Meet Our Learn to Skate
Coaching Staff

Our mission is to provide a fun, safe environment for all ages, levels, abilities and skating disciplines with the opportunity for positive physical, mental, physiological, and social development. All of our staff are members in good standing with the Professional Skaters Association, US Figure Skating and the Ice Skating Institute. The Rink’s Learn to Skate staff consist of the following accomplished instructors. Our staff is also available for private lessons. You can contact the instructor of your choice in person at The Rink or call 215.441.5004.

Julia Rey Julia is a triple gold medallist, 6 time U.S. National Competitor, and Eastern Sectional Champion. She was a U.S. Team member representing the U.S. at various international competitions. Julia specializes in ice-dance, moves in the field, freestyle, power stroking/edges and choreography. She also works with various Hockey programs to help develop their power skating. Julia is a Technical Specialist in Ice Dance for United States Figure Skating.

Niki Anderson Niki has been coaching for 6 years. She was a Regional competitor and a double gold medallist. For the past four years she has been the Skating Director at the Flyers Skatezone in Pennsauken. Niki specializes in freestyle, moves in the field, groups and choreography.

Alex Beletsky Alex was a participant in the 2002 Olympic Games, as well as past World Championships. He has been teaching for 8 years. Alex specializes in freestyle, ice-dance and choreography (Beginner to high level).

Nicole Roth Nicole was a Regional ISI and USFSA competitor. She has been coaching for the past 5 years during which she has coached at various Philadelphia Rinks. Currently she is a member of the Philadelphia Flyers Delta Dental Ice team as well as a Temple University student majoring in Elementary Education. She teaches beginner skaters through the competitive figure skater, specializing in Freestyle.

Group vs. Private Lessons?Our staff has found that a skater’s progression is accelerated through a combination of group and private lessons. The group lessons provide a fun, social, and economical avenue for learning. In combination with privates the group lessons can function as a supervised practice session that can introduce new moves as well as the opportunity to perform repetition of a maneuver with the supervision of a qualified instructor. If you decide on private lessons, our staff still encourages continued participation in the group instruction. Private lessons are considered for many reasons:

• as an occasional booster lesson to help a skater get over a maneuver they are having difficulty with
• on a regular basis to accelerate the learning process
• to polish up and develop a higher level of technique
• to learn a routine for competition or shows