MEMBERSHIPS:

• APSA (Australian Professional Skaters Association)
• SAISA (South Australian Ice Skating Association)
• SBFSC (Silver Blades Figure Skating Club)

​COACH ACCREDITATION:

• Accredited Level 3 Singles Coach 
• Accredited Level 2 Pairs Coach 
• Accredted Level 2 Synchro Coach
• Accredited Over Head & Pole Harness​
• Mentor Coach
• Working with Children Check
• Mandatory Notifier
• Working with Special Needs

TEST LEVEL PASSED:

• 5 Figures / 6 Free (NISA, now ISA) 

YEARS OF COACHING:

• 1984 - 87
• 2003 till present - working with all levels and ages

COACHING EDUCATION: 

• Strength & Conditioning
• Fitness Testing
• Sports Medicine
• Competition Accounting
• Bio Mechanics of Skating
• Mental Preparation
• Off Ice Training
• Working with Intellectually Disabled
• Mentor Coach

COACHING CLEARANCES:

• Working with children clearance. 
• Mandatory Notifier

​PERSONAL SKATING ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Represented SA Nationally 81 - 83
• 1982 SA Primary Mens Champion
• 1983 SA Novice Mens Champion
• 1982 Club Championships - Primary Men 1st
• 1983 Club Championships - Novice Men 1st
• 1983 Galaxy Trophy - 1st Novice Men
• Principal Skater in Ice Shows - International / Australia (15 Years)

INSURANCE:

• Australian Professional Skaters Association (APSA)

COACHING EXPERIENCE:

• Aussie Skate (TM)
• Ice Arena skate school programs 
• Acrobatics Coach
• Adelaide Syncro Team: 1984 – 87
• Current students hold State & National Championship titles
• Coaching beginners through to international competitors

COACHING RELATED ACHIEVEMENTS

• Coach at 2015 & 2016 ISU World Junior Championships & ISU Jun Grand Prix Croatia and Colorado
• Coach of 2014 & 2015 Australian Champions
• Producer / Choreographer of International Ice shows since 1985

POSITIONS HELD:

• South Australian Ice Sports Federation - Treasurer (Since 2006)
• Consultant: Silver Blades Figure Skating Club

AVAILABILITY:

• Monday - Friday Private skating sessions
• Competitive Coach coaching all levels Preliminary - Senior  (Ice Skating Australia (ISA) curriculum))

 RATES:

• Available on request
• Private lessons only

COACHING PHLOSOPHY:

Skating should always be fun!!!! Not everyone will be a champion, it's important to have a dream, follow the dream and achieve it! DREAM BIG! Let's make it HAPPEN together

Along the way, students develop life skills that will benefit them far beyond the sport.

COACH EMAIL: richard@actorsink.com.au

CONTACT PHONE: 0417 898 028

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Information updated by coach 5 Jan 2016
Edit/update 5 Jun 206