Janice’s specialty is creating a yearly plan for athletes that facilitates growth and personal development while pursuing personal skating goals. As a base coach, Janice encourages a team based approach to learning in a fun and positive atmosphere. Using this approach, Janice has successfully taught athletes from the grassroots to Olympic level success.
In Janice’s 30-year coaching career, she has been successful in developing Local, National and International level competitive skaters. A few of her most memorable accomplishments:
- Coaching Provincial, National and International medalists
- Coach of Skate Canada Novice National Pair Champions 2024
- Coached at 15 National Championships including Canada and South Africa.
- Coached at many International and Junior Grand Prix events
- Team coach for Ontario Winter Games in 2012 and 2018
- Team coach for Canada Winter Games in 2019.
- Facilitated seminars at the club, provincial, national and international level.
- Coach/consultant to athletes from countries such as Canada, South Africa, Malaysia, Chinese Taipei, Korea, Australia, Turkey, Iran, India, Germany, Austria, USA, Great Britain and Switzerland
- Establishing the pair program at the Mariposa School of Skating
Available to facilitate seminars at the club provincial national and international level.
Janice trained as a skater the Mariposa School of Skating and competed at the National Level.
She obtained her Gold Free Skate, Gold Dances, Gold Figure, Gold Interpretive Dance, Senior Competitive & Novice Pairs tests. Janice has been a Skate Canada professional coach since 1992 and is well on her way to becoming Level 4 certified.