Practice
Ice practice will take place in the Slite ice rink which is voted one of the best ice rinks in Sweden by the Swedish Hockey Association. You choose between the camp's skilled coaches to get the most out of your time in Gotland. There are two alternatives to choose from and the cost is the same whichever coach you chose:

Alternative 1:
3x45 minutes one ice, 1 session of physical training and dance combined every Monday
to Friday, 45 minutes of ice on Saturday and one 40 minute session of rehabilitation on wednesday. Coaches, fee for ice, physical training and dance are included as well as meals and accommodation.
 
Alternative 2:
2x45 minutes one ice, 1 session of physical training and dance combined every Monday
to Friday, 45 minutes of ice on Saturday and one 40 minute session of rehabilitation on
wednesday. Coaches, fee for ice, physical training and dance are included as well as
meals and accommodation.
 

Coaches in Skate Island are as follows:
 
Marie Olsson (week 26-27)
Julia Sandsten (week 27-28)
Kalle Strid (week 25-28) (together with Martin)
Martin Johanson (week 25-28) (together with Kalle)
Mikael Olofsson (week 25, 27-28)
Anna Ivelind (week 27-28)
Robert Grzegorczyk (week 26)
Li Bäckdal (week 25-26)
Lina André (week 28)
Madelene Granath (week 28)
 
More coaches will be added week 25 and 26.
 
For information about the physical training coach and the
ballet teacher please see the button off-ice practice.
 
 
 
Marie Olsson is head coach in Älta figure skating club in Stockholm. She has coached several national team skaters with good results in the World Championships. Marie has the highest figure skating coaching degree in Sweden and competed at a national championship level herself.
 
Marie has worked as a coach since 1981 and was during many years been one of the coaches for the national team of Sweden.

 
 
Julia Sandsten, born 1978, has worked as a coach for 12 years, in Hørsholm Kunstskøjteløber Forening Denmark, where she has coached several of Denmark's national team skaters. Julia was for one year the headcoach of Rødovre Skøjte- & Ishockey Klub but is now back in Hörsholm. In the club she doesn't only coach skaters on international level but also beginners. Julia has the highest Danish figure skating coach degree called diplomtränare. She is also a good choreographer with students in both Denmark and Sweden.

Julia is also a trained physiotherapist and works at a private hospital, when she is not on the ice. She was both junior and senior champion of Denmark and has competed at an international level. Furthermore Julia gave great performances in the Danish version of skating with the stars.

 
 
Kalle Strid has competed at an international level with a couple of international medals as well as medals in the Swedish Nationals. During some years of his skating career he was a part of the Swedish national team. Kalle has studied sport management for 1 year at the University of Sports in Göteborg and has the second highest coaching degree in Sweden.

Kalle has worked as a coach for several years and is since three years head coach in figure skating club of Copenhagen (SKK) where he trains mostly A- level skaters onto international level among these is some of the best skaters in denmark. He is the coach of Justus Strid who is competing in both Europeans and Worlds. Kalle also works as a choreographer with skaters at Junior Worlds and Worlds . Kalle speaks Swedish, Danish, English and French.

 
 
 
Martin Johanssonis a full time coach at figure skating club of copenhagen (SKK) where he (together with Kalle) works with Justsus Strid the Danish champion and competitor at Europeans and Worlds and some of the best skaters in denmark. He has previously been coaching at the clubs of Lerum and Trollhättan in Sweden. During his career as a skater he was part of the National team of Sweden and represented Sweden in international competitions. Martin works with skaters from beginners onto international level.

 
 
  
 
 
Mikael Olofsson is 29 years old and grew up in Göteborg. He started skating at the age of 5 and trained at an elite level during his skating career. Mikael was part of the National team of Sweden and competed at an international level.
 
Mikael lived in Stockholm for 5 years and was head coach of the figure skating club of Haninge. Now he is working in rödovre outside of copenhagen. He has the highest Swedish coaching degree.

 
 
 
 
Robert Grzegorczyk was for 21 years skater at the highest level in Poland and was Polish champion 8 times. He has competed in European, World and the Winter Universiade. His best results are 11 at the European in Prague 1999, 22 at the Worlds in Edmonton 1996 and 5 at Winter universiade in Poland 1993. Robert has the highest Swedish coaching degree as well as coach education from the Academy och Physical Education in Warsaw. Since 2001 he is the head coach of the figure skating club of Trelleborg. He has also a trained masseur at the Hälsotek in Malmö and it's possible to book a massage from him at the camp. He speaks Swedish, English, Polish and Russian.

 
 
 
Anna Ivelind is since 2010 a full time head coach of the figure skating club of Borås. She has the second highest coaching degree in Sweden and has taking part in various different educations for coaches held by Hallands sport federation. Anna is 24 years and started skating at the age of 2. At first she practised in Kungsbacka where she had Lotta Zaring, Eva Schönström and Pawel Kusnierzs. She has competed on national level in single skating and is still competeing on international level in synchronized skating where her team reached a 9th place in synchronized worlds 2009. 

 
Li Bäckdal has been a figure skating trainer for 13 years, first in Trelleborg KK, then in Malmö KK for 7 years, and since the autumn of 2010, she is the trainer for Leksands IF Konståkning. Li has a trainer education step lV and has been training skaters from skating school up to elite level. She is also has a teaching degree in the Swedish language and in religion.
In her own skating career she has competed in both single and team skating and has besides skating been active in ballet and show dance. Li was also Swedish master two years in a row in aeroic gymnastics.
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Lina André is 26 years old and currently she is on parental leave from a position of manager at one of SATS training centers. She also works as a trainer at Solna KK in Stockholm together with Cecilia Walberg. They train all skaters at competitive level in the club. She also has other educational diplomas such as that of personal trainer, group instructor and she leads several different classes. Lina stopped training and competing early on in her career because of an injury, but she has been active as a trainer for over 10 years in Linköping Skating club and now in Solna KK.

 
 
Madelene Granath has since 2007 worked as a coach at Gothenburg Figure Skating Club (GK) where today she is working with both the competing figure skaters and the beginners. Beside coaching she also works as an administrator at GK. She is at           level 3 out of 4 in coaching degrees. Besides that she has an education in athletic science/sport management at the university of gothenburg. Before moving to Gothenburg in 2007 she was a figure skater for 14 years in Mariestad where she also was a coach.