1.     Jumps from singles to doubles to triples

2.     Off-ice jumping for correct air positions

3.     Correct take-off prints and landings

4.     Alignment of body positions

5.     How Dartfish can speed the learning process with Chris Conte, special request speaker

6.     Proper equipment fitting

7.     Grassroots to Champions lecture on the process of becoming a skater in full bloom

8.     On-ice and off-ice air position correction, only available at Fairfax Ice Arena

9.     Conditioning the body for skating at the elite level

10.  How to create the total package

Ankle Buzzer

The Ankle Buzzer (with sound box) is a Velro sleeve with a pressure sensitive trigger inside that rewards a skater for making ankle contact in jumps or in drills with different audible sounds.
Discounted price: $58.00

Champion Cords

Designed by Shelia Thelen, PSA Master Rated Coach and Skating Director at the St. Croix Valley Recreation Center in Stillwater, MN. The set includes two Champion Cords and an instructional DVD.
Discounted price $40.00

Audrey K. Weisiger 2-Time US Olympic Team Coach Audrey Weisiger was the 1999 PSA and USFSA Coach of the Year. She has her PSA World Coach Ranking and is Master Rated in Figures and Freestyle. She has been asked to be the presenter at several PSA conferences, including the Keynote Speaker for the PSA Conferences in 2000 and 2003; and Canadian Coaches Conferences in 2005 and 2006. Weisiger has held positions on the Board of Directors of the PSA and various USFSA and USOC committees. A member of the USOC Developing Young Champions committee, she has organized and directed numerous Grassroots to Champions seminars.

Chris Conte is a PSA rated coach and choreographer based in Laurel, MD. He will demonstrate/speak on how Dartfish technology can speed the learning process. Conte is choreographer to International & National level skaters in Pairs & Freestyle, and has worked with skaters including Tim Goebel, Sasha Cohen and Emily Hughes. He was a Principal Skater with Ice Capades and Disney on Ice, and also has performed with professional ensemble companies including The Next Ice Age and Ice Theatre of New York. Conte also gave a technology presentation at the 2001 PSA World Conference on Creative Music Editing, and is a Certified Instructor of Therapeutic Pilates.

Sheila Thelen Ms. Thelen is the Executive Director of Grassroots to Champions. She holds a Professional Skaters Assocation Master Rating, and from 1998-2008 was the Skating Director at the St. Croix Valley Recreation Center located in Stillwater, Minnesota. Ms. Thelen is the Designer and President of Champion Cords (Endorsed by the Professional Skaters Association International) for teaching skaters: alignment, position, muscle memory, awareness and technique.

Kori Ade merges her background in skeletal biology and biomechanics with her passion for performance and dance to develop athletes with the "complete package". She holds a B.S. from Loyola University Chicago in Skeletal Biology, and as a Hip Hop Dancer/Choreographer, has worked for music industry and corporate clients including McDonalds, Sears, and Seventeen Magazine. Kori holds PSA ratings in Moves in the Field and Freestyle, is a AFFA and F.A.S.T. Certified Off-ice Trainer, and is a National and International Coach and Choreographer. She is on the coaching staff at Ice Castle International Training Center in Lake Arrowhead, CA. and is the founder of CitySkate Outreach which works with kids in need and the CitySkate Junior Staff Program designed to transition skaters into coaches. Kori is creator of TAPS (Total Athlete Performance Seminars) aimed at the development of the "whole" athlete, and host of "Inside the Skating Circle" at http://www.skatingcircle.com