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Meet our Coaching Team



The Yellowknife Skating Club has a highly qualified team of very dedicated, professional coaches who work together to ensure that each skater achieves personal excellence. All of our coaches have been certified through the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) and abide by Skate Canada’s Coaches’ Code of Ethics

The Yellowknife Skating Club coaching team asks that all skaters and parents adhere to the YKSC Policies and the Skate Canada’s Parent Code of Conduct.

Brenda Dalton

Cell:  (867) 445-9892

Email: brenda_backen@hotmail.com

  • 24 years of coaching experience
  • Special Olympics - Level 1 Certified
  • Provincial Coach Certified
  • National Coach Trained
  • Partial NCCP Level 3 Singles & Dance - (technical, theory)
  • Gold Dance
  • Bronze Freeskate 
  • Gold (8th) Figure
  • Special Olympics Provincial & National Team Coach for 2000, 2008.
  • AWGs Team Coach for 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2018.
  • CWGs Team Coach for 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2019.
  • Has served terms as: Club Coach Rep, Region Coach Rep with Skate Canada Alberta Section and NWT Coach Rep with the NWT Figure Skating Association. 
  • Experience organizing skating clinics.
  • Private Lesson Rate:      $12.00 for 15 minutes 

Lemy Douleva

Cell: (867) 765-8180

Email:  l.douleva@hotmail.com

  • 5 years of coaching experience
  • Regional Coach Certified 
  • Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology (CSEP)- Certified Personal Trainer 
  • National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)- Corrective Exercise Specialist
  • NAIT Personal Fitness Training Diploma
  • Choreography Specialist 
  • Pre-Novice Competitive
  • Gold Dance
  • Gold Freeskate
  • Gold Skills
  • 2008 & 2012 AWG team member
  • Gold medalist at STARSkate at the gold level (2013 & 2014)
  • Private Lesson Rate:     $8.50 for 15 minutes  

Jodi Brennan

Cell: (867) 445-1869

Email: jodibrennan@theedge.ca

  • 20 years coaching experience
  • 6 years as a Skate Canada Official
  • National Coach In-Training
  • Canada Winter Games Coach
  • Private lesson rate $12.50 for 15 minutes

Lisa Do
Cell: (867) 445-4828 

Email: lisafmdo@gmail.com 

  • Certified NCCP CanSkate Coach
  • Certified Regional Coach
  • Choreography Specialist
  • Gold Freeskate
  • Novice Competitive
  • Gold Dance
  • Gold Skills
  • Gold Interpretive
  • AWG Team Member for 2004, 2006 – Bronze Medalist, 2008, 2010, 2012
  • CWG Team Member for 2011
  • STARSkate Competitor
  • Regionals and Sectionals Competitor 
  • Private Lesson Rate:   $8.00 for 15 minutes

 Marie-Eve LaRocque

Email: melarocque@gmail.com

 

  • 15+ years of coaching experience
  • Certified Provincial Coach
  • Certified Regional Coach 
  • Trained CanSkate Coach
  • Skate Canada Power Skating Certification
  • Gold Freeskate
  • Novice Competitive
  • Gold Dance
  • Gold Skills
  • Adult Synchronized Skating – 2010 Skate Canada Adult Synchronized Nationals
  • Nutrition Coach through the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA)
  • ISSA Personal Trainer Certification
  • Agatsu Inc. Lower Body, Mobility & Movement Certification, Level 1
  • Private Lesson Rate: $10.00 for 15 minutes  

Kelly Slack

Cell:

Email:


Lily Brennan

 

 

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