Coach Hamish, Montem Ln, Slough (2026)

02/11/2021

“As long as we are skating, we find a little piece of ourself.” — Ali Heiss

There are so many forms and disciplines of skating—ice, roller, inlines, speed, freestyle, and more (feel free to add more in the comments and I’ll add them to this list).

I think we can all agree regardless of the the type of skating, we do find a little piece of ourself when we skate ❤️

This quote is from a DM Ali wrote during a conversation we were having, I thought is was such a meaningful quote I had to share it with you all. Thank you Ali for being such an inspiring member of the skating community.

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09/10/2021

Your skating progress isn’t linear and sometimes you’ll take the scenic route. There will be times when you move forward with your progress quickly and times when you will move more slowly. The key is going at your own pace to keep moving forward.

The simple way to keep yourself on track is to check in with yourself every week to see if you’re still moving towards your goals. Ask yourself, “Am I moving closer to my goal or further away from it?”

Be kind to yourself when you ask this question. It’s not a time to beat yourself up if you’re not moving closer to your goal, it’s a moment to check in with yourself.

If you’re moving towards goals, fantastic! Keep doing what you’re doing. If you’ve sidestepped from your goal that’s okay, perhaps you were meant to be exactly where you are.

When you’re ready, lace up your skates and take the first step towards your goals again at your own pace.

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31/07/2021

What does making a positive mistake really mean? First, let’s understand what is a negative mistake. For example, you're practicing your single Axel and the free-leg is toughing down or you’re landing on two feet because of holding back or not committing to the jump.

When you hold back trying a skill regardless if it’s simple or complex more often than not you won’t succeed. This is what I describe as a negative mistake. These can lead to a negative mindset and poor confidence.

Let’s go back to our Axel example again. The goal is to land cleanly on one foot, so you should aim to stack your landing and drive the free-leg back in strong confident action. So the goal now is to commit a positive action during the landing of the Axel.

If you go in with positive intent you’ll have a greater chance coming out with a positive mindset, regardless of success or failure. This is what I describe as a positive mistake.

Mistakes are part of your learning, but more often than not if you commit to an action or element you’ll succeed and make faster progress. This approach is one way to help build you confidence when you skate.

Next time you go skating try and make positive mistakes!

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25/07/2021

What is one fun or random fact about your skating? Share in the comments ☺️ Here is my random fact:

When I returned to competing in my late 20’s I had a few boot and blade troubles. And when I saw a few, I mean a lot 😂 In the space of 4 months I managed to snap or bend beyond repair 4 pairs of blades (thanks goodness for one year warranties on blades 😅).

The blade would snap right down the middle
or on the plate on jumps or it would bend where there stanchion meets the plate just from doing edge work 🤷‍♂️

The solution to this problem was to switch to Edea Skates] boots with water resistant soles and to use Matrix blades. I’m yet to break a pair of Matrix blades to this date. In fact, these blades lasted me years when I was competing and now forever as I’m only skating professionally and coaching.

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🥾 | Edea Skates] Concerto
🔪 | .ultima Matrix Freestyle
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📍 | Slough Ice Arena, U.K.

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22/06/2021

I wanted to share today’s quote after listening to and new podcast . The episode with talked about how figure skaters are some of the toughest athletes he’s trained, more than martial artist, football, and rugby players.

I found this incredibly inspiring to hear, as having trained myself and coached skaters all these years I couldn’t agree more. This is also what makes skating such a beautiful, challenging, and rewarding sport.

There will be times where perhaps you feel you’re not making progress, but look a little deeper and you’ll find some.

Every skill you practice or exercise you do there will always be positives. Even if you fall over, simply the act of getting back up is a positive action!

Try and find and focus on these positives. Use this as motivation and encouragement. Remember, every time you turn up to train you’re making forward progress.

Share in the comments something you’ve made progress on during your most recent training session ✨

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10/06/2021

Can you spot the main difference between these two single Salchow’s? Let me know in the comments if you think you know ☺️

I’ll reveal the correct answer in my Instagram story today and will also be sharing a video this month on Patreon to explain the difference in detail. Plus, why you may prefer one technique over the other.

🚨 ASMR ALERT 🚨 I left original sound on as there is not better sound than the rip of an edge jump and crisp sound during a jump landing 🥰

Boots: Edea Skates
Blades: Jackson Ultima Skates

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04/06/2021

Write in the comments one thing you’ve achieved no matter how big or small 💬

The thing about progress it can be both so small you don’t even notice or a big milestone like landing a new jump.

Never underestimate how much skating progress you’ve made. You’ve achieved more than you realise.

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29/05/2021

Rate your backspin from 1 to 10 ❤️

Backspin is one of the hardest elements to learn but one of the most important. If you ever plan to jump you’ll want to have a strong backspin.

One of the biggest challenges when learning a backspin is being able to spin on the backward outside edge. To help you achieve this it’s important to set your alignment correctly over your spinning side with a a strong check (I’ll talk more about this in my Patreon close friends group on IG).
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WHAT
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Name: Backspin
Skill Type: Spin
Difficulty: Beginner +

WHY
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Reinforce body alignment

HOW
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Try these two exercises to help reinforce your body positioning 💪

1️⃣ 360 Pivot:
Do a backward inside pivot around your spinning foot starting with the toe in the ice. Close your shoulders to the inside of the circle by pressing the back arm (this is the same as your pivot toe) and setting the front arm across the body inline with your back shoulder.

Complete one rotation maintaining closed shoulders. As you complete the pivot cross the pumping for in front of the pivoting foot.

2️⃣ Pivot Backspin:
Enter the backspin moving through exercise one. Think of having your weight towards the baby toe of the pivot foot. Use the back arm to help pull in the achieve more rotation. Avoid moving the front arm beside pull directly into the spin.

In the beginning aim for 1-2 revolutions and build from there. It helps to aim for control rather than speed. Your speed will come with confidence, which comes from having better control.

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24/05/2021

Hands up if you’d like an exercise to help improve your jump rotation? 🙋‍♀️ This exercise focuses on the shoulder and hip connection during jumps.

There are three parts to this shaping exercise and it’s important to understand what’s happening in each part.

1️⃣ Shoulders: In part one, only the shoulders move by rotating through the spine. The goal is rotate to the quarter point and it’s important to keep your hips still and feet planted.

2️⃣ Shoudlers + Hips: Now, both your shoulders and hips are rotating. This time pivoting through the balls of your feet to allow the hips to release. You want to feel a snapping action in your hips.

3️⃣ Shoulders + Hip + Jump: Finally, in part three you add the jump landing and checking out on one foot. It’s important to replicate the movements of part one and two.

TOP TIP
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Once you feel comfortable with the shoulder and hip action you should focus on the action of the takeoff free-leg to help further develop the jump.

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21/05/2021

Skating progress isn’t linear. You’ll have times when you have big breakthroughs and others when you feel like you’re going backwards.

This can be especially apparent the sessions shortly after making a big breakthrough with an element, like landing a new jump for the first time.

I often have to remind skaters I coach that the key is to stay consistent with your training and, overall, you’ll keep making progress.

The elements you learn will eventually be the elements you can do consistently.

Which element are you working on at the moment?

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18/05/2021

First day on the ice in over four months and it was so good to be back 🎉

If your rink is not able to open due to lockdown/covid restrictions I do hope it will be able to open soon ❤️

I’ll be resuming in-person lessons at Slough Ice Arena again soon. I’m putting together my lesson schedule this week so send me a DM if you’d like to book any lessons with me. I coach all levels from first steps on the ice to national level.

Even though I’m back coaching in-person, I will continue offering online lessons. I do these for off ice and on ice. Send me a DM if you’d like to book a private online lesson.

If your rink is not open I hope they’ll be able to do so soon ❤️

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10/05/2021

What is it you want to achieve in skating?

If you know that, you’ve already made the first step. Now, you need to set out a concrete goal and consistently work towards it.

Go fearlessly towards the challenges you’ll face along the way.

Keep things simple and don’t over complicate it. Consistency over complexity. Your success will come from building a strong foundation of movements.

If you find yourself making the same mistakes consider a new approach, don’t he afraid of mixing it up.

And above all fail, fail again, and keep going.

I’m here to help you and this is how.

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