You want to…

  • achieve your maximum potential in figure skating and in life.
  • learn how to learn.
  • be a part of a holistic training program.

You believe…

  • athletes, parents, and coaches can learn and grow together.
  • in nurturing long-term potential.
  • mistakes are a necessary, even crucial, part of the learning process.

You value…

  • communication
  • education and research
  • a positive and respectful community.

WE AGREE WITH YOU.

A rewarding learning experience centers on the athlete’s needs, not the coach’s.

Learning Starts Here

The Importance of Proper Equipment in Figure Skating

Skates are an important part of a skater’s success on the ice and purchasing the right boot and blade can be a confusing process at first. Over the years many of us have been fed misinformation, confusing contradictions, or just frankly have left it to the skate technicians and coaches to figure it out.

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What is Athlete Centered Training?

While we strongly position ourselves as athlete centered there are a few important points to make: It is possible to be traditional in some of the distinctions and athlete centered in others.  It is also possible for a training environment to slide from one end of the spectrum to the other depending on the context.

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INSTRUCTORS

Garrett Lucash

Garrett Lucash

United States Champion

 

2020 National Development Team Coach

2020 Pieter Kollen Sport Science Coaching Award (USFS/ PSA)

Chair, PSA Sport Science Committee

Member, USFS Sport Science Committee

Sean Marshinski

Sean Marshinski

 

We believe in structure, communication, & the personal growth of our athletes.

Select Educational work

Article, The Athlete’s Navigation Device, PSA Magazine, March-April 2020

Article, Athlete-Centered Coaching, PSA Magazine, May-June 2020

Article, Athlete-Centered Coaching, Skating Magazine, July 2020

Article, Optimizing Figure Skating Performance, co-author Gabriele Wulf, Oct 2020

Case Study, Athlete Centered Skating, Dynamics of Skill Acquisition vol 2, 2019

Webinar, Coach-Athlete Feedback, PSA Safe at Home Webinar Series 2020

CER SCI 202: Provisions for Effective Feedback

CER SCI 302: Design Practice to Optimize Learning and Performance

CER ACP 401: Proactive Coping Skills

CER SCI: Motor Imagery

CER SCI: The Influence of Attentional Focus on Motor Learning

Get To know Us

Praise

Garrett and Sean are dedicated to teaching based on a thorough understanding of motor skill learning. As an adult skater, I experienced my most profound improvements under their tutelage and they have really enabled me to develop my skating to the fullest.

-Chia, skater

Praise

Incredibly talented and nurturing, they are teaching far more than the elements of skating when they take the ice with our daughter; they are teaching life lessons in discipline/commitment, fortitude and the importance of enjoying what you love! As parents, we are encouraged by their positive and healthy attitudes for our developing daughter by fostering open dialogue among Skater, Parent and Coach(s) alike.

– Erica, parent

Praise

Garrett and Sean transcend the sport of figure skating by unlocking the skaters mind to skill visualization, skater- identified goals and challenges/self- corrections. Figure Skating is naturally competitive, but their focus remains on continued fundamentals; an organic approach to developing an athlete from the inside out. (The importance of BOTH On and Off Ice training).

Praise

Athlete Centered Skating is founded on scientifically supported principles that make learning more efficient, effective, and fun.

-Gabriele Wulf, Ph.D, Distinguished Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Praise

Athlete Centered Skating provides a powerful platform for learning, underpinned by scientific theory, research evidence and a significant amount of practical experience in elite sport. This rich mix of knowledge forms the basis of adaptive learning over the lifespan in athletes of any sport.

– Keith Davids, Professor of Motor Learning, Centre for Sports Engineering Research, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Praise

我们的启蒙训练起源于一个和这里完全不同的中国体系。基于此，我们对教练组秉持的教学理念，特别是在细节重视，基本动作反复，培养独立学习能力，以及对动作背后科学原理的持续摸索等方面深感认同。这也是我们自己作为家长在孩子花滑训练这条漫长路上一直在寻找的东西

Coming from a very different Chinese system, we were extremely impressed by the team’s coaching philosophy, including the emphasis on details, the reinforcement on fundamentals, the ability to promote independent learning and the rediscovery of the science and physics behind the motions. This is exactly what we are looking for as parents during this seemingly long journey.

– Tianjin, parent

Praise

My coaches are always there for me and they support me in a lot of the decisions I make. 

– David, skater

Praise

My coaches always encourage me to work hard and focus on improving my skating. The external focuses they made to target common mistakes have helped me to better understand what I need to fix in my skills, and that has made me a much better skater.

– Katelyn, skater

Praise

Lessons are so fun and engaging. I can’t recall ever feeling like Garrett was disappointed or frustrated with me. It’s easy to stay motivated and love skating in such a positive learning environment.

– Sarah, skater

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