Figure Skating Elite, LLC

ICE SKATING IS HOT SPORT IN KANSAS CITY 

Ice Skating,  as cold as it may be in the rink at Pepsi Ice Midwest Skating and Training Center in Overland Park, is one of the hottest sports emerging in Kansas, say Karen Tornquist, Director and Coach for Figure Skating Elite, a program for cultivating children with big dreams to pursue ice skating beyond the beginning basics and advance into the sport of figure skating. 

Pepsi Ice Midwest has felt the impact the Olympics has had resulting in enormous interest and participation on public skating sessions and the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Group Class Program. It’s wonderful to see the enthusiasm these new beginner skaters have for the sport and the joy in having a lot of fun on the ice, says Tornquist.    

  Karen Tornquist has implemented the Figure Skating Elite program that enhances the development of group class skaters by excelling them into the sport of figure skating.  The Figure Skating Elite program provides and includes practice sessions, individual lessons, off-ice jump training, athletic sports performance, sports nutrition, Dartfish Video Analysis Training (slow motion playback and synchronized comparison clips for improving technical skills in basic skating, spins and jumps), training for local competitions and exhibitions as well as testing through their Basic Skills Badges and Official U.S. Figure Skating Tests up through the Senior Gold Test Level, the level a skater needs to accomplish to be eligible for Olympic and World Competition. 

Parents who have children inspired to pursue ice skating turn to Figure Skating Elite for guidance and expertise to learn more about the sport and how to transition from the group class program into figure skating.  Figure Skating Elite has a team of coaches who are accredited and rated with the Professional Skaters Association and registered with U.S. Figure Skating, the national governing body for figure skating. This group of talented and highly qualified group of coaches work together as a team to provide the very best for these young athletes, say Tornquist.  

Not only do we work as a great team, but our young aspiring athletes are a team being taught sportsmanship, valuable life skills and to be empowered through sports and fitness. The Figure Skating Elite Team is given the opportunity to participate in recreational and competitive non-qualifying and qualifying U.S. Figure Skating Competitions within the Midwest Region.  Figure Skating Elite also reaches out to the community inviting Girl Scout and Boy Scout Troups, schools, daycares, churches and other special groups to participate in group skating events at Pepsi Ice Midwest.

Karen Tornquist is thrilled that Pepsi Ice Midwest proudly endorses Figure Skating Elite as the “bridge” for Basic Skills skaters to cross over into figure skating and train to be highly accomplished figure skaters going for their dreams.

Contact Karen Tornquist, Director of Figure Skating Elite, for more information at (913) 908-0567            or email  Karen@FigureSkatingElite.com or visit www.figureskatingelite.com   

Courtesy of Kansas City Sports and Fitness Newspaper March issue, 2010, page 17.