Life After Figure Skating. Life After the Olympics
From the Olympics to Wall Street: The athletes who become brokers Emily Samuelson competed at the highest level as an ice dancer over the course of her 15-year career,...
Patrick Chan to Catch Up in Barcelona?
The world keeps on spinning, with or without you. This is no less true in the spinning world of elite figure skating. Patrick Chan took his leave of it...
Olympic Skater ‘Held Hostage’ is Set Free
HACKENSACK — A recent court ruling has set an 18-year-old Olympic figure skater free from an agreement that, according to her attorney, held her career “hostage” and prevented...
Counseling a Child & Parent Off a Sport that Child Doesn’t Really Like
by Author: Catherine Collings (CEO Ultimate Edges of Excellence) As an elite figure skating coach and hockey skating technique specialist of over, cough 37, cough… years, I have seen...
The Key to a Beautiful Skating Program
by Catherine Collings , CEO Ultimate Edges of Excellence The “Ultimate” goal in Figure Skating is to score the highest amount of points. In order to do this, it...
Conversations at the Ice Skating Rink
A PERSPECTIVE The kids in the change room at the local skating rink are talking about university. Have they applied? No, they will soon: this very weekend in fact....
The Coach-Friend Conundrum in Figure Skating
Hot Topics in Adult Skating by Renee Lacy You are an adult skater who loves skating. Your coach is an adult who also loves skating. Should you socialize away...
Parenting An Athlete
I have observed parents that have been too underactive and too overactive in their child’s sport. There is a fine balance between being the micro-managing parent and the parent...
Yuzuru Hanyu will Need 2-3 Weeks to Recover from Cup of China Collision
TOKYO (AP) – Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu will need two-to-three weeks to recover from injuries resulting from a scary collision with another skater in warm-ups at the...
Gold Medal Test Recognition
Hot Topics in Adult Skating by Renee Lacy Let’s face it; we all know that adult gold moves in the field and free skate tests are not the same...