Rocky Mountain Figure Skating Club

Kelly Renick

 

 

Table of Contents

 

Contact Information

Club and Professional Affiliations

Skating Experience

Biography

What I Like About Coaching

Something About Myself

 

Contact Information

 

Primary Phone: (720) 312-0414

Email Address: Click here to e-mail Kelly Renick

Club and Professional Affiliations

  • Twenty six years member of United States Figure Skating (USFS)
  • Twenty years member of Lakewood Winter Club (LWC) 
  • Sixteen years member of Professional Skaters Association (PSA)
  • Eight years member of Rocky Mountain Figure Skating Club (RFMSC)
  • ISI Gold Level Certification
  • PSA Registered Sports Science and written exam accredited
  • Insured through Professional Skaters Association (PSA)
  • CER Certified Coach with complete background check
  • RMFSC Coaches Representative; 3 years - present
  • Annual PSA and USFS Conference/Seminar attendee

Skating Experience

  • USFS Gold Medalist in Freestyle
  • USFS Gold Medalist in Figures
  • USFS Pre-Silver Dance and Intermediate Pair Test
  • United States National Competitor
  • 4 Time Sectional Competitor
  • 10 year Regional Competitor; 3 time Regional Champion
  • ISI World Competitor and Champion

Biography

 

I began skating in Tacoma, Washington when I was 8-years old and Kathy Casey was the skating director. I enjoyed the practice, competition and the success that came with all the hard work. I was the Northwest Regional Champion and qualified for sectionals in Intermediate-Senior. I was a four-time Sectional and National competitor. I am a double gold medalist in figures and freestyle and I am happy to say that I never failed a test! I've also passed my Pre-Silver dances and Intermediate pair test(s). I owe a lot to the coaches, friends, and family who helped me achieve my goals. The LWC is a great club and I am so thankful to have had their support through all my years training. My move to Colorado was a choice made strictly to challenge myself competitively and emotionally. I've had success and experience coaching for 16 years training National, International, and Junior National competitors. I have taken skaters through gold level MITF, FS and ISI Freestyle 10 tests; what a huge accomplishment for those athletes. I've also taken skaters all the way to Nationals! I look forward to the future in our sport and helping all skaters achieve their goals. I am thankful to Cindy Sullivan for giving me the opportunity here; RMFSC is a positive club with wonderful athletes, parents and coaches.

 

  • Private and Learn to Skate Coach at Promenade in Westminster, Co.  (2003-present)
    Private and Learn to Skate Coach at Sprinker Recreation Center in Tacoma, WA (1994-2003)
  • Teaching disciplines include:  Learn to Skate, Freestyle, Moves in the Field, Choreography, Power and Stroking classes, Off-ice jump classes, Resistance training, Video lessons (on and off ice).

 

What I Like About Coaching

 

I absolutely love working with skaters who have an obvious desire to be the best they can be. I know that with hard work and determination anything is possible. I have had the opportunity to take skaters from the ground level all the way to Nationals! I believe my energy, enthusiasm, technical and artistic ability really make a difference in each skater's individual talents. I truly enjoy everything about skating, developing an athlete in all areas; on and off the ice. I am looking towards the future in skating and am really excited about the changes this sport is making. I will continue to inspire and motivate every skater during this transition and teach them the value of hard work, discipline and the "desire to be the best they can be."

Something About Myself

 

Interestingly enough, there isn't much I don't wear on my sleeve - but if you must know! Initially I wanted to be a hockey skater, but my mom thought I would look better in a pretty skating dress so I tried figure skating (Yuck, that's for girls - oh yeah, I'm a girl). Thank goodness, I took to figure skating really quickly and loved every minute of it. I beat all the boy hockey skaters in races around the rink during public sessions. Between 1991-1994 I performed in between periods at the Tacoma Rockets hockey games in the Tacoma Dome, I guess that was all I needed to fulfill my hockey dreams. I was also the Regional Champion in a Triathlon which consisted of running, biking, and as many push-ups as you could do in 2-minutes (I did 103)!  I was married to my amazing husband Jay (who is also a personal trainer for a lot of my athletes) on 7-7-7!  We have two big energetic dogs; Maximus and Nahla. Lastly, I have a great uncle (relative on my dad's side) who figure skated whose name is Jimmy Grogan. He competed with Dick Button and worked in Blue Jay California for a long time. Who knows, maybe he has something to do with my absolute love and passion for figure skating and why I believe I am doing what I was born to do!