Dedicated to coaching excellence

Marika & Vitaliy are both National Ice Skating Association licensed skating coaches.

They train all levels of skaters from complete beginners taking their first steps on the ice through to highly motivated competitors. 

Figure skating and Ice Dance can be recreational as well as competitive.  First and foremost, Marika and Vitaliy believe that participation at any level should be enjoyable......and that's the aim in every lesson.

Upholding a legacy of skating knowledge

As competitors, Marika & Vitaliy were privileged to have been among a select few ice skaters in history to have been trained by the inimitable Betty Callaway MBE.

Betty Callaway is famed for coaching Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean to their Gold medal in the Ice Dance event at the 1984 Winter Olympic Games. Betty's technical knowledge of Ice Dance is held in the highest esteem by coaches and skaters around the world.

Throughout their competitive career, Marika and Vitaliy also trained with Russian master coach Natalia Dubova. Natalia's emphasis on precision technique and artistic flair produced numerous European, World and Olympic medals for the former Soviet Union.

For more on Marika and Vitaliy's competitive history click here

Adding to the legacy

Marika & Vitaliy have both completed Honours degrees in Sport Science having graduated from Glyndwr University. Consequently they offer skaters analysis beyond pure figure skating technique, weaving performance enhancing concepts of Physiology, Psychology and Biomechanics into the fabric of daily training.

Continuous professional development

Recognising that the best coaches continually seek out better methods of training, Marika and Vitaliy maintain their coaching edge by observing and working alongside World Class Master coaches who have cultivated international medal winning ice athletes. From Joan Slater MBE in ice dance to Vera Vandercavye and Kathy Casey in singles. 

Coaching at a venue fit for champions

Deeside Ice Rink in North Wales is a facility which boasts the only full Olympic sized rink in Wales, an excellent Sport Physiotherapist, a fully equipped Fitness Suite, Ballet Room and Gymnasium.