Warmly welcome

We would like to warmly invite you to our Figure skating summer camps 2022 in Peurunka, in Central Finland. For the athletes, we are offering different practice packages for the different levels.

We have following groups:

Junior / Senior (minimum 2 A & 1-2 triple jumps)
Intermediate novice / Advanced novice until 15 years (minimum all double jumps and working on 2 A & triple jumps)
Junior B / Senior B (double jumps & working on 2 A & triple jumps)
Basic Novice / Novice B (double Jumps & working on 2 A & triple jumps)
Chicks / Novice C (single jumps, axel and practicing /or including double jumps)
Beginners until age of 10 years (only single jumps and/or including single axel and practicing double jumps)
Adults / and hobby skaters from the age of 11 years old (only single jumps and/or including single Axel and practicing double jumps) (just in week 3 available (19.06 -24.06.2022)

Practice

Duration & amount of the practice per week

Group 1 – 5:

Technique on ice, includes steps and spins (10 x 50 min.)
Skating Skills / Expression (5 x 50 min.)
Dancing / ballet / dance workout (4 x 50 min.)
Athletics (5 x 50 min.)
Body recovery / Stretching / Yoga (4 x 50 min.)

Group 6:

Technique on ice, includes steps and spins (11 x 50 min.)
Dancing / ballet / dance workout (4 x 50 min.)
Athletics (5 x 50 min.)

Group 7:

Technique on ice, includes steps and spins (11 x 50 min.)
Dancing / ballet / dance workout (4 x 50 min.)
Athletics (5 x 50 min.)
Body recovery / Stretching / Yoga (4 x 50 min.)

The size of the groups for technique training on ice, will be max. 6 athletes per coach.

Prices per group:

Group 1 -5:

1 Week: 550,00 €
2 Weeks: 1.050,00 €
3 Weeks: 1.500,00 €

Group 6:

1 Week: 400,00 €
2 Weeks: 750,00 €
3 Weeks: 1.050,00 €

Group 7:

1 Week 450 €

In addition, we are offering following:

Extra offers:

Extra Ice/Patch / per day (just possible with a coach) + extra Coaching / Choreography costs (50 min./ 10,00 €)
Private Coaching on ice and off-ice (You can book this during the camp) (50 min./The price depends on the coach (50,00€ – 80,00€) excl. 10,00 € for the extra ice).
Extra Off-Ice at the group (Stretching, Body recover etc.) (50 min./ 10,00 €)

Choreography is possible with Monica Lindfors (Debytantit-SM-Seniorit) and Pipsa Tuppela (Tintit-Debytantit/Noviisit)

Important information

Accomondation

Accomodation is seperatly and not incl. in the camp price.

We get some special offer from Peurunka Spa Hotel www.peurunka.fi.

You can book directly with the code: ALLTAITO122 or peurunka@peurunka.fi

Insurance

All athletes must purchase health insurance (in the case you get injured or ill) for the camp. In addition, we recommend acquiring travel insurance as well which would cover the costs in case of cancellation due to injury. Please contact your own insurance companies.

Responsibility

The organizer is not held liable for you or your health on or off the ice. All skaters who are under the age of 18 years should travel with a parent or guardian. For emergency cases, we have a doctor, MD-PhD Valtter Virtanen, in the camp. He will take care of the first aid if something happens to you during the practice sessions and will bring you to the closest hospital, if necessary.

Cancellation

In case of cancellation, a written form is required. We will charge 50% of the booking when the written cancellation is done 01.03. – 31.03.2022. After 01.04.2022 we will charge 100% of the booking. Cancellation rules apply in all situations inclusive injuries and case of getting ill. For this you should have travel or health insurance.

For private coaching we will charge 100% of the booked patch and coaching fee if the cancellation occurs later than 48 hours before the planed session.

Other information

If you have allergies or medical conditions, please let us know. Your data will be treated confidentially.

There is also a possibility to book massage and physiotherapy in the camp. Please contact us directly.

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Entry deadline for the camp: 20.05.2022

Coaches

Best of the best

“The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great at whatever they want to do.” — Kobe Bryant

Marina Shirshova

Figure Skating coach

She is only available from 04.06. – 17.06.2022 at the camp.

Marina has more than 20 years of experience in figure skating coaching, At the moment she is the head coach of Lappeenranta and Kouvola. She has studied St. Petersburg at the “Lesgaft Academy of Physical Education” under the direction of the renowned figure skating trainer Professor Alexei Mishin. Marina has been learned and developed from the world’s leading figure skating trainers, who follows the modern coaching methods closely and pays great attention to the systematic character of the coaching.

She speaks Finnish, Russian and English

Alina Mayer-Virtanen

Figure Skating coach

Alina Mayer-Virtanen is Master of Science in psychology. She was skating by herself for 24 years and represented Germany. The last few years of her skating career she skated at the international level in single skating. Alina is coaching single skating since 2013 in Oberstdorf-Germany and in Finland since 2017 as well.

She speaks German, English and a bit of Finnish.

Silvie de Rijcke

Figure Skating coach

Silvie will be on camp from 19.06. -24.06.2022.

She is the former coach of Belgian top skaters, as Kevin Van der Perren, Ira Vannut, Ruben Blommaert, Kaat Van Daele and the coach of Charlotte Vandersarren. She participated with her students in many high-level competitions and succeeded in winning a bronze medal on Europeans 2009 with Kevin Van der Perren and different high-level results with Ira Vannut, who became the first lady for Belgium to win a medal in junior grand prix.

She speaks Flemish, French, German and English.

Adam Sólya

Choreographer, dance teacher.

Adam is just available 12.06 – 24.06.22

He is an international and Olympic Choreographer in Figure Skating. Adam as a professional dancer – actor, he is known about the remarkable way of using the classical ballet, modern dance and contemporary upper body movements in his choreographies. His acting experience adds a dramatic aspect to the interpretation of music and skating style of the skater. He was working in past 2 season with the studends of Professor Alexei Mishin, like Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Sofia Samodurova, Evgenyi Semenenko, Alexander Petrov. His current students include Loena Hendrickx (BEL), Valtter Virtanen (FIN), Jenni Saarinen (FIN), Nikita Starostin (GER), Linnea Ceder (FIN), Kai Jagoda (GER), Paul Fentz (GER). Since 2010 he works as docent and house choreographer of the Royal Conservatorium Brussels.

Adam speaks English, Hungarian and Flemish.

www.adamsolya.com

Valtter Virtanen

Team Doctor and Allrounder

Valtter has participated in several European and World Championships in single skating. Valtter works part-time as a doctor for Keski-Suomen keskussairaala and Seppälääkärit in Jyväskylä. But his main focus is still on figure skating. He is the team doctor of JYP ice hockey.

Valtter Virtanen will support the team as well.

Valtter speaks Finnish, English, German and Swedish.

Katjaana Kanninen

Figure skating coach

Katjaana Kanninen is a Bachelor of sport medicine, focusing on coaching and performance. At the moment she is studying physiotherapy in Jyväskylä.

She had her own skating career in Finland and competed on a national level. After her career she was coaching skaters in Sweden for 3 years. Now she is one of the coaches in Peurunka Skating Academy Laukaa.

She speaks Finnish, Swedish and English.

Béla Papp

Figure skating coach

Béla participated in 4 consecutive Junior World Championships, 2 consecutive University Games as well as the 2011 World Championships. He is the 2011 Finnish national champion. During his career he won the national title at every single category. Bela is currently attending a Master’s degree program at the University of Jyväskylä.

Bela speaks Finnish and English.

Monica Lindfors

Choreographer, figure skating coach

Monica (just available 5.6-10.6) had a career in both ice dance and single skating. In singles she competed up to junior level and in ice dance she achieved a medal in Finnish championships and participated in junior world championships.

She started her career as a choreographer in 2017 and has choreographed programs for skaters competing up to senior level including skaters of the finnish national team. She also works as a coach specializing in skating skills.

Monica is currently studying architecture at the University of Oulu.

Monica speaks finnish and english

Pipsa Tuppela

Dance teacher, choreograph

She is a dance teacher who graduated as Master of Arts at the Theatre School of Helsinki in 2017. She is working with figure skaters in different clubs around Finland, on- and off ice, sharing her passion for music and movement after her own figure skating hobby turned into professional dancing career. In her dance lessons focus is on holistic teaching methods and finding positive pedagogy ways to bring the best out of every athlete.

She will do dance classes and choreography in our camp. Of course you can book her like every coach in our camp for privat sessions.

Pipsa speaks Finnish, Swedish and English.

Nina Välikangas

Physical educated instructor and a fitness coach

NINA is our off-ice support and she will help us during our camp.

Nina is the owner of Voimala. She is a physical educated instructor and a fitness coach from Finland. Her focus in coaching is injury prevention and working on weaknesses in a meaningful way. She will give all her support to the skaters off ice that they can benefit of it on the ice.

She speaks Finnish and English.

Kerttu Huttunen

Founder of Pilates Studio Classic in Jyväskylä /Pilates Instructor

Graduated as a Sports instructor, Sports massage therapist, Life Coach and Pilates instructor. She has her own studio at Jyväskylä Pilates Studio Classic.

Focus on her teaching is in the Classical Pilates Method created by Joseph Pilates. Kerttu started instructing children to move when she was seventeen. She has been moving all kinds of bodies for twenty years and has over 10 years of experience in the field of Pilates. Her passion is to teach you how to use your body in a sustainable way and build contrology through movement.

She is specialized in back problems.

Kerttu gives you the map to your body and helps you find your route. Rewire your connections and find your true potential with her.

She speaks Finnish and English.