Our Coaches

Meet our coaching team

Jennifer Yates, Director

“My one goal for my skaters is to feel the same love and passion for skating that I have..everyone has talent….just got to bring it out!” – Coach Jen

After a lifetime of skating, she has accumulated a long list of accomplishments:

  • 25+ Years of Coaching Experience
  • National Level 3 Coach In Training
  • Coach Singles, Competitive, Artistic, Dance, Skills, Precision
  • Gold Feet in Freeskate, Figures, Dance, Artistic, Skills
  • CanSkate Certified
  • Star 6-Gold Skills Completed
  • Star 6-Gold Free Skate Completed
  • Star 6-Gold Artistic Completed
  • Star 6-Gold Dance Completed
  • Star 1-5 Assessor Training
  • Respect In Sport
  • Mentor Coach

Demid Rokachev – Figure Skating Coach – Former International Senior Dance Competitor Russia/Australia

Demid has had the pleasure of working with many top international coaches (Murial Zazoui, Olivier Schoenfelder, Romain Haguenauer) and has been involved in figure skating since the age of 11 training in Rostov-On-Don and in Moscow, Russia.

After a career competing Internationally, he retired from competitive skating in 2017 and turned his passion for skating to coaching and passing his skills onto the next generation. He completed his Masters (MSc/MA) in Figure Skating from Russia State University of Physical Culture – Russian Federation from 2009-2013, while he was still competing.

Working in several locations in both Russia and Sweden he took the position of Regional Head Coach at The Center of Olympic Preparation in Sochi Russia in 2018.

Demid’s Competitive Skating Career:

Skating
2016/2017 – Four Continents Championships – Korea
2016/2017 – Australia National Championships
2015/2016 – Open d’Andorra
2012 – Junior Worlds – Minsk
2012 – Swiss Nationals – Oberstdorf
2011/2012 – ISU Mont Blanc Trophy
2011 – ISU Tallinn Cup
2011 – Olomouc Int. Dance Trophy
2010 – Swiss Nationals
2010 – Int. Trophy of Lyon
2009 – NWR Trophy