February 1994…

I watched the Olympic Games unfold with bated breath.

Not only was I watching my favorite skater of all time win Olympic gold, but I was also holding a dream of one day coaching an Olympic Champion myself.

At the time, I was three years into pursuing my degree in coaching figure sk...

And just like that the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics came to a close.

The medals have been handed out. Athletes went home. They'll reflect on what transpired. Some will retire. Some will take the lessons forward.

For 16 days, spectators were glued to the screens watching with bated breath st...

"That's what I’m f***ing talking about!" 

Alysa Liu shouted after winning gold—the first American woman to win individual gold in figure skating since 2002.

Everyone is talking about it. But here's what most people are missing:

The real story isn't just that Alysa won.

It's the difference be...

“I was so confident in my program.” Ilia said in shock after losing what seemed an opportunity of his lifetime—one he had built for years for this moment.

Most people nodded in disbelief…

He was so confident and consistent? How could this happen?

They didn’t see the problem in his statement that ...

Every time I open Facebook, Instagram, the news... there is another story about Ilia.

It seems as if everyone is talking about him.

Analyzing from every angle. Quoting his words. Supporting him. Blaming the system, the circumstances, the pressure.

I'm watching this unfold with a strange sense of ...

As a coach, my dream was coaching an Olympic medalist. That dream came true when in 2005 Mr. John Nicks reached out to me and asked me to assist him with coaching his star student, Sasha Cohen. I trained her first for Nationals. She won. Next was the Olympics.

Twenty years ago this week - February ...