Coaches & Team

Figure 8 Skating Club has a team of great coaches and an office manager.

Coaching Team

The coaching team instructs skaters in technical skill development, physical training, musical interpretation and mental preparation. All coaches have received training and certification through Skate Canada and the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP).

Shelley Douglas – Skating Director

National Coach Certified, partial High Performance
Over 25 years coaching experience
Skate Canada Skills Evaluator
Base Level Technical Specialist (BLTO) – in training
Hockey Skating Skills Coordinator experience
Bachelor of Science – Kinesiology, diploma in Manual Osteopathic Therapy

Personal Achievements:

Coach/Choreographer of provincial and national level skaters
Coached skaters from beginner to Gold and Senior competitive singles
Alberta Winter Games Coach 2006 & 2016
Former Senior competitive skater and national competitor
Senior Competitive Singles, Junior Competitive Dance
Gold Freeskate
Gold Skills
Gold Dance
Gold Artistic

Shelley’s Bio

skatingdirector@figure8skating.ca

Justine Toppin – CanSkate Coordinator & Coach

Regional Coach Certified
14 years coaching experience
Bachelor of Science, Masters of Science-Ecology, University of Alberta

Personal Achievements:

Gold Skills
Gold Dance
Sr Bronze Freeskate
Introductory Artistic

canskatecoordinator@figure8skating.ca

Cassidy Connell – CanSkate Coordinator & Coach

Regional Coach Certified
4 years coaching experience

Personal Achievements:

Gold Skills
Gold Dance
Gold Artistic
Sr Bronze Freeskate

Abby Kozma – Coach

Provincial Coach Certified
9 years coaching experience

Personal Achievements:

Gold Skills
Gold Dance
Sr Bronze Freekskate
experience coaching competitive skaters, including skaters on the Section’s Junior Development Team
coach of Merit Award winner at StarSkate Championships
experience coaching skaters with disabilities