Personal Information I have been coaching for nearly sixteen years now. For the Last decade I have been the Head Dance coach at the NIC, making it the most successful Ice Dance rink in the UK, having amassed many British Champions. I’ve had the opportunity and experience to work with skaters at every level from Skate UK up to the Olympics. I have experience in all aspects of Ice Dance from choreography to season planning. Education I am a NCCP Level 4 Performance Coach. I have attended many Sports Coach UK courses over the last few years. I have also traveled around the country and to France, Germany and Canada to learn off Olympic coaches. Dancing On Ice I recently coached Dominic Cork for Dancing On Ice 2011, this is after coaching Natalie Pinkman for the 2010 series. I then went on to appear on the final show of the series, supporting Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean in their new version of Bolero with David Garrett playing live. ISU COACHING CONFERENCE I recently attended the first ISU Ice Dance Development Training Seminar for Coaches and Dance Couples in Oberstdorf. It was an intense 2 week course in Germany. SPORTS COACH UK COURSES Coaching methods and communication Goal setting and planning Motivation and mental toughness Observation, analysis and video Imagery training Performance profiling Field based fitness testing Fueling performers Analyzing your Coaching Child Protection NISA COACHING COURSES ISU Judging system ISU Advanced seminar National tests field moves Professional experience 1997-2001 Blackburn Arena 2001-2011 National Ice Centre, Nottingham 2011-...... Planet Ice, Peterborough Skate Schools 1999 Dumfries Skate School (assisting Jimmy Young) 2001 NIC Dance Camp (assisting Muriel Boucher-Zazoui, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean) 2002 NIC Dance Camp (assisting Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean) 2003 NIC Dance Camp (assisting Jayne Torvill) 2004 NIC Dance Camp (assisting Roberto Pellizzio) 2008 NIC Dance Camp (assisting Romain Haguenauer) 2011 Get the Edge Camp (assisting Micheal Huth) Great Britain Team Leader 2008 Budapest, Hungary 2008 Zagreb, Croatia 2007 Banska Bystrica, Slovakia 2007 Junior Grand Prix Chemnitz, Germany Competitive Results Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Winter Games 20th ISU Championships 2010 European Championships 16th 2008 Junior Worlds Championships DNF 2002 European Championships (substitute) 2002 World Champions (substitute) 2001 European Championships (substitute) 2001 World Championships (substitute) 1999 Junior World Championships (substitute) 1997 Junior World Championships 17th ISU Junior Grand Prix 2011 Tallinn, Estonia 12th 2011 Innsbruck, Austria 13th 2009 Istanbul, Turkey 15th 2007 Sheffield, Great Britain 13th 2007 Chemnitz, Germany 10th International Competitions 2009 Golden Spin, Croatia 3rd 2009 NRW Trophy, Dortmund Novice 8th 2009 NRW Trophy, Dortmund Junior 12th 2009 Ondrej Nepela, Slovakia 4th 2009 Gratz 9th 2009 World Student Games Harbin 15th 2008 Budapest 8th 2008 Zagreb - withdrawn 2008 Finland 9th 2007 Slovakia 2nd 2003 Czech Republic 9th 2001 Vienna 6th 2000 Slovakia 2nd 1999 Croatia 8th 1999 Germany 7th 1998 Poland 7th National Championships 2011 Junior Champions 2009 Senior 2nd 2009 Junior 2nd 2009 Novice Champions 2008 Junior Champions 2008 Novice Champions 2007 Junior 2nd 2005 Junior 5th 2004 Junior 2nd 2004 Primary 2nd 2004 Primary 9th 2003 Senior 2003 Primary 2nd 2003 Novice Champions 2002 Novice 2nd 2001 Senior 2nd 2000 Senior 3rd 2000 Junior 5th 2000 Primary Champions 1999 Senior 4th 1999 Primary 2nd 1998 Senior 5th 1998 Novice 4th 1998 Novice 5th 1997 Senior 4th 1996 Junior Champions British Solo Ice Dance 2011 Junior Ladies Champion 2011 Novice Ladies 3rd 2010 Pre-Novice Ladies 3rd 2010 Junior Men 2nd 2010 Novice Men 2nd 2009 Junior Ladies Champion 2009 Junior Men 3rd 2009 Primary 3rd 2008 Senior 3rd 2008 Intermediate Champion 2008 Intermediate 3rd 2008 Junior 3rd 2008 Primary 2nd 2007 Senior Champion 2007 Senior 3rd 2007 Intermediate 2nd 2007 Primary 2nd 2007 Primary 2nd 2007 Novice 3rd 2007 Novice 3rd 2006 Intermediate Champion 2006 Intermediate Champion 2006 Intermediate 3rd 2006 Junior 3rd 2006 Novice 2nd 2005 Intermediate Champion 2005 Junior Champion 2005 Junior 2nd 2005 Primary Champion 2005 Primary 2nd 2005 Novice 2nd 2005 Novice 3rd 2005 Novice 3rd 2004 Senior 2nd 2004 Junior Champion 2004 Junior Champion 2004 Junior 2nd 2004 Primary Champion 2004 Primary 2nd 2004 Novice Champion 2004 Novice Champion 2003 Novice Champion 2002 Junior 3rd 2002 Novice 2nd Test Results I have had over 1150 test passes. Ranging from Level 1 up to Senior Competitive test. |
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