Meet Coach Aimée!

Aimee Ricca skating as a child at Mennen Arena

PSA Ranked and Rated: Registered Moves Coach, Program Director, Group Instructor

PSA Certified in Hockey Skating 1/2/3/4

ISI Certified Instructor & Gold Judge

ISSA Certified Elite Trainer

ASFA Certified Pilates Instructor

Aimee Ricca representing the Skating Club of New York at the Labor Day Invitational in Ft. Myers, FL

U.S. Figure Skating 2019 Eastern Adult Competition Series (ACS) Pre-Bronze Pewter Medalist

Retired from Competing in 2020 at age 46.

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Aimee Ricca awarded a Bronze Medal at the Adult Eastern Sections in Philadelphia in 2018.

2020 Get Up Champion

2021 Coach Challenge First Place Winner

2020/2021/2022 PSA President's Award of Excellence Nominee!

Benefits of Skating:

Through Skating You Can...

Acquire an understanding and an appreciation for an active lifestyle and life-long physical fitness.
Develop self-esteem, self-confidence, self-discipline, self-reliance, and physical proprioception by mastering and performing skating skills.
Enhance balance and coordination with poise, posture, rhythm, and timing.
Improve cognitive abilities with “mid-line cross” movements that engage both the right and left sides of the brain.
Elevated situational awareness and spacial awareness skills from training in an environment with moving and stationary obstacles.
Learn to manage stress, perform under pressure, and test emotional and physical strength.
Discover how to develop short-term and long-term goals.
Broaden your social skills by communicating with a diverse group of people.
Foster resiliency by learning how to manage success and disappointment,
Establish good sportsmanship by learning about fair play and respecting others’ participation and effort.
Become accountable for your own progress and development.

Efstathia Bermudez Petrakos Performing at the New York Showcase as Cinderella

Skating offers a structured, proven way to achieve all these benefits!

When a child takes pride in their actions and sees what they can accomplish, they gain a sense of direction and purpose, increased confidence, and improved feelings of self-esteem.

We want the best for our skaters. We want them to grow up to be happy people. We want them to make friends and feel good about themselves. We want them to recognize their strengths, use their talents, and believe in their own ability to achieve their goals.

Children will enjoy the training that instills these values that they will carry with them throughout their lives.

Aimée Offers Private Lessons By Appointment Exclusively at the Following Locations:

Ice Vault Arena - Wayne, NJ (Passaic County) - Learn ice skate, figure skating, and hockey skating skills.
SportsCare Arena (formerly Aspen Ice Arena) - Randolph, NJ (Morris County) - Learn to ice skate, figure skating, and hockey skating.
William G. Mennen Sports Arena, - Morristown, NJ (Morris County) - Figure skating only!

Virtual Off-Ice Zoom Training Is Now Available for Off-Ice Strength & Conditioning and Nutrition Coaching Only!

Due to ice safety and maintenance concerns, please note that I do not teach skating at any other locations, including local ponds, lakes, synthetic ice, or home rinks.

I also do not offer any virtual ice skating lessons or roller or inline skating lessons.

However, I offer strength, conditioning, and nutrition for roller and in-line skaters.

I've been fully vaccinated & completely up-to-date with the Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine and wear a Respokare® NIOSH N95 Respirator Mask + UA SportsMask Featherweight!

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Coach Aimée Skating Academy is a PSA Excellence on Ice awarded and U.S. Figure Skating registered Aspire Program.

Offering ice skating learn to skate, figure skating, hockey skating lessons, and off-ice training in Morristown, Wayne, and Randolph, NJ.

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Benefits of Skating:

Through Skating You Can...

Skating offers a structured, proven way to achieve all these benefits!

Aimée Offers Private Lessons By Appointment Exclusively at the Following Locations:

Ice Vault Arena

William G. Mennen Sports Arena

SportsCare Arena (formerly Aspen Ice)

Coach Aimée Skating Academy

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Learn to Ice Skate!

Learn to Ice Skate!

Proud to be recognized by PSA for Excellence on Ice.

Meet Coach Aimée!

NEW: Aspire Group Figure Skating at Ice Vault!

Aim Higher with Aspire!

You are just the type of coach that our sport needs most right now as we build back better. So, thank you for your passion and enthusiasm.​

What Are Others Saying?

Benefits of Skating:

Through Skating You Can...

Skating offers a structured, proven way to achieve all these benefits!

Aimée Offers Private Lessons By Appointment Exclusively at the Following Locations:

Ice Vault Arena

William G. Mennen Sports Arena

SportsCare Arena (formerly Aspen Ice)

Coach Aimée Skating Academy

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You are just the type of coach that our sport needs most right now as we build back better. So, thank you for your passion and enthusiasm.