The following is a short story from Olympic coach Audrey Weisiger. She asked me to put it up here at iCoachSkating.com so all coaches could read it. As coaches we make a huge impact on the lives of the skaters we teach.
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Add to “My Favorites” (Beta testing)What a wonderful story, what a difference a mentor, a teacher or a parent can make in our life! Thank you for following Jerry Renaud footsteps and becoming a coach. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience here on icoachskating!
Oh, Audrey, this is so beautiful! I think I read it in the PSA magazine, but I am so happy to read it again! I felt the same way about my coach, Wally Sahlin. Oh, how I wonder how he put up with me and my teenage emotions! I was so fortunate to see him a couple of months before he died. I went to get my skates sharpened by him as I was preparing to start teaching in April of 2001 after 20 years of being away from skating. We had a wonderful talk and he reminded me that he was not happy that figures had been taken away and I promised that I would always teach my students figures…and I still am with even more passion!! Thank you for sharing your story and reminding me of my last talk with my coach. Also thank you for the reminder of how we affect our students. Just beautiful…
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