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About iCoachSkating.com
iCoachSkating.com was originally opened in June of 2008. Membership
was limited only to figure skating coaches. Over time it became clear
that the information at iCoachSkating.com could be very valuable to the much
larger audience of skaters and skating parents. So the website was
opened to all skating participants in February of 2010. The purpose of the
website is to help all skaters reach their potential by publishing knowledge
from the top coaches in the world. There are so many
misunderstandings, myths, and half-truths in the skating world that all
skaters, coaches, and skating parents need a source of high quality
information to be able to make better skating-related decisions and make
more consistent and faster progress.
Online delivery of educational information is the future of figure
skating. It's inexpensive, it's effective, and it allows a tremendous
range of flexibility and convenience.
iCoachSkating.com was developed by skating coach Trevor Laak with input from hundreds
of coaches and skating families. This input was instrumental in
determining the design elements of the
website as well as the content and the selection of top coaches providing
featured content. Trevor is a passionate teacher and he's committed to
making a positive change in the sport with this project.
About Trevor Laak
 Trevor
Laak lives and coaches in Madison, Wisconsin. He specializes in on-ice
jump technique. He works almost exclusively as a consultant to other
skating coaches by providing pole harness, computer video analysis, and regular lesson
services to them and their skaters.
Trevor has been coaching since 1999 and he currently works with
well-over 60 skaters throughout Wisconsin and Illinois. He also presents at seminars
and workshops and enjoys sharing information and knowledge. He’s proud to
be a faculty member of Audrey Weisiger’s
Grassroots to Champions Seminar Series.
This is not Trevor’s first website. He also created
Skating Coach Quiz, a
free subscription website for skating coaches emphasizing computer video
analysis content. He also has a
coaching blog
where he shares some of his ideas about coaching as well as his research
findings. He also created the controversial website
Skating Jump Secrets
that provides free information about skating jumps that's well-known to top
coaches but less understood by a large number and percentage of coaches,
skaters, and skating parents.
Trevor's own research focuses on quantifying minimum athletic requirements
for figure skaters, particularly for skaters attempting double axel and triples.
Trevor has a graduate research degree from the prestigious University of
Wisconsin in Madison. He holds 6 patents and he's provided technical consulting
for a number of Fortune 500 companies.
To contact Trevor, please submit a support ticket or leave a comment below.
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