, but provoke thought to help you advance in your coaching. Here is a sample question from the Certified Program Director exam: Q: Do you have a set procedure for staff discipline? If so, explain. Sample Answer: Answers may vary; Key words/phrases: • Document • Meeting • Warning • Employee file • Signatures • Positive reinforcement Here is a sample question from the Registered Choreography exam: Q: As a choreographer, what techniques do you use to improve stroking? Sample Answer: At these developmental levels it is imperative that an athlete develop excellent skating skills, stroking
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being the foundation of these skills. As a choreographer, I work on upper body posture, use of correct edges, leg stretch and extension, ankle and knee bend to develop power, as well as arm positions and correct alignment. Remember that the Ratings Study Guides are free online which help give you the full overview of the oral ratings process and questions asked. Consider them your “Cliff Notes” of ratings. I am always available and am here to help guide you in your ratings journey. I welcome any and all feedback!
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U.S. Figure Skating Background Screen Changes E
ffective January 1, 2020, all U.S. Figure Skating background checks will be screened under new search components and criteria as required by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee. In addition, U.S. Figure Skating background screens will move from being valid for one season to being valid for the season in which the screen is completed along with the following season. Individuals with a current valid U.S. Figure Skating background check will not be affected by this change until the compliance period for the 2020-21 season opens in June 2020. The new screens include the following changes: Screens Submitted Prior to January 1, 2020 20
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Background check valid for the season in which a determination is issued with an automatic six month recheck
Background check valid for the season in which a determination is issued and the following season with a 12 month automatic recheck
Local level searches — two County Criminal Records search of longest/ most recent residency in the past five years
Local level searches — County Criminal Records search for name used and county where the individual currently lives or has lived during the past seven years (up to three included)
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Federal District Courts searches — For name used and district where the individual currently lives or has lived during that past seven years (up to three included)
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Q: I have a current USFS background check that is valid until June 2020. Do I need to submit a new screen based on these changes? A: No. Individuals with a current USFS background check are not affected by these changes until the 2020-21 season compliance period which begins 6/1/2020. Q: I have a current background screen with another organization/my employer. Can I submit the findings from that screen to USFS? A: No. The background screen USFS requires is specific to the organization and must be completed through your Members Only portal. We do not accept any other screenings. Q: I’m a SafeSport Compliance Chair or President for my club. How do you recommend communicating this to our members/volunteers who require compliance? A: We suggest communicating these new requirements to your members/volunteers multiple times to ensure they see it. Emails, flyers, and in person communications about the updates are highly recommended. If you need materials to present to your members/volunteers about these changes, please email SafeSport@usfigureskating.org. Q: Approximately how long will it take for a domestic or international screen to be completed? A: Domestic screens typically take 5-10 business days. International screens may take up to 14 days to be complete depending on the country whose records are searched. Once U.S. Figure Skating is notified of the finding it takes one business day or less for a person’s compliance status to be updated. Q: I’m unsure if my role within the sport requires a background screen. Who should I talk to about this? A: There’s a matrix in U.S. Figure Skating’s SafeSport Program Handbook that outlines what positions require a USFS background screen. We suggest talking to your club’s SafeSport Compliance Chair or President about any additional roles they may have identified as needing compliance. Any questions about these changes can be directed to SafeSport@usfigureskating.org.
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[ BOARD PROFILE ]
Phillip Mills, MC Phillip Mills started as a gymnast, took ballet to get better at gymnastics, and then cultivated all he knew about movement of the human body to become a world-class choreographer. Between his time in Colorado at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs and at Ice Castle International in Lake Arrowhead and his move to Orange County, Calif., where he currently works at the Lake Forest and Aliso Viejo Ice Palaces, he has sent 23 skaters to World Championships and six to the Olympics. As a member of the PSA Board of Governors, Mills leads the PSA Apprenticeship Committee, where he indulges his personal goal of leading
young figure skating coaches into long and successful careers. “I feel compelled to give a voice to the younger population of coaches in our industry who have felt overlooked,” Mills said in an interview with PS Magazine. “I created the President’s Award of Excellence to acknowledge these grass roots coaches and to encourage their continued involvement and education. As a committee co-chair with Deborah Jones, we are rebooting and rebranding the Apprentice Program, which will now be called the Accelerated Coaches Alliance.” Mills is married to his wife of 40 years, Michelle Mills, who has taught ballet to several figure skaters, including Nathan Chen. “Outside of skating we live a very low-key life,” Mills said. “My hobbies include being a certified diver and I enjoy snow skiing. I also am an avid reader and enjoy reading German
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novels to keep my language skill up. I can teach in Japanese and use to speak Italian; however, it is pretty rusty now."
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SPORT SCIENCE Heidi Thibert, MFS, MM, MC
The Athlete’s Navigation Device BY GARRETT LUCASH
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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. Modern technology bestowed us with navigation 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. 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. The notion that making errors inform our learning is acknowledged in the skill acquisition research literature (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. In fact, the run-through scenario is not an exchange at all because the athlete plays a passive role. They 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
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never provide feedback. They just need to observe when those teachable moments occur and this is a coaching skill that takes time to develop. 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 encouragement, 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. Unfortunately, navigation device feedback deceptively influences learning. One of the greatest misconceptions 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. Unbeknownst to many, traditional feedback practices fail to accomplish the true goal of feedback: to guide yet, ultimately, supplement athletes’ self-regulated learning and performance (Schmidt et al. 2018). The reality is that athletes and coaches tend to 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. One approach coaches can take to transform feedback into a dialogue is to ask the athlete questions that guide
"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." 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: The athlete lands a Lutz jump but had an edge change on the takeoff. Coach: Athlete: Coach: Athlete: Coach:
“What did you think of your Lutz jump?” “I liked it.” “What did you like about it?” “It felt big and I landed it.” “It was a big jump! What makes a Lutz jump different from a flip jump?” Athlete: “A Lutz jump takes off from an outside edge.” Coach: “Yes, it does! Did your Lutz takeoff from an outside edge?” Athlete: “I don’t know.” Coach: “Can you do another Lutz jump for me and let me know what you think?” The athlete performs another Lutz jump and changes edge again… 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 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.
References 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. 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. "Influence of perceived and preferred coach feedback on youth athletes' perceptions of team motivational climate." Psychology of Sport and Exercise 13 (4):484-490.
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A Coach Who Fell In Love With Her Job By Kent McDill
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aude White had no choice. She had to do something to make money, and the only thing she knew how to do was figure skate. So, at the age of 19, she decided to become a figure skating coach. She joined PSA in 1959 and has been a proud member of PSA for over 60 years. Since then, White has acquired Master ratings from the PSA for Figures, Freestyle, Dance, MIF and Group Instruction. She has influenced the figure skating communities in both Philadelphia and Richmond, Va. She has raised three children (two daughters who figure skated and a son who played hockey), and eventually earned the college degree that eluded her in her youth. White is a fierce defender of the values of PSA membership, just as she bristles with the knowledge that many young coaches find it difficult to participate in PSA programs due to the cost and the time required. But just as she made it all work for herself, she cajoles her younger coaching colleagues to acquire PSA ratings and develop greater coaching skills as they grow into the career she sort of fell into. Maude White’s father was a fisherman, and in the winter months of the 1950s in New York state, fishing was not available, so White’s father took his 9-year-old daughter to the local skating rink just to give her something to do. White continued to skate in her spare time and, because the school system she was in offered split schedules to all students, she had the time to became quite proficient, eventually competing in U.S. Figure Skating competitions in the intermediate, novice, junior, and senior levels. At the age of 19, White turned to coaching because “there wasn’t anything else I wanted to do. It was a job that became a career. I did not know I was going to get hooked, but I loved doing it.” She credits her own coaches Gus Lussi and Red Bainbridge providing her the base she needed to be a successful coach. Settling in the Philadelphia area as a young adult, White coached there for over 45 years and eventually became the Skating Director at the Philadelphia Skating Club in Ardmore, Pa., during which she married and had three
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children. While coaching, she eventually earned a college 1 degree as an adult, working for 10 years on classes in her spare time to earn a degree in business administration from Gwynedd Mercy University in 1996. In 2011, she and her husband moved to Richmond, where she is now coaching part-time. White has coached many regional, sectional and national competitors, and like White, many of them have gone on to become coaches themselves. Her attitude about figure skating is colored by the fact that the sport was a necessity for her, but she understands the pressures that exist for those students and young coaches with whom she has worked. “I like to track how the skaters improve,” White said. “They don’t have to be the best, but as long as they work
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hard, they can improve. “I tell them all, you may not ever get to be in the Olympics, but skating is a great learning tool. You learn to cope with a lot of the pressures. The skating itself pushes you into a direction.” White started her coaching career at a time when a single coach was responsible for all of the segments of a championship skater’s performance, from the strength of their skating ability to their choreography and their music. It’s not that way anymore. “It’s like there is an ownership
angle to coaching these days,’’ White said. “I like it better when it felt like we were all on the same team.” Her appreciation of the PSA stems from her personal association with the organization back when it was the Professional Skaters Guild of America. “The thing I have always liked about the PSA is that they promote the concept of trying new ideas,” White said. “That’s why I always try to get young coaches involved, even when it is hard for them to pay the costs of classes or find the time to attend conferences.”
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EDUCATION Carol Rossignol, MD, MS, MG, MPD, MFF
Justice for Jumping B Y D O U G H AW, M F F, M M
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hen it comes to the “Justice for Jumping” one must have a systematic approach to jumping. That means having a fixed plan or method that is almost fail proof. To me, the three greatest factors that affect jumping are pattern, positions and timing/rhythm! When a jump is executed first check the pattern….is it proportional to the skater’s height, weight, strength and talent to produce the best jump. When learning a jump, all patterns are smaller as you are skating slower to increase edge pressure. Are the positions on the pattern, preparation edge, take-off edge, flight and landing correct? Does the skater have the correct rhythm/timing of the steps, turns and knee action to compliment the pattern and positions? All of these factors are combined to coordinate with the seven biomechanical principles that produce all the forces and leans involved with jumping.
My 21 Jumpisms “Jumpisms” are simply the one-liners or jumping facts I use that get a quick fix for jumps. 1. Knee over toe On every jump the skating knee must be aligned over the skating toe on the take-off. That would have the hip, knee, ankle, and ball flexed to create the optimum spring action to achieve height. You can mention… the skating foot Achilles tendon stretching, the tongue of the boot pressing into the shin bone, and the laces about to break at the third eyelet from the increased pressure to the ball of the foot. 2. Nose over toes Every jump has your head directly over the skating foot with the nose in line with the toes! 3. Keep your back straight and bend at the knee (on every jump take-off) All jumps require your back to be as straight as possible and lower your center of gravity by flexing at the knee (obviously hip, ankle and ball are engaged as well). I usually tell this to skaters once they are tired when performing the last portion of their program. 4. Wind up and release All jumps, like turns, have a wind-up and release to be created. Whether it is a combination of the free shoulder blade pinching into the spine and/or the free hip and leg held back (like a sling shot) for Axel, Salchow, flip, and Lutz. For toe-loop
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it is the skating shoulder blade pinching into the spine and/or the free hip and leg held back, and the loop has the skating shoulder blade pinching into the spine and/ or the skating hip leading pushing forward. 5. Orientation and rotation For more common or counterclockwise jumpers… the left arm is directly extended in front of the body with the palm open facing the abdomen (thumb up) for orientation and the right arm is extended to the side-back of the body with the palm open and the shoulder blade pinching the spine for rotation. The right arm is released and comes forward rapidly across the chest to the left side of the body. This creates rotation! The upper body rotates against the hips on any take-off. The left arm wraps against the tummy ( just above the belly button) to create the “seat belt” position. The body turns into the direction of rotation that is why the right arm must be engaged vigorously as it has the longest distance to travel. 6. Head turns last The head is the last body part to move on the take-off of every jump! 7. Change one variable you must change them all If you increase the speed of the jump you must increase the pattern, edge pressure, and lean on all jumps. 8. Airplane runway All jump take-off edges should be related to an airplane runway. Most take-off edges are too short when faulty. Consider the take-off edge to be similar to an airplane runway and realize that airplanes need a long runway to generate enough speed to become airborne. They cannot take-off like a helicopter! The longer runway allows the rhythm to be complete. 9. Six take-offs, one flight position There are six different take-offs for jumps (Axel, Salchow, toe loop, loop, flip, Lutz) and six different rhythms, patterns, and positions, but there is only one flight position. Once a skater realizes they just have to learn the take-off correctly the rest is simple as they have the same flight position on all jumps! 10. Fast and furious I believe that a skater must execute single jumps as fast as they can (in control of their
speed) to conquer the fear and forces (with lean) before they learn a double jump (and subsequently doubles fast for triples and triples fast for quadruples). 11. Slower more deliberate As the skater executes single, double, triple and quadruple jumps the timing/rhythm becomes slightly slower and more deliberate (with increased edge pressure and more refined/precise positions). 12. Heart rate lower When learning new jumps keep the pace slower (fewer attempts) to accommodate a lower heart rate. When an athlete has a lower heart rate they can process new information more effectively. 13. Draw your feet into a box On all flip and Lutz jumps the picking foot and skating foot should draw as close together as possible like shoes in a box! This facilitates more height and a quicker transfer of linear motion to vertical lift. 14. Babies crawl before they walk When learning new jumps, all skaters must learn them at a very slow speed to facilitate the forces and lean involved to create the jump. Bottom line….feel the edge pressure more! A fast speed boat barely touches the water! As we know, all rotation is initiated on the ice, therefore speed is the enemy as no edge pressure will be created. 15. Palms open please All palms should be open without any fists on jump take-offs. Use the contraction of the muscles to create a tighter flight position (reduce the radius of gyration and/or moment of inertia) after the skater becomes airborne.
toe jumps, the body leans as far forward as the pic leg goes back. 17. Model Have a model/mind video replay of a jump in your mind and teach from that concept. See how your skater differs from that model. 18. Pole vaulting Always think of “pole vaulting technique” when teaching toe jumps. Remember the free leg bends after the tap similar to the pole bending after its tap! 19. Read the print Read the print on the ice. Look for edge depth, texture, skids (which are on flats) or scrapes (which are on an edge), length, width, and most importantly the shape. This will inform you greatly on the quality of the jump. 20. Look versus feel Elements look better than they feel to a skater. Remind them of that! Video as much as you can. The video does not lie! 21. Body part and action When teaching any element remember the brain processes short precise instructions… so… name a body part and an action! For example, to create the “h” position on a jump take-off… say… “Thigh High” (the body part is the thigh and the action is high). Doug Haw is Master rated in Figures, Free Skating and Moves and Canadian NCCP Level 5 Olympic coach status. He is an author of MIF as well as a presenter of seminars world wide. Please contact hawskate@gmail.com for more information.
16. Head up The skater’s head should be up (not back) on every jump take-off to keep the “spine in line”. Remember the back must be straight on every take-off. It can be pitched forward but it must be straight. On
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2020 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Honor Roll of PSA Coaches
Alexa Knierim / Christopher Knierim
Championship Ladies Alysa Liu
1
Laura Lipetsky
Mariah Bell
2
Rafael Arutyunyan, Adam Rippon
Bradie Tennell
3
Jeremy Allen, Denise Myers
Karen Chen
4
Tammy Gambill
Championship Men Nathan Chen
1
Rafael Arutyunyan
Jason Brown
2
Karen Preston, Tracy Wilson
Tomoki Hiwatashi
3
Christine Krall, Damon Allen
Vincent Zhou
4
Lori Nichol, Lee Barkell
Championship Pairs Alexa Knierim / Christopher Knierim
1
Todd Sand, Jenni Meno-Sand
Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson
2
Todd Sand, Jenni Meno-Sand
Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea
3
Dalilah Sappenfield
Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc
4
Darlene Cain, Peter Cain, Nina Mozer
Championship Dance Madison Chock / Evan Bates
1
Patrice Lauzon
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
2
Patrice Lauzon
Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
3
Patrice Lauzon, Pascal Denis
Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
4
David Owen, Igor Shpilband
Junior Ladies Lindsay Thorngren
1
Julia Lautowa
Isabeau Levito
2
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, Yulia Kuznetsova
Calista Choi
3
Denise Myers
Isabelle Inthisone
4
Jeremy Allen, Denise Myers
Junior Men Maxim Naumov
1
Evgenia Shishkova, Vadim Naumov
Eric Sjoberg
2
Rafael Arutyunyan, Denys Petrov
Liam Kapeikis
3
Louise Kapeikis, Keegan Murphy
Lucas Altieri
4
Aaron Gillespie
Junior Pairs Kate Finster / Balazs Nagy
1
Dalilah Sappenfield
Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia 2
Trudy Oltmanns, Emily Oltmanns
Winter Deardorff / Mikhail Johnson
3
Dalilah Sappenfield
Cate Fleming / Jedidiah Isbell
4
Fred Palascak, Melanie Lambert
Junior Dance Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik
1
Pasquale Camerlengo, Igor Shpilband, Natalia Deller
Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen
2
Pasquale Camerlengo, Adrienne Lenda, Igor Shpilband
Oona Brown / Gage Brown
3
Joel Dear, Inese Bucevica
Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov
4
Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin
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2020 HONOR ROLL PHOTO BY MELANIE HEANEY
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Juvenile Pairs Ellie Korytek/ Allan Fisher
1 Ekaterina Gordeeva, Devin Matthews, Victoria Pliatsok
Dalila DeLaura/ Antonio Monaco
2 Isabelle Brasseur Marvaldi, Holly Harper, Marc Weitzman
Emily Renzi/ Zachary LoPinto
3 Isabelle Brasseur Marvaldi, Rocky Marval
Caitlin Levine/ Bryan Lehmann
4 Dmitri Kazarlyga, Genevieve Coulombe
2020 U.S. Ice Dance Final
2020 U.S. Pairs Final Senior Pairs Olivia Serafini/ Mervin Tran
1 Jana Brazee, Jason Briggs
Jessica Pfund/ Joshua Santillan
2 Lyndon Johnston
Laiken Lockley/ Keenan Prochnow
3 Rockne Brubaker, Stefania Berton
Maria Mokhova/ Ivan Mokhov
4 Oksana Yakusheva,rey Mokhov
Junior Pairs Kate Finster/ Balazs Nagy
1 Dalilah Sappenfield
Winter Deardorff/ Mikhail Johnson
2 Dalilah Sappenfield
Anastasiia Smirnova/ Danil Siianytsia
3 Trudy Oltmanns
Isabelle Martins/ Ryan Bedard
4 Rockne Brubaker
Novice Pairs Natasha Mishkutionok/ Daniel Tioumentsev
1 Natalia Mishkutionok, Dalilah Sappenfield, Anna Tarassova
Faye Kropf/ Sasha Lunin
2 Alena Lunin, Alexander Lunin
Sonia Baram/ Blake Edwards
3 Ekaterina Gordeeva, Devin Matthews
Juliette Reed/ Jordan Gillette
4 Rockne Brubaker, Stefania Berton
Intermediate Pairs Cayla Smith /,y Deng
1 Alena Lunin
Megan Winch/ Zachary Yaninek
2 Rashid Kadyrkaev, Doris Papenfuss
Morgan Hilbrich/ Michael Poland Ashley Stark/ Kevin Ponceau
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Senior Dance Eva Pate/ Logan Bye
1 Igor Shpilband
Livvy Shilling/ Alexander Petrov
2 Adrienne Lenda, Igor Shpilband, Natalia Deller
Bailey Melton/ Ryan Odonnell
3 Timonthy McKernan, Trina Pratt
Junior Dance Katarina Wolfkostin/ Jeffrey Chan
1 Adrienne Lenda, Igor Shpilband, Natalia Deller
Molly Cesanek/ Yehor Yehorov
2 Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin
Katarina DelCamp/ Ian Somerville
3 Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin
Oona Brown/ Gage Brown
4 Joel Dear, Inese Bucevica
Novice Dance Elliana Peal/ Ethan Peal
1 Robert Peal
Helena Carhart/ Volodymyr Horovyi
2 Alper Ucar, Ilya Tkachenko
Juliette Shadid/ Lucas Shadid
3 Christine Binder
Claire Cain /,rei Davydov
4 Alexei Kiliakov, Ramil Sarkulov, Dmytri Ilin
Intermediate Dance Kristina Bland/ Gabriel Francis
1 Andrienne Lenda, Igor Shpilband, Natalia Deller
Olivia Ilin/ Dylan Cain
2 Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin
Julia Epps/ Blake Gilman
3 Slava Uchitel, Penny Coomes, Nicholas Buckland
Audrey-Kate Johnson/ Lucas Appel
4 Steven Belanger, Elizabeth Wright-Johnson
Juvenile Dance Sylvia Li/ Rowan Le Coq
1 Kristen Fraser, Igor Lukanin
Xinyu Chen/ Jack Liu
2 Ron Kravette
3 Grant Huang, Carrie Greene
Michelle Deych/ Wiles Middlekauff
3 Tatiana Gladkova, Igor Shpilband, Natalia Deller
4 Tiffany Vise Baldwin
Lila Earle/ William Lissauer
4 Sinead Kerr
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2020 HONOR ROLL
2020 Eastern Sectionals Senior Ladies Emily Zhang
1 Viktor Pfeifer
Sarah Jung
2 Pamela Gregory
Gracie Gold Rena Ikenishi
Novice Ice Dancing Claire Cain /,rei Davydov
1 Alexei Kiliakov, Ramil Sarkulov, Dmytri Ilin
Anna Lewis/ Seiji Urano
2 Vasiliy Serkov, Katrina Shalin
Anna Gissibl/ Benjamin Starr
3 Svetlana Kulikova, Denys Latyshev
Helena Carhart/ Volodymyr Horovyi
4 Alper Ucar, Ilya Tkachenko
3 Vincent Restencourt, Pavel Filchenkov
Intermediate Ladies Lotus Shen
1 Jeffrey DiGregorio, Pamela Gregory
4 Inese Bucevica, Mary Lynn Gelderman
Ava Ziegler
2 Steven Rice, Patricia Ziegler
Isabella Garland
3 Jeffrey DiGregorio, Pamela Gregory
Georgia Bolocan
4 Aren Nielsen, Sherry Hewitt
Senior Men Jimmy Ma
1 Darlene Cain, Peter Cain
William Hubbart
2 Cindy Caprel
Tony Lu
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Intermediate Men Matthew Grossman
1 Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
4 Suna Murry, Shin-Juh Chen
Jonathon Hildebrandt
2 Suna Murray, Amanda DeAguila
Van Pierson
3 Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
Anthony Ying
4 Garrett Lucash, Vadim Naumov
Intermediate Pairs Megan Winch/ Zachary Yaninek
1 Rashid Kadyrkaev, Irina Romanova
Tyler VanWagner/ Patrick VanWagner
2 Oleg Bliakhman, Heidi Vanderhoof, Evelyn VanWagner
Jun Hong Chen Senior Pairs Allison Timlen/ Justin Highgate - Brutman
1 Carrie Wall, Bobby Martin
Junior Ladies Lindsay Thorngren
1 Julia Lautowa
Mia Eckels
2 Kimberly Meissner, Pamela Gregory
Mauryn Tyack
3 Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
Laura Annunziata
4 Vincent Restencourt, Alexander Zahradnicek
Intermediate Ice Dancing Olivia Ilin/ Dylan Cain 1 Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin Julia Epps/ Blake Gilman
2 Slava Uchitel, Penny Coomes, Nicholas Buckland
2 Roman Skornyakov, Tatyana Malinina
Audrey-Kate Johnson/ Lucas Appel
3 Steven Belanger, Elizabeth Wright-Johnson
Lucas Altieri
3 Aaron Gillespie
Caroline Mullen/ Brendan Mullen
4 Daphne Frysiek, Ruslan Goncharov
Josheph Kang
4 Priscilla Hill - Wampler, Erica Bateman
Juvenile Girls Ela Cui
1 Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
Junior Men Maxim Naumov
1 Vadim Naumov, Evgenia Shishkova
Ilia Malinin
Junior Pairs Evelyn Grace Hanns/ Jim Garbutt
1 Silvia Fontana Zimmerman, John Zimmerman
Phoebe Stubblefield
2 Artem Torgashev
Cate Fleming/ Jedidiah Isbell
2 Fred Palascak, Melanie Lambert
Kaitlin Krafchik
3 Igor Krokavec, Elena Pavlova
Arianna Varvoutis/ Derrick Griffin
3 Aaron Gillespie, Nadine Kerr, John Kerr
Olivia Appel
4 Artem Torgashev,rei Zharkov
Analise Gonzalez/ Franz-Peter Jerosch
4 Carrie Wall, Bobby Martin
Juvenile Boys Lucius Kazanecki
1 Galit Chait, Roman Serov
Jason Hu
2 Jason Wong, Kara Taylor
Patrick Blackwell
3 Garrett Lucash, Annette Blackwell
John Liu
4 Jeffrey DiGregorio, Pamela Gregory
Junior Ice Dancing Elizabeth Tkachenko/ Alexei Kiliakov
1 Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak
Angela Ling/ Caleb Wein
2 Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin
Novice Ladies Isabeau Levito
1 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, Yulia Kuznetsova
Hazel Collier
2 Suna Murray, Simon Shnapir
Clara Kim
3 Roman Skornyakov
Cathryn Limketkai
4 Suna Murray, Sergey Minaev
Novice Men Robert Yampolsky
1 Anton Nimenko
Jacob Sanchez
2 Larisa Selezneva, Oleg Makarov
Luke Wang
3 Viktor Pfeifer
Jordan Evans
4 Jeffrey DiGregorio
Juvenile Pairs Dalila DeLaura/ Antonio Monaco
1 Isabelle Brasseur Marvaldi, Rocky Marval, Marc Weitzman
Emily Renzi/ Zachary LoPinto
2 Isabelle Brasseur Marvaldi, Rocky Marval
Lola Hagbo/ Gunnar Hagbo
3 Elena Valova, Meghann Hagbo
Juvenile Ice Dancing Sylvia Li/ Rowan Le Coq
1 Kristen Fraser, Igor Lukanin
Xinyu Chen/ Jack Liu
2 Ron Kravette
Lila Earle/ William Lissauer
3 Sinead Kerr, Gary Irving
Gabriella Rodriguez/ Gabe Winawer
4 Michael Bramante, Bryna Oi
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2020 HONOR ROLL
2020 Midwestern Sectionals Senior Ladies Paige Rydberg
1 Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin
Courtney Hicks
2 Edwin Shipstad, Christine Krall
Alyssa Rich
3 Benjamin Shroats, Ann Brumbaugh
Maxine Marie Bautista
4 Alexander Ouriashev
Senior Men Jordan Moeller
1 Edwin Shipstad, Sandy Rucker Straub
Andrew Austin
2 Quinton Clemons
Emmanuel Savary
3 Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin
Ben Jalovick
4 Ryan Jahnke, Douglas Ladret
Senior Pairs Nica Digerness/ Danny Neudecker
1 Dalilah Sappenfield
Emily Chan/ Spencer Howe
2 Aleksey Letov, Olga Ganicheva
Senior Ice Dancing Livvy Shilling/ Alexander Petrov
1 Igor Shpiband, Natalia Deller
Eva Pate/ Logan Bye
2 Igor Shpiband
Junior Ladies Calista Choi
1 Sandi Delfs, Denise Myers
Isabelle Inthisone
2 Sandi Delfs, Denise Myers
Maryn Pierce
3 Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin
Jessica Lin
4 Darlene Cain, Peter Cain
Junior Men David Shapiro
1 Ronnie Biancosino
Matthew Nielsen
2 Christian Martin, J acqueline Redenshek-Henry
Chase Finster
3 Edwin Shipstad, Tom Zakrajsek
Daniel Turchin
4 Amber Gil
Daniel Borisov
3 Caryn Kadavy
Timothy Bergal
4 Tanya Street-Burgess
Novice Pairs Natasha Mishkutionok/ Daniel Tioumentsev
1 Natalia Mishkutionok, Dalilah Sappenfield, Anna Tarassova
Aleksandra Prudsky/ Enoch Chen
2 Val Prudsky, Elena Prudsky
Juliette Reed/ Jordan Gillette
3 Erik Schulz, Stefania Berton
Novice Ice Dancing Elliana Peal/ Ethan Peal
1 Robert Peal
Maria Brown/ Marius Driscoll
2 Jackie Miles, Natalia Deller
Vanessa Pham/ Johnathon Rogers
3 Roman Zaretsky
Gabrela Hernandez/ Noah Lafornara
4 Oleg Epstein, Collin Brubaker
Intermediate Ladies Ava Neuhaus
1 Sandi Delfs, Denise Myers
Ellie Kam
2 Edwin Shipstad, Tammy Gambill
Alina Bonillo
3 Larissa Bonillo
Katie Holling
4 Tom Zakrajsek, Natalya Khazova
Intermediate Men Allan Fisher
1 Victoria Pliatsok
Ian Kirk
2 Benjamin Shroats, Ann Brumbaugh
Lake Liao
3 Amanda Dobbs
Beck Strommer
4 Cindy Sullivan
Intermediate Pairs Cayla Smith /,y Deng
1 Alena Lunin
Elaine Luo/ Hayden Wood
2 Laura Sanders, William Fauver
Intermediate Ice Dancing Kristina Bland/ Gabriel Francis 1 Adrienne Lenda, Igor Shpiband, Natalia Deller
Junior Pairs Winter Deardorff/ Mikhail Johnson 1 Dalilah Sappenfield
Mila Guberman/ Joshua Soto
2 Slava Uchitel, Penny Coomes, Nicholas Buckland
Olivia Hutchinson/ Jacob Levy
3 Vladimir Fedorov, Kendra Allen
Sarah Burden/ Jake Pagano
2 Dalilah Sappenfield
Sydney Flaum/ Alex Wellman
3 Dalilah Sappenfield
Juvenile Girls Cecilia Donohue
1 Kelly Harper, Svetlana Khodorkovsky
Brianna Chang
2 Mary Beth Marley
1 Oleg Epstein, Collin Brubaker
Zoe Dreis
3 Christian Conte, Lorie Charbonneau
Anna Nicklas/ Max Ryan
2 Yaroslava Nechaeva
Gemma Soles
4 Laurent Masse, Heidi Masse
Samantha Ritter/ Jim Wang
3 Adrienne Lenda, Igor Shpiband, Natalia Deller
Hilary Asher/ Alexander Petrov
4 Pierre Panayi
Juvenile Boys Taira Shinohara
1 Jeremy Allen
Matthew Lin
2 Yaroslav Merkepel
1 Jeremy Allen, Denise Myers
Zachary LoPinto
3 Rocky Marval, Isabella Brasseur Marvaldi
Tamnhi Huynh
2 Aleksey Letov, Olga Ganicheva
Peter Malakhov
4 Inna Shaposhnikova, Sergey Artemov
Audrey Meredith
3 Dana Hult, Denise Myers
Amber Barth
4 Natalia Mishkutionok, Dmytro Palamarchuk
Juvenile Pairs Annie Bai /,rew Bai
1 Ann Eidson, Dmytro Boyenko
Mylee Hawkins/ Wyatt Prosch
2 Brent Echols
Junior Ice Dancing Layla Karnes/ Kenan Slevira
Novice Ladies Elsa Cheng
Novice Men Joseph Klein
1 Agata Czyzewski, Valeria Masarsky
Piper Gabele/ William Arbaugh
3 Laura Sanders, William Fauver
Daniel Martynov
2 Yevgeny Martynov, Marina Gromova
Lydia Orr/ Anthony Boston
4 Grant Huang
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2020 HONOR ROLL Juvenile Ice Dancing Michelle Deych/ Wiles Middlekauff
1 Tatiana Gladkova, Igor Shpiband, Natalia Deller
Novice Pairs Ashley Fletcher/ Scott Dudley
1 Todd Sand, Jenni Meno, Christine Binder
Kayla Black/ Kamden Black
2 Barbara Murphy
Sonia Baram/ Blake Edwards
3 Ekaterina Gordeeva, Devin Matthews 1 Christine Binder
Clara Fugate/ Warren Fugate
2 Greg Zuerlein, Charlotte Maxwell, Ryan Devereaux
Cassandra Cowen/ Samual Ingram
3 Collin Brubaker, Kseniya Ponomaryova, Alina Ponomarova
Novice Ice Dancing Juliette Shadid/ Lucas Shadid
Shaylin Backer/ Aaron Chen
4 Tara Backer
Zoe Sensenbrenner/ Matthew Sperry
2 Elena Novak, Ramil Sarkulov
Olivia Dietrich/ Eduard Pylypenko
3 Alexei Kiliakov, Ramil Karkulov, Dmytri Ilin
Intermediate Ladies Tia Hilbelink
1 Shannon Damiano
Sonja Wang
2 Oganes Mkrtchian
Cindy Lin
3 Sherri Krahne - Thomas, Ryan Berning
Hannah Baldwin
4 Tiffany McNeil, Stephanie Chace Bass
Intermediate Men Lucas Broussard
1 Darin Hosier, Corrie Martin
Sergei Evseev
2 Oganes Mkrtchian
Mark Williams
3 Kananililiaikapela Tanaka, Kehaunani
Vaclav Vasquez
4 Yidan Li
Intermediate Pairs Olivia Mendoza/ Eiden Elswick
1 Tiffany Vise Baldwin
Ashley Stark/ Kevin Ponceau
2 Tiffany Vise Baldwin
Julie Dupont/ Theodore Dupont
3 Perry Jewell, Bianca Marro 4 Stephanie Stiegler, Arlene McSorley
2020 Pacific Coast Sectionals Senior Ladies Caitlin Ha
1 Jerome Michael, Ivan Dinev
Sierra Venetta
2 Christine Krall, Jeff Crandell
Emilia Murdock
3 Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
Alex Evans
4 Derrick Delmore, Peter Kongkasem
Senior Men Joonsoo Kim
1 Derrick Delmore, Peter Kongkasem
Yaroslav Paniot
2 Phillip Mills, Slava Zagorodnyuk
Dinh Tran
3 Dee Goldstein
Sean Rabbitt
4 Tammy Gambill
Junior Ladies Ellen Slavicek
1 Wendy Olson, Amy Evidente
Mia Kalin
2 Vadim Shebeco
Noelle Rosa
3 Lisa Kriley
Kate Wang
4 Jeff Crandell
Emma Kormanyos/ Ethan Kormanyos
Junior Men Eric Sjoberg
1 Denys Petrov, Rafael Arutyunyan
Intermediate Ice Dancing Anna Sophia O Brien/ Steven Wei 1 Kristen Fraser, Igor Lukanin
Liam Kapeikis
2 Louise Kapeikis, Paul Kapeikis
Isabella Bickenbach/ Drake Tong
Goku Endo
3 Angela Nikodinov, Ivan Dinev
2 Dmitriy Serebrenik, Slava Uchitel, Nicholas Buckland
Seth Kurogi
4 Lisa Kriley, Karen Stone
Vered Polonsky/ David Case
3 Jonathon O'Dougherty
Ashley Cohen/ Kent Gancarz
4 Jonathon O'Dougherty, Geoffry Varner
Junior Ice Dancing Gianna Buckley/ Anton Spiridonov
1 Alper Ucar, Ilya Tkachenko
Juvenile Girls Nicole Park
1 Christopher Pottenger, Alyssa Hatfield
Breelie Taylor/ Tyler Vollmer
2 Graham Payne
Isabelle Emler
2 Colleen Mickey, Lexie Hernandez
Keira Hilbelink
3 Shannon Damiano
Elyce Lin-Gracey
4 Naomi Nam
Novice Ladies Michelle Lee
1 Derrick Delmore, Ivan Dinev
Hannah Herrera
2 Evgeniya Chernyshova
Gwen Bloesch
3 Rocky Marval
Juvenile Boys Tao MacRae
1 Michael Brezina, Oganes Mkrtchian
Lindsay Mattenson
4 Amy Evidente, Christopher Pottenger
Aaron Li
2 Phillip DiGuglielmo, Laura Lipetsky
Novice Men Samuel Mindra
August Perthus
3 Scott J. Driscoll
1 Kananililiaikapela Tanaka, Kehaunani Malama
Ryan William Azadpour
4 Kehunani Malama, Dice Murakami
Kai Kovar
2 Amanda Kovar, Jozef Sabovcik
Michael Xie
3 Colleen Mickey, Johnathon Cassar
Samir Mallya
4 Amy Evidente
Juvenile Pairs Ellie Korytek/ Allan Fisher
1 Ekaterina Gordeeve, Devin Matthews, Victoria Pliatsok
Jordyn McNeill/ Carter Griffin
2 Larry Schrier
Audrey Lapham/ Ryan William Azadpour
3 Kananililiaikapela Tanaka, Dice Murakami
Joyce Lu/ Wyatt Lu
4 Barbara Murphy PS MAGAZINE
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2020 HONOR ROLL Juvenile Ice Dancing Samantha Jonnalagadda/ Vedanth 1 Surya Bonaly, Peter Biver Jonnalagadda Annelise Riccelli/ Alex Spruill
2 Chris Obzansky
Reece Hamilton/ Ethan Darnell
3 Brent Bommentre
New England Regional Senior Ladies Heidi Munger
1 Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
Marietta Atkins
2 Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
Sydney Cooke
3 Stephanie Cooke, Alexei Komarov
Iris Zhao
4 Konstantin Kostin, Genevieve Coulombe
Senior Men Ryan VanDoren
1 Jessica Dupuis
Juvenile Girls Ela Cui
1 Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
Anqi Hou
2 Irina Vaypan, Serhii Vaypan
Sophie Zhang Nacke
3 Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
Lillian Valiquette
4 Tim Covington, Gabrielle Valiquette
Juvenile Boys Patrick Blackwell
1 Garett Lucash, Annette Blackwell
Brendan Man
2 Amanda Farkas, Simon Shnapir
Ethan Fradkin
3 Konstantin Kostin, Genevieve Coulombe
David Zhao
4 Garett Lucash, Sean Marshinski
North Atlantic Regional Senior Ladies Haley Beavers
1 Gilberto Viadana
Violeta Ushakova
2 Yuri Ushakov, Kelly Ushakova
Sophie Nye
3 Kyoko Ina 1 Jeffrey Chang
Junior Ladies Mauryn Tyack
1 Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
Arianna Concepcion
2 Konstantin Kostin, Genevieve Coulombe
Junior Ladies Megan Tso
Saphie Niane
3 Allyson Carling, Matthew Lind
Tory Watnick
2 Steven Rice, Igor Krokavec
Lily Rauh
4 Arlene Collins, Suna Murray
Tess McGuinness
3 Lisa Blue, Brigitte Bazel
Amanda Hsu
4 Kay Barsdell-Alswang, Mingwen Hsu
Novice Ladies Isabeau Levito
1 Vyacheslav Kuzetsov, Yulia Kuznetsova
Ashley Leahy
2 Gilberto Viadana, Michela Boschetto
Chloe Peng
3 Galina Petrenko
Junior Men Will Annis
1 Debra Minahan
Philip Baker
2 Konstantin Kostin, Genevieve Coulombe
Novice Ladies Hazel Collier
1 Suna Murray
Cathryn Limketkai
2 Suna Murray, Sergey Minaev
Sue Zhang
4 Marina Koulbitskaya
MeiLan Mulvey
3 Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
Grace Perrino
4 Chelsea Chiappa, Justin Kozikowski
Novice Men Jacob Sanchez
1 Larisa Selezneva, Oleg Makarov
Haydn Gock
2 Ronald Ludington, Laura Jamieson
Novice Men Ryan Siracuse
1 Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
Bryan Lehmann
2 Karen Lehmann, Konstantin Kostin
Intermediate Ladies Cayetana Gonzalez
1 Galit Chait, Roman Serov
Damian Jarvis
3 Ronna Gladstone, Simon Shnapir
Gabriela Summer Panaliga
2 Kevin Coppola, Jeffrey Chang
Ramsey Ghanem
4 Amanda Farkas, Simon Shnapir
Lilly Mills
3 Yui Ushakov, Kelly Ushakova
Lucy Gioioso
4 Patricia Ziegler, Jenna Pittman Bracone
Intermediate Ladies Amy Cui
1 Mark Mitchell, Peter Johnansson
Caroline Santaguida
2 Vadim Naumov, Evgenia Shishkova
Intermediate Men Alexander Ting
1 Steven Rice, Roman Serov
Olivia Phillips
3 Michaela Maione-Balford, Peter Johansson
Ryan Xie
2 Patricia Ziegler
Richelle Chang
4 Mark Mitchell, Peter Johnansson
Adrian Vecchio
3 Sakura Lebida, Kimberley Sutton
Andrei Dumuta
4 Adam Leib, Kenneth Moir
Intermediate Men Jonathon Hildebrandt
1 Suna Murray, Amanda DeAguila
Anthony Ying
2 Garrett Lucash, Vadim Naumov
Juvenile Girls Alina Bohutska
1 Serguei Soukhanov, Crystal Kiang
Van Pierson
3 Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
Dailila DeLaura
2 Holly Harper, Marc Weitzman
Luke Witkowski
4 Amanda Farkas, Simon Shnapir
Kaitlin Krafchik
3 Igor Krokavec, Elena Pavlova
Gabriella Bildson
4 Keven Coppola, Jeffrey Chang
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2020 HONOR ROLL Juvenile Boys Lucius Kazanecki
1 Galit Chait, Roman Serov
Juvenile Girls Julianna Farrell
1 Leifur Gislason
Zeev Furumoto-Cheh
2 Kevin Coppola, Jeffrey Chang
Phoebe Stubblefield
2 Artem Torgashev
Nao Ikeda
3 Kevin Coppola, Jeffrey Chang
Ava Zubik
3 Artem Torgashev
Aleksandr Fegan
4 Roman Serov, Igor Lukanin
MacKenzie Gillespie
4 Phillipp Grout, Tara Willis
Juvenile Boys Jason Hu
1 Jason Wong, Kara Taylor
David Lu
2 Marat Akbarov
John Liu
3 Jeffrey DiGregorio, Pamela Gregory
South Atlantic Regional Senior Ladies Emily Zhang
1 Viktor Pfeifer
Jill Heiner
2 Amir Haan
Zachary LoPinto
4 Rocky Marval, Isabelle Brasseur Marvaldi
Gracie Gold
3 Vincent Restencourt, Pavel Filchenkov
Cailey Weaver
4 Artem Torgashev, John Kerr
Senior Ladies Maxine Marie Bautista
1 Alexander Ouriashev
Ariana Grymski
2 Jeremy Allen, Denise Myers
Emily Soto
3 Jeremy Allen
Senior Men William Hubbart
1 Tom Zakrajsek, Cindy Capprel
Peter Liu
2 Irina Romanova, Viktor Pfeifer
Eliana Biggers
4 Alexander Ouriashev
Ocean Shen
3 Viktor Pfeifer
Senior Men Jordan Moeller
1 Edwin Shipstad
Andrew Austin
2 Quinton Clemons
Junior Ladies Mia Eckels
1 Kimberly Meissner, Pamela Gregory
Olivia Tennant
2 Pamela Gregory, Connie Fogle
Joey Millet
3 Peter Biver, Surya Bonaly
Ella Chen
3 Viktor Pfeifer
Saskia Oudejans
4 Brian Kader, Katie Mcgovern (Nyman)
Junior Ladies Ariela Masarsky
1 Alexander Ouriashev, Valeria Msarsky
Abbie Symanietz
2 Ann Eidson, Benjamin Miller Reisman
Sophie Paradi
3 Sandi Delfs
Junior Men Joseph Kang
1 Priscilla Hill-Wampler, Erica Bateman
Nicholas Hsieh
2 Viktor Pfeifer
Sadie Gibbs
4 Valerie Matzke
Charles Liu
3 Randy Trabing, Vladimir Raschetnov
Kenneth Thomsen
4 Liudmila Nelidina
Junior Men Trevor Bucek
1 Yevgeny Martynov, Marina Gromova
Payton Winkler
2 Sandi Delfs, Jeremy Allen
Novice Ladies Clara Kim
1 Roman Skornyakov
Jan William Eraker
3 Jeremy Allen, Amber Gil
Vera Zhong
2 Andrey Kryukov
Alexandra Boyd
3 Antonina Berekhovskaia
Novice Ladies Audrey Meredith
1 Dana Hult
Hannah Byers
4 Mikael Olofsson, Kalle Strid
Brooke Gewalt
2 Lars Jensen
Mia Cittadine
3 Nick Belovol, Ritsa Gariti
Novice Men Zachary Yaninek
1 Doris Papenfuss, Rashid Kadyrkaev
Lily Podgorak
4 Christian Conte, Lorie Charbonneau
Luke Wang
2 Viktor Pfeifer
Antonio Maravilla
3 Mikael Olofsson, Kalle Strid
Novice Men Daniel Martynov
1 Yevgeny Martynov, Marina Gromova
4 Jeffrey DiGregorio, Pamela Gregory
Maximilian Lai
2 Amy Rechenmacher, Mary Beth Marley
Henry Palabrica-Schorse
3 Angela Johnstad, Lynn Paulsen
Jordan Evans Intermediate Ladies Georgia Bolocan
1 Aren Neilsen, Sherry Hewitt
Timonthy Zupanc
4 Taylor Galarnyk Hill
Lotus Shen
2 Jeffrey DiGregorio, Pamela Gregory
Jeslyn Choi
3 Vincent Restencourt, Alexander Zahradnicek
Intermediate Ladies Alina Bonillo
1 Larissa Bonillo
4 Jeffrey DiGregorio, Pamela Gregory
Ava Neuhaus
2 Sandi Delfs, Jeremy Allen
Jessica Robeck
3 Christian Conte, Lorie Charbonneau
Lianna O'Grady
4 Jolanta Wesolowska-Mantilla
Isabella Garland Intermediate Men Antonio Monaco
1 Rocky Marval, Isabelle Brasseur Marvaldi
Stefan Stalker
2 Denise Williamson, Caroline Nickerson
Jon Maravilla
3 Mikael Olofsson, Kalle Strid
Ryan Federspiel
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2020 HONOR ROLL Intermediate Men Anthony Mugg
1 Justin Brachat
Intermediate Men Beck Strommer
1 Cindy Sullivan, George Selimos
Mitchell Castelletti
2 Caryn Kadavy, Page Lipe
Ian Kirk
2 Benjamin Shroats, Ann Brumbaugh
Gabriel Martinez
3 Quinton Clemons
Ethan Le
3 Julie Morris McKenny
William Church
4 Shawna Ludy
Matthew Ho
4 Natalia Mishkutionok, Dmytro Palamarchuk
Juvenile Girls Brianna Chang
1 Justin Brachat, Mary Beth Marley
Juvenile Girls Mia Barghout
1 Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin
Zoe Dreis
2 Lorie Charbonneau, Kate Shurts
Claire Kroell
2 Julie Morris McKenny
Addison Melsher
3 Denise Myers, Alana Cohen
Audrey Lee
3 Shanyn Vallon
Ella Shin
4 Susan Liss
Ellen Huang
4 Boyko Alexiev
Juvenile Boys Taira Shinohara
1 Jeremy Allen
Juvenile Boys Peter Malakhov
1 Inna Shaposhnikova, Sergey Artemov
Dylan Oliver
2 Oleg Podvalny
Stephen Huang
2 Sergey Artemov, Anya Artemova
Solomon Bristol
3 Joshua Fischel, Fury Gold
Zitong Wang
3 Val Prudsky, Elena Prudsky
Zenith Chen
4 Mary Beth Marley
Thomas McClure
4 Andrea Kunz-Williamson
Southwestern Regional
Eastern Great Lake Regionals
Senior Ladies Paige Rydberg
1 Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin
Senior Ladies Natalie Motley
1 Jeffrey DiGregorio, Suzan Semanick-Schurman
Courtney Hicks
2 Damon Allen
Cara Murphy
2 Ryan Devereaux
Sonja Hilmer
3 Edwin Shipstead, Tammy Gambill
Molly Schelosky
3 Claire Ladue
Kristen Stamm
4 Lou Anne Petersen Conant
Chloe Mitchell
4 Craig Joeright, Sara Mitchell
Senior Men Emmanuel Savary
1 Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin
Junior Ladies Emilea Zingas
1 Lindsay Page-O'Donoghue, Brooke Castile
Ben Jalovick
2 Douglas Ladret
Emily Saari
2 Vickey Weber, Lindsey Weber
Catherine Rivers
3 Kim Patterson, Tommy Steenberg 4 Jason Dungjen, Yuka Sato
Junior Ladies Maryn Pierce
1 Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin
Samantha Lang
Nicole Chong
2 Sergey Artemov, Anya Artemova
Anna Li
3 Sergey Artemov, Anya Artemova
Junior Men Nathan Chapple
1 Jacqueline Redenshek-Henry, Sherry Marvin
Alyssa Chan
4 Aleksey Letov, Olga Ganicheva
David Shapiro
2 Ronnie Biancosino
Dylan Wajda
3 Matthew Mackall
Novice Ladies Alexa Gasparotto
1 Theresa McKendry
Junior Men Daniel Argueta
1 Val Prudsky, Elena Prudsky
Novice Ladies Bridget Isaly
1 Damon Allen
Kendall Erne
2 Serguei Zaitsev, Elena Zaitsev
Emilie Mao
2 Aleksey Letov, Olga Ganicheva
Alison Yan
3 Mary Anne Williamson, Valerie Marcoux-Pavlas
Ruoxi Hu
3 Edwin Shipstad, Tammy Gambill
Isobel Alford
4 Megan Salamon
Amber Barth
4 Natalia Mishkutionok, Dmytro Palamarchuk
Novice Men Collin Motley
1 Jeffrey DiGregorio, Suzanne Semanick-Schurman
Novice Men Nguyen Nhat-Viet
1 Aleksey Letov, Olga Ganicheva
Codie Hazen
2 Ronnie Biancosino, Viktor Pfeifer
Joshua Mori
2 Aleksey Letov, Olga Ganicheva
Noah Lafornara
3 Jeannie Widlicka-Lafornara
Jordan Gillette
3 Erik Schulz, Stefania Berton
Intermediate Ladies Katie Holling
Intermediate Ladies Ella Wingler
1 Mary Anne Williamson, Valerie Marcoux-Pavlas
1 Tom Kakrajsek, Natalya Khazova
Lilah Gibson
2 David Ings
Ellie Kam
2 Edwin Shipstad, Tammy Gambill
Kaylee Dobson
3 Tommy Steenberg
Lisa Zhu
3 Darlene Cain, Peter Cain
Hailey Sundstrom
4 Alena Lunin, Alexander Lunin
Virginia Liu
4 Cambria Jones, Ashley Fitzpatrick
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2020 HONOR ROLL Intermediate Men Lake Liao
1 Amanda Dobbs
Juvenile Boys Tao MacRae
1 Michal Brezina, Oganes Mkrtchian
Matthew Mlachak
2 Molly Dowling-German
Ryan William Azadpour
2 Kehaunani Malama, Dice Murakami
William Arbaugh
3 Laura Sanders, William Fauver
James Johnson
3 Juliette Draney
Ian Hill
4 Mikahil Sorochinsky, Abigail Schmitt
Juvenile Girls Gemma Soles
1 Laurent Masse
Cecilia Donohue
2 Kelly Harper, Svetlana Khodorkovsky
Ryan Pesta
3 Jodie Balogh Tasich, Lindsay Page-O'Donoghue
Hetty Shi
4 Stacy Barber, Nicole Reitz
Juvenile Boys Zachary Fogt
1 Mikhail Sorochinsky
Wiles Middlekauff
2 Steven Pottenger, Tamara Liptak
Aaron Chen
3 Scott Omlor
Central Pacific Regional
Northwest Pacific Regional
Senior Ladies Sierra Venetta
1 Christine Krall
Emilia Murdock
2 Peter Johansson, Jamie Isley
Lily Sun
3 Derrick Delmore, Peter Kongkasem
Louisa Warwin
4 Peter Kongkasem
Junior Ladies Abigail Ross
1 Stephanee Grosscup, Amanda Kovar
Noelle Rosa
2 Lisa Kriley, Oliver Pekar
Amie Miyagi
3 Lisa Kriley
Katie Freter
4 David Nickel, Chad Goodwin
Senior Ladies Kayleigh Elliott
1 Randy Clark
Junior Men Seth Kurogi
1 Lisa Kriley, Karen Stone
Holly Zhu
2 Jeri Campbell, Lisa Ware
Ian Ramsey
2 Charles Tickner, Val Prudsky
Nira Barlow
3 Susannah Hall
Riona Kessler
4 Chiharu Osumi Joyce
Novice Ladies Hannah Herrera
1 Christopher Ord, Evgeniya Chernyshova
Brynn Roberts
2 Tiffany McNeil, Stephanie Chace Bass
Junior Ladies Alena Budko
1 Sofia Inthalaksa, Ikaika Young
Morgan Heavrin
3 Christopher Ord, Evgeniya Chernyshova
Grace Yi
2 Tammy Gambill
Josephine Lee
4 Shannon Pecca, Vitaly Novikov
Cheyenne King
3 Randy Clark, Shannon Damiano
Marina Mamina
4 Kananililiaikapela Tanaka, Kehaunani Malama
Intermediate Ladies Hannah Baldwin
1 Tiffany McNeil, Stephanie Chace Bass
Andee Lyons
2 Tiffany McNeil, Stephanie Chace Bass
Novice Ladies Anna Olson-Voss
1 Kananililiaikapela Tanaka, Kehaunani Malama
Naomi Harkey
3 Sherri Krahne-Thomas, Ryan Berning
Maliah Utley
2 Sakura Lebida, Kimberley Sutton
Nathalie Seckinger
4 Rachel Peterson, Tiffany McNeil
Haruno Kurukawa
3 Paul Askham, Chloe Blair
Alice Zhou
4 Jeri Campbell, Lisa Bell
Juvenile Girls Kate Pressgrove
1 Tiffany McNeil, Stephanie Chace Bass
Ciel Park
2 Lisa Kriley
Intermediate Ladies Tia Hilbelink
1 Shannon Damiano
Lilly Feng
3 Evgenia Shishkova
Chloe Avery
2 Heidi Sullivan
Sherry Zhang
4 Laura Lipetsky
Grace Clifford
3 Alexis Mante
Alisa Vangrunsven
4 Sofia Inthalasksa, Ikaika Young
Juvenile Boys Aaron Li
1 Phillip DiGuglielmo, Laura Lipetsky
Intermediate Men Lucas Broussard
Arsen Meghavoryan
2 David Glynn
1 Darin Hosier, Corrie Martin
Trevor Meeboer
3 Tiffany McNeil, Stephanie Chace Bass
Mark Williams
2 Kananililiaikapela Tanaka, Kahaunani Malama
Julian Chan
4 Christopher Kinser
Jaeik Shim
3 Kananililiaikapela Tanaka, Kahaunani Malama
Ethan Kormanyos
4 Arlene McSorley, Corrie Martin
Juvenile Girls Claire Cao
1 Kananililiaikapela Tanaka, Kahaunani Malama
Emma Dickau
2 Randy Clark
Annika Chao
3 Diane Rawlinson, Alina Milevska
Keira Hilbelink
4 Shannon Damiano
Southwest Pacific Regional Senior Ladies Alex Evans
1 Derrick Delmore, Peter Kongkasem
Caitlin Ha
2 Jerome Michael, Ivan Dinev
Chelsea Mischuk
3 Denys Petrov
Caroline Harris
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Senior Men Sebastien Payannet
1 Derrick Delmore, Peter Kongkasem
Yaroslav Paniot
2 Phillip Mills, Slava Zagorodnyuk
Kim Joonsoo
3 Derrick Delmore, Namhoon Ryu
Junior Ladies Emma Coppess
1 Peter Kongkasem, Ivan Dinev
Lisa Borzilleri
2 Derrick Delmore, Peter Kongkasem
Aubrey Ignacio
3 Wendy Olson, Amy Evidente
Rebecca Kim
4 Derrick Delmore, Ivan Dinev
Junior Men Eric Sjoberg
1 Denys Petrov, Rafael Arutyunyan
Paul Yeung
2 Brianna Weissmann, Bianca Marro
Max Lake
3 Colleen Mickey, Jonathan Cassar
Novice Ladies Michelle Lee
1 Derrick Delmore, Ivan Dinev
Gwen Bloesch
2 Rocky Marval, Isabelle Brasseur Marvaldi
Kanon Smith
3 Tammy Gambill
Lindsay Mattenson
4 Amy Evidente, Christopher Pottenger
Novice Men Samir Mallya
1 Amy Evidente
Baltazar Poling
2 Phillip Mills, Slava Zagorodnyuk
Kevin Ponceau
3 Tammy Gambill
Ian Tsang
4 Russ Scott
Intermediate Ladies Sonja Wang
1 Oganes Mkrtchian
Mimika Endo
2 Anastasiya Sharenkova, Ivan Dinev
Emily Butler
3 Derrick Delmore, Jonathan Cassar
Sonia Baram
4 Anna Baram
Intermediate Men Sergei Evseev
1 Oganes Mkrtchian
Mikah Tong
2 Derrick Delmore, Ivan Dinev
Carter Griffin
3 Steven Cousins
Juvenile Girls Nicole Park
1 Christopher Pottenger, Alyssa Hatfield
Cleo Park
2 Christopher Pottenger, Alyssa Hatfield
Sloan Mayer
3 Jerome Michael, Naomi Nam
Katie Shen
4 Peter Kongkasem
Juvenile Boys August Perthus
1 Scott J. Driscoll
Ryedin Rudedenman
2 Gabriella Vinokur
Andrey Swanson
3 Sara Robertson, Sean Rabbitt
Brian Tokuda
4 Wendy Olson
Alysa Liu
Karen Chen
Bradie Tennell
Junior Men's Podium
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2020 Summit Keynote Speaker
Patrick Chan By Terri Milner Tarquini • 2018 Olympic team gold medalist • 2014 Olympic men’s and team silver medalist • Three-time World Figure Skating Championships gold medalist (2011, 2012, 2013) • Three-time Four Continents champion (2009, 2012, 2016) • Ten-time Canadian Figure Skating Championships gold medalist (2008-2014, 2016-2018)
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atrick Chan had a busy and impressive two-decade career—all of which started somewhere. “When I started with Mr. Colson, he had me spend a lot of time on stroking and edge work and balance drills and breaking things down,” Chan said, recalling his first coach, Osborne Colson. “I learned how to use my knees and generate flow from my edges.” Basic skating skills are the essential building blocks that can lay the groundwork for everything else from dizzying spins to quadruple jumps. Sounds simple. But is it? “Too often, there is an unfortunate lack of balance and edge control, but the skater is going for doubles,” Chan said. “It’s such a shame when you have a skater skating into a jump and they are struggling with a simple threeturn, mohawk.” With his background in edges and control, Chan, the keynote speaker for the PSA Summit, “20/20 Coaching Vision,” sees the long-term value in starting simple before going big. “I wish figures could come back as a developmental tool, but, regardless, basic exercises are so important,” Chan said. “Some of these kids will never learn a double Axel or a triple jump, but if they can learn to master the blade and use it properly, it is a skill that will stay with them for forever—and I feel like, for any skaters I coach, it is my responsibility to teach them that.” Chan, who retired in April 2018, has been touring and doing some coaching of his own with his girlfriend, Canadian pairs skater Elizabeth Putnam.
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2020-SUMMIT “I’m not sure if full-time coaching is my calling now or even in the future,” Chan said, “but I also feel that I have spent my whole life studying figure skating and I have information to give and to teach.” Chan has an arsenal of developmental tools culled from a career in which he worked with many amazing coaches. “Mr. Colson certainly is the first to come to mind for the work ethic he taught me,” he said. “Often, it’s a struggle to get the young skaters today to understand the value in putting the work in. They can’t just take lessons from me and it’s magically fixed. With Mr. Colson, I had to put the work in and I had to respect him and his authority. It’s a different time now and it’s challenging balancing not being too tough or too soft. Some skaters are lacking some of the drive and the ability to take responsibility for themselves and their skating. How can you improve if you don’t take ownership?” It’s a question a lot of coaches assuredly struggle with and the answer is both elemental and essential. “The skater must be taught first that hard work is the only common denominator in success—and there is absolutely no question about that,” Chan said. “They must be willing to put in the work or none of it matters.” As retirement is often a time of reflection, Chan has travelled down the memory lane of some of his previous coaches, recognizing that they all had a unique role in who he became as a skater and, to a large degree, a man. “Christy Krall was such a benefit to me in so many ways; she turned me into a national and world champion,” Chan said. “She helped me cultivate a competition plan that I didn’t even completely realize how ingenious it was at the time, but she knew how to keep me relaxed and
focused at the same time.” Chan’s programs were a mix of the technical and the artistic—a spectrum brought to life by the diversity and strengths of his coaches. “Everybody had a such a part in my career, and I take every coach I ever had in some way into most of my life and into the lessons I teach and when I still skate,” he said. “Don Laws was wonderful, and Christy was supertechnical and Kathy (Johnson) was all about the movement. Lori Nichol was a huge part of building my understanding of artistry and music. She was the best kind of teacher, turning me from a kid to an adult.” It’s an ability Chan sees as missing in much of today’s skating. “I was watching old videos of Michelle Kwan and I can’t believe how much the sport has changed; it’s amazing how these kids make these triple Axels and quad jumps look easy now,” Chan said. “Skating has evolved very, very quickly and, while I think the quality of the skaters has improved, I can’t help thinking about the stories and characters the skaters used to bring to life. Now, I see a lack of facial expression and eye contact with the audience. The programs used to be a total experience.” Hopefully, however, the “Battle of the Carmens” brought to life by Debi Thomas and Katarina Witt and Kwan’s memorable Scheherazade don’t have to be a thing of the past. “It’s a downside to having skaters competing at the highest levels so quickly and so young—by the time they are mature enough to tell a story, they’re getting too old to do the tougher jumps,” Chan said. “Teaching jumps is an obvious thing and it’s hard to teach real expression so it’s not as popular to work on. Skaters today command attention because of the jumps they are doing, but there is a lack of understanding in the importance of commanding
attention because of the whole story you are telling. I feel that it needs to be explored much more how to create a character and have the audience and the skater get lost in the story being told.” The ultimate hybrid of coaching that Chan credits for his success is important for today’s skaters, but in a more collaborative way. “In these modern times, coaching figure skating is a lot to handle and no coach can know it all or do it all,” he said. “Having an open mind and working with other coaches creates such a great growth environment for the skaters and the coaches too. Putting egos aside and having creative, open dialogues with other coaches can be so beneficial. I achieved a lot as a skater, but, as a coach, I don’t always have all the answers. I ask a more experienced coach their thoughts. That’s how a coach develops their skills—and their skater’s skills too.” Having started at skill-building edge drills through earning recordsetting national titles and program scores, as well as world and Olympic medals, Chan feels the surrealness of it all now that he is almost two years post-retirement. “I think back on my career and shake my head; it feels like a different Patrick now,” he said. “The first year had a lot of adjustments, but I felt ready to take that next step in life. It was nice that it could be under my own decision-making to retire, but it was challenging and eye-opening finding my identity as a person in my ‘new world.’ It has been fun and self-fulfilling, and I feel like a different person—in a totally good way.”
Advanced registration is open now for the 2020 PSA Summit and Trade Show in Chicago from May 20-23 with Chan as keynote speaker. Please visit skatepsa.com to see a tentative schedule and learn more. PS MAGAZINE
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Vision Exchange: Creating Coaching Connections Summit Panel Session | Thursday, May 21 Cindy Sullivan
Jackie Brenner
Diane Miller
Phillip Mills
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2020 board election voting is open to all full PSA members and will be sent via email in March.
Don Corbiell
Stacie Kuglin
Michelle Lauerman
The main focus of the Board of Governors is to grow the membership body while providing quality education to its members that continue to change with the times, thereby helping ensure a higher standard of coaching around the country. The three most important issues the PSA must address are the growth of membership and education opportunities that grow with the membership, elevating the level of coaching around the country by increase of ratings achieved, and get rinks and rink managers on board, through a campaign, about the benefits of having Master Rated Coaches on their team, or at least hiring coaches with active ratings.
I believe the main focus of the PSA Board of Governors is to promote professionalism in our sport and to help raise the coaching level and ability of each member through continuous education. The three most important issues the PSA must address are to continue to make educational opportunities more readily available and affordable to coaches, encourage coaches to get rated/ranked (coaches learn and grow so much through the ratings process, which greatly benefits our athletes and our sport), and members need to be encouraged to get involved through service, whether it's being a ratings examiner, hosting a clinic/seminar or being on a committee.
I believe PSA can achieve affordable and accessible educational opportunities, increase in membership throughout the country, and improved communication and resources to all levels of coaches. Issues the PSA must address are strong relations between all partner organizations for overall development of our sport, awareness of the value and importance of the PSA and education for all levels of coaches, and accessibility of education through the use of technology.
Doug Haw
Lisa Geltz-Perri
Janet Tremer
The main focus of the Board of Governors is to govern, protect, and educate all coaches with the highest level of professionalism while being financially responsible. The three most important issues the PSA must address are live video rating exams, more educational opportunities for grassroots coaches, and initiate “to have a better business plan to be a coach”.
I believe the main focus of the Board of Governors is to fulfill the mission statement of PSA which is providing continuing education and accreditation to ice skating professionals in a safe and ethical environment. The three most important issues the PSA must address are: increase the number of local, affordable education and accreditation opportunities within specific regions for young, new developing coaches; create educational opportunities that better equip our experienced and elite coaches to successfully move our US competitors from the national circuit to the international stage; and develop a “Program Director Branch” within the PSA to make a concerted effort to address and deal with the myriad of challenges unique to that position within all our skating facilities.
For the world of sports, I believe the PSA can continue to be a leader and role model in coaching education and certification. For the skating industry and community, I believe the PSA will continue to provide thoughtful, sciencebased, and innovative education, training, and credentialing that will instill the highest standards of integrity, ethics, excellence, and competency in its coaches. The PSA can also explore more interaction with rink owners and managers. For the membership, I believe the PSA will continue to provide sound and interesting education that proves of high value in the workplace. I believe the PSA can achieve greater participation from its membership.
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BEST BUSINESS PRACTICES
Professional Standards BY K E L L EY MO R R I S A DA I R MM , M D F D, R F F
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eing a PSA member holds every coach to an exceptional ethical and professional standard. A PSA member should strive to generate positive images and public relations for the sake of the athletes, our profession, sport organizations they are involved with, and the entire skating community. Coaches are faced with ethical, professional, and moral dilemmas throughout their coaching careers and it is often speculated what criteria is used when making these decisions. What moral foundations do you employ to reach resolution and subsequently act on those choices? While coaches often make decisions alone, that decision may have unintended consequences. A single decision can reflect on the integrity of the coach making the decision, the club the coach represents, the professional coaching organization, the federation and the community with which the coach interacts. Below are some questions to consider when you find yourself in a moral and ethical dilemma: • Do you have all the information you need to make an educated decision? • Do you need to speak to the skating director, facility manager, legal counsel, police? (Know the chain of command and your responsibilities in your coaching environment)
"All sport organizations are in the public eye and are constantly examined, studied, dissected and scrutinized. The public is demanding and should expect nothing less than professionalism from PSA coaches."
the rules; it means being morally good. Understanding and developing a good moral meter will help you navigate through coaching conflicts, particularly in gray areas where the path is complex and nuanced. The core values of our organization that shape ethical conduct have remained constant and the PSA continues to combat unethical behavior. All sport organizations are in the public eye and are constantly examined, studied, dissected and scrutinized. The public is demanding and should expect nothing less than professionalism from PSA coaches. How a coach develops their own ethical behavior is constantly evolving as new situations arise. The PSA Tenets of Professionalism are not only guidelines of those boundaries but expectations. The high road is not always a smoothly paved path and your decisions may be considered contentious. It takes moral courage to do the right thing and continue your own course. But every coach has an obligation to retain a strong sense of character, ethics and professionalism.
• What are the choices? Do the choices breach any PSA or U.S. Figure Skating rules or ethic rules?
false or shall represent themselves using Code of Ethics Rule #2: No member mislead. deceptive statements intended to desirability of offered coaching Making statements about the comparative d coaching one-of-a-kin or unique, unusual, services or claiming or implying is not misleading. abilities is acceptable as long as it or experience is not acceptable However, misrepresenting your credentials PSA Code of Ethics. The FedRule #2 of the and will be considered a breach of Five: Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices, eral Trade Commission Act, Section under that are likely to mislead consumers defines deceitful statements as those consumers’ decisions. affect to likely are normal circumstances and that nts as those that are likely to cause The FTC defines unfair advertiseme the injury is outweighed by the provsubstantial, unavoidable injury, unless involves monetary harm, but can also able benefits. Substantial injury usually the FTC writes, “Injury exists if concome in many other forms. Specifically but for the deception.” sumers would have chosen differently on Deception written in OctoAccording to the FTC Policy Statement misleading or deceptive in spefound been have that ber of 1983, practices representations, or failure to perform cific cases include false oral or written considers claims or omissions “material” promised services. The FTC also be or safety in which a consumer could if they significantly impact health reasonably concerned. promoting themselves to children, Coaches should take extra care when to encourage demand. The FTC tactics al psychologic using and refrain from ertising laws when applied to children. places special emphasis on truth-in-adv on Deception reports, “False, misleading, Again, the FTC Policy Statement a at children tend to exploit unfairly and deceptive advertising claims beamed or experience to anticipate or appreciate consumer group unqualified by age be exaggerated or untrue. ” may the possibility that representations a safe and healthy learning provide to is ty responsibili Another important in should be respectful of any disruption environment for all skaters. Coaches safety in jeopardy. the workplace that may put a skater’s registered coaches, SafeSport policies Additionally, for US Figure Skating that a safe environment for its members must be followed in order to provide to encourage the wishes PSA the While . are free of abuse and harassment members must understand the limitations open recruitment of skaters, our required to protect minors.
• Does your decision confirm your moral values, principles and personal ethics? • What are the short-term and long-term consequences of your decision? • Who benefits from theibly decision? Who might be harmed Act respons . by the decision? you are an arena manager or director,
• How willWhether your decision beSkaters perceived by others? of the Professional member a coaching you skater, Association, or the parent of a figure whom have the right to expect that those with in a you have a working relationship will act manager a from professional manner. In fact, standard or parent’s perspective, the minimum expectation should be that hiring a coaching with a member of the PSA will provide you coach. qualified, well-educated, and ethical PSA’s the with you This brochure will provide nalism, and code of ethics and tenets of professio regarding resource nal educatio an will serve as today. professional standards of our industry
A quick reaction without reflecting on these questions could cost you and others in the long run. Take a moment, sit back, observe, listen and you will maintain an ethically principle-centered perspective in your decision-making process. As a PSA member, you are obligated to abide by our Code of Ethics and professional standards. But being a PSA member means more than just being honest and following
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Ethics pamphlets are available through the PSA office or online Code of Ethics A Code of Ethics and Professional public respec Conduct is hereby t, safety, and adopted to the the status of profession may the association end be enhanced members in the that the lowed to avoid and coaching all actual or percei secured. The ethical princip ved impropriety. les are to be The following folCode of Ethics Professional shall govern Skaters Assoc the conduct iation. shall be consid ered by the CommAny complaint concerning of members of the the procedures any ittee breach of Professional that are adopte Standards accordthereof the Professional d from time to ing to Skater time by s Assoc the Board of Gover tion includes private or public iation. Disciplinary action nors of for an ethics expulsion from admonition, rule violasuspension, expuls membership of the Profes ion, or perma sional Skater nent 1. Members s Association. of the as “Members”) Professional Skaters Assoc , iation (herea in their relatio shall at all times exercise fter referred the greatest nships with care and discre to other memb which avoids ers, athletes, tion verbal, menta and act in a l, emotional, any athlete, manne physic coach Skating SafeSp , parent, or official as define al, or sexual misconduct r ort Handbook. of d in the curren t U.S. Figure 2. No Memb er shall repres ent ments intend ed to mislead. themselves using false or deceptive state3. In order to protect the safety and develo shall engage in pment of athlete is actively engagany in-person solicitation s, no Memb of er skating or prepared in a lesson or while “perfo an athlete while the athlete ing to skate in rming.” “Perfo or exhibition, rming” means an event at an and includes arena in a test, meeting with tice skating, competition, and warmup coaches, locker skating. room time, prac4. Members shall at influence athlete all times be mindful that they duct. No Memb s to act ethically, with dignit have the responsibility to er shall act in y, and with high dard of ethica moral conl and moral conduany manner inconsistent with a high ct. stan5. Members shall be advoc ates for the prevention of drug, alcoho drug-free sport and take an l, or tobacco abuse by athlete active role in 6. Members s. shall not engag e in, nor knowi they are charge ngly permit, d any athlete with in violation of with the responsibility of whom coaching, to engag federal, state, or local law, or laws of a foreign e in any offense 7. Members government. shall at sidered to exist all times avoid conflicts of interest which at any time, or herself or when the action can on s of the Memb be conimproper advan behalf of an athlete would er for his tage. involve the obtaining of an 8. Members shall not engag e in, nor knowi whom they are charged with the respon ngly permit, any athlete in any offens with e in sibility of coach including willful violation of the U.S. Figure ing Skating SafeSp to engage and/or volunt ly tolerating misconduct ort policies, of an athlete eer. (s), coach(s), official,
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The purpose of these tenets of profes duct above and beyond the minim sionalism is to provid as set forth in e a framework um standa the bylaws of of conthe Professional rds provided by the code of ethics The Professional Skaters Assoc iation. Skaters Assoc highest ideals iation and of of professional professionalism and ackno its membership aspire to the conduct should wledge that services provid the be ed to those with followed in the performancefollowing tenets whom we have of professional 1. As coache contact. s of skating, we will condu onstrates respec ct ourselves t for the rules in a manne preserve with under which decorum and our skaters compe r which demintegrity the te and we testing progra 2. Professional ms and compe will Skaters Assoc titions. iation recogn consistent with izes that profes the role of the ers Association sional courte coach. As memb sy is , ers of the Profes come in contac coaches will be civil and sional Skatcourte t and will endea other coache vor to maintain ous to all with whom s. we a collegial relatio nship with 3. As skating coache whom we work s, we acknowledge that from may We acknowledge wish to leave us as the coachtime to time the students with that we will and seek coachi arise and will cooper ng elsewhere. ate with be will complement willing to make such chang other coaches when conflic es on behalf ts the further perform of the studen ance and progre 4. When compe ss of that studen ts as titions or testing t. students and situations arise, the parents we agree of them in the decision makin those students well inform to keep our g that time avoiding ed and involv emotional attach affects their interest e while at the both in skatin ment to our same g and out of students and skating which professional their activities might impair service. our ability to render 5. As profes sionals, and as members we will honor of the Profes our promises sional Skater and our comm ing, and strive s Assoc iation, itments, wheth to the skating profes build a reputation for dignity, hones er oral or in writsion. ty, and integr ity in 6. As profes sionals, we will not make and members of the Profes sional Skater motives to other groundless accusations of impropriety s Association, coaches in bad or attribute faith or withou bad t good cause. 7. As profes sionals, will not engag and as members of the Profes e in any course sional Skater skating organi s Association, of conduct design zation officia we ed to harass l, another skater, another coach, or the parent 8. As profes of another skater. sionals, and as members we will strive of the Professional to expand our Skaters Assoc knowledge of tain proficiency iation, skating and to in our area of achieve and expertise. main9. We will never allow race, gende tions of person s to improperly r, religion, age or other suspect classifi motivate our caactions. 10. At all times and in all things officials, and when dealin other memb g with the ers to the propo skating public sition that our of the coaching profes , sion, we will practices shall of honesty and adhere be governed integrity. by the princi pals
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS An ethics guide for figure skating profess
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Ethical Solicit atio Marketing, and n, Promotion
The PSA Board October 29, 2014,of Governors has voted to amend specifically the The rationale Code of Ethics the by-laws as of by the Federa for the changes was in respon rules two and three. l Trade Comm se to concerns in PSA’s forme ission (“FTC raised ”) regarding r the provision any case solicit Code of Ethics that stated : No memb through third pupils of another memb er, directly or er shall in parties. indirectly, or The FTC allege s that this the Federal Trade Comm provision in the Code of Ethics ission Act becau competition among coache se it inhibits violates s. economic The goal of coaches, reduce the new rules is to increa se fees for skater to encourage s, improve the competition between innova quality of servic To achieve these tion. es, and objectives, ket and promo te themselves all coaches are encouraged can promote their backgrounddirectly to potential clients to marject, of course . Coach and credentials , to the requir as they see fit, es ement that such tion may not subbe misleading, as is discussed marketing and promoFor example, in coaches may information choose to markegreater detail below. which can be t themselves posted in a dasher board through public space banner, advert at the rink, or promoted ised in a flyer a in or mail, and mass a newspaper. Flyers, busine competition program, ss ness to a wide e-mail are all excellent ways cards, apparel, direct audience. Coach to professional es may take the promote your busipresence on opportunity social media YouTube, Twitte to have a , such cate specifically r, or a website, being mindf as blogging, Facebook, ul of how they with minor children in regard impression of communiabuse, bullyin say they marke g, or sexual miscos to a literal or implied accomplishm t themselves through their nduct. Many coaches ents are their work. Their “advertiseme a great way to nt.” That, unequ student’s promote onese ivocally, is lf. The key to a Your plan should successful marketing plan is strateg ic planning. ents. Your plan identify the tactics you will should descri employ to gain coaching style be and technique, your business, a philosophy new clirelated to the of your skating busine services performed, and other details ss. More importantly, coaches must to help profile research their their specific marke the demographic potential customers. t Gathe s of your area trends, and popula such as econo ring information on mic indicators, tion statistics get audience. will help you social Identify their understand your needs and plan As an examp taraccordingly. le, an introd uctory private charge or at a discounted lesson can be rate. This allows given free of skater, begin a relationship the coach to with the family evaluate the allows the coach , and identify to communicat talent. It also goals for the e their vision skater to the parents. In certain of short and long term lesson fees may be requir situations, discou Recruiting studen ed to allow the skater nted to partici ts in an ethica about a coach l manner says pate. ’s integrity a good deal and promotes prospective clients. a professional image to
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U.S. Open Sponsorship By Patrick O’Neil The annual PSA Summit 2020 (formerly known as Conference) is just around the corner and that means two things: The U.S. Open Figure Professional Figure Skating Championships and rating exams. As many of you know, the Professional Skaters Association established the PS Foundation in an effort to expand educational opportunities for PSA members who might not have the financial ability to attend. The Foundation also assists coaches and performing skaters who require financial instance due to sickness, disability or financial hardships. Where does the money come from to officer this assistance? One of the ways the Foundation raises money to support PSA members is through the U.S. Open Professional FIgure Skating Championships held during the week of Summit. The competition is a great vehicle for skaters who have left the amateur ranks but still have a passion for competing. This competition is judged based on a skaters' total performance with an eye to costuming, presentation, music selection, choreography, style, and technique. The competition is open to all performing and teaching professionals who are U.S. citizens or are permanent residents. On behalf of the PS Foundation, I ask each of you taking the time to read this article to take another moment and make a donation the Foundation. Any amount you can donate helps ensure the security of the Foundation and our ability to continue to provide aid to our friends and colleagues. You can donate by going to the PSA website, clicking on the Foundation link, and donating there. Additionally, please ask your club/rink/program to secure a sponsorship for the U.S. Open. Sponsorships are available at all levels and very easy for a club participate in.
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Balloon Exercise By Terri Milner Tarquini
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ll figure skating coaches could use a little fix-it advice. Enter: PSA TV, where professionals can share insider information about things they’ve learned and gathered to help skaters. In the Tip of the Week section, Christy Krall posted a 1-and-a-half-minute video that goes through a common topic in figure skating—how to generate momentum from your arms on a jump—and utilizes a common household item—an average-sized balloon—as a helpful device. “We’re going to take a simple balloon, very nice and light,” Krall said. “It’s a little, tricky tool to help the kids understand the pathway of the arms when they’re rotating.” Krall, a 50-year coach at the Broadmoor World Arena, was both a World and Olympic team member and a World and Olympic team coach, including head coach for Patrick Chan for his gold medal performances at the 2011 and 2012 World Figure Skating Championships. A PSA master-rated coach in free skating, figures, and moves in the field, Krall was the recipient of the following awards: PSA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001; PSA and U.S. Olympic Committee Sports Science Award in 2008, 2011 and 2013, and the PSA Coach of the Year in 2013. “The arm action is horizontal when you’re rotating,” said Krall, demonstrating with the balloon. “It doesn’t come up and down and it certainly doesn’t open the chest up—one of the biggest problems we have in the world of rotation.” It’s an especially key aspect of the jump take-off, as arm position is part of establishing proper rotational momentum. “Handing (the skater) a small balloon,” Krall continues on the video, “is going to keep their arms so that they are rotating in a horizontal manner and the arms are moving forward and across the body as the head anchors the rest of the body.” The rotation around the axis of the core body is a foremost goal in jump technique; a skater works to achieve an esthetically pleasing body position that allows controllable rotation. “Another great thing about using little balloons is it’s going to help your athlete’s posture,” Krall said. “They’re very light-weight and I like to…push their hands into the balloon. What that does is, it activates their shoulders down
and really activates their lats. (It also keeps the skater in position) so they can engage their core in front. There’s a very big engagement of the arm into the core so it strengthens the abdominal wall.” The lats, or latissimus dorsi, is the large, flat muscle running the width of the middle and lower back that connects the upper arm bone to the spine and hip. The walls of the abdominal cavity are made up of four pairs of abdominal muscles. The deep abdominal muscles, in partnership with the back muscles, make up the muscles of the core. The core muscles protect the spine, and, importantly for a figure skater, keep the body balanced and stable. The ideal air position is upright posture with a straight back and the head held erect. If the arms on the take-off are not controlled and on a horizontal path, the proper take-off technique and air position cannot be attained. In all of these ways, an everyday, ordinary balloon can be used as a training tool when properly teaching skaters how to generate momentum from their arms and engage their core, as well as improving posture. “This little balloon is magic,” Krall said, “and (it’s) a lot of fun too.” For more Tips of the Week, check out the PSA TV tab at skatepsa.com.
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March 28-29, 2020 PSA Endorsed Event- Dance and Creative Movement Seminar Orange County Sportsplex, Hillsborough, NC 8 PSA credits March 1, 2020
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April 18-19, 2020 PSA Endorsed Event- ProSkater Camp and Live Auditions Ice Chalet, Knoxville, TN 4 PSA credits April 15, 2020
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April 19, 2020 Foundations of Coaching Course Eagles Ice Arena, Spokane, WA 12 PSA credits March 27, 2020
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