Meet Coach Aimée!
U.S. Figure Skating Core Certified Coach
USFS Level 2 Accredited
Certified ISSA Master Trainer
ACE Certified Personal Trainer
PSA Certified in Hockey Skating 1-4
ISI Certified Skating Director,
High Instructor & Gold Judge
U.S. Figure Skating 2019 Eastern Adult Competition Series (ACS) Pre-Bronze Pewter Medalist
Retired from Competing in 2020 at age 46.
2020 Get Up Champion
2021 Coach Challenge First Place Winner
PSA President's Award of Excellence Nominee 2020-2024
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
We Offer a Structured Way to Achieve These Benefits!
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.
Athletes will enjoy the training that instills these values they will carry throughout their lives.
When athletes take pride in their actions and see what they can accomplish, they gain a sense of direction and purpose, increased confidence, and improved self-esteem.
Our Values:
- Honesty, Integrity, Accountability
- Respect & Kindness
- Reliability, Trust, Loyalty, Transparency
- Compassion & Empathy
- Uniqueness & Diversity
- Positivity
- Safety & Evidence-Based Coaching
- Continuing Education & Professional Development
Coach Aimée Skating Academy
