Val Katsman

Coaching disciplines: 

Ice-Dance, Freestyle, Partnering, Skating Skills, Choreography, Moves in the Field

Experience:

New Edge FSC Board of Directors Treasurer 2022-Present

Royal Oak Skating Academy Founder and Director

USFS National Ice-Dance Development Team (Juvenile level) part of coaching team

Coach of National Solo Dance Final competitors

2-time U.S. National Medalist in Ice-Dance

5-time U.S. Midwestern Sectional Medalist in Ice-Dance

3-time U.S. Southwestern Regional Medalist in Freestyle

Past Member of International Selection Pool for the United States in Ice-Dance

Val has worked with a wide variety of ages and levels

Education

Triple Gold Medalist in Moves in the Field, Ice-Dance, and Freestyle

Member of Professional Skating Association

Professional Coach/Choreographer CER compliant

B.S. in Biomedical Science from Oakland University 2020

Masters in Business Administration in Health Care from Johns Hopkins University 2023

Background:

Val is originally from Colorado Springs, CO where he began skating at the age of 3, and was coached by Olympic coach Tom Zakrajsek in Freestyle. He began ice-dance at the age of 10, and later moved to Wheaton, Maryland in 2014 to train under the Wheaton Ice Skating Academy. In 2015, he moved to Bloomfield Hills, MI to train under Olympic Ice-Dance coaches Angelika Krylova and Pasquale Camerlengo. He began coaching at the age of 16 and started the Royal Oak Skating Academy in 2018.

Contact:

Email: val@royaloakskatingacademy.com

Phone: (719)321-8578