Coaches :: Orillia Figure Skating Club

All Orillia Figure Skating Club coaches are contracted by the club and are certified through the Coaching Association of Canada’s National Coaching Certificate Program (NCCP).

All Starskaters are required to arrange for private lessons from one of the Orillia FSC club coaches.

Lessons are given in 15 minutes sessions and are charged directly to the parent. Private lessons are not required on CanSkate sessions.

To contact one of our coaches, please email info@orilliafigureskatingclub.com

Club Coaches:

Tracey Zwiers

Head Coach & PreCan/CanSkate Coordinator
$14.00 per 15 minute lesson

Tracey has been coaching for 35 years. She is National (Level 3) Certified, Special Olympics World Level coach. She coaches at all levels from PreCan to Gold StarSkate, both at the recreational, competitive, Special Olympic and Adult levels. She has her Gold Assessment level in Figures, Skills, Freeskate and Dance.

In 2022 Tracey was awarded the Skate Canada Club Coach of the Year Award.

Over her coaching career Tracey has been awarded several achievements including:
* 2017 Coaching Award of Excellence from the Coaching Association of Canada
* 2011 & 2012 Skate Canada Club Coach and Recreation Coach of Excellence
* 2012 Selected for CanSkate Resource Team for Skate Canada
* 2009 Top 20 Best of the Best CanSkate Coaches in Canada
* 2005 COS Volunteer Coach
* 2000 COS Club Coach

Susan Scott

CanSkate & StarSkate Coach, Enhancement Team, Solo Simulation & Little Stars Coordinator
$14.00 per 15 minute lesson

Susan has been coaching for 33 years. She is National (Level 3) Certified and coaches all levels from PreCan to Gold Starskate, both at the recreational, competitive and Adult levels. When not coaching for the Orillia FSC, Susan also provides power skating lessons to many hockey players to improve their skating skills and edges. She has her Gold Assessment level in Figures, Skills, Freeskate and Dance.

During Susan's skating career Susan competed at the National level for 7 years and was a National team member. She placed 2nd at the National Figure Skating Championships and 8th at the Junior World Figure Skating Championships.

Skyanne Tillotson

CanSkate & StarSkate Coach, Enhancement Team, Starskate & Development Team Coordinator
$12.00 per 15 minute lesson

Skyanne has been coaching for 8 years. She is Regionally Certified as well as CanPower Certified. Skyanne coaches all levels from PreCan to Gold Starskate, as well as Adult skaters.

Skyanne started skating at the age of 5 with the Orillia Figure Skating Club and skated until she was 18. She has her Gold Assessment level in Skills, Interpretive (Artistic), Freeskate and Dance. She has skated Synchro with the Barrie Royal Blades.

Erin Shaw

CanSkate & StarSkate Coach
$12.50 per 15 minute lesson

Erin has been coaching for over 15 years. She is a Certified Provincial Coach. Erin coaches all levels from PreCan to Gold Starskate.

Erin skated with the Orillia FSC for 15 years, competed competitively in Dance and Synchronized Skating and for Wilfrid Laurier's University Varsity Skating team. She grew up Program Assisting with the Orillia Figure Skating Club's CanSkate Program, Assistant Coached WLU's Varsity Skating team and achieved coaching certifications under the guidance of Tracey Zwiers. Erin has always been a proud member of the OFSC and looks forward to continuing to share her love and passion for the sport of figure skating with many young skaters in the community!

Specialty Coaches:

James Callan

Dance Coach
$15.00 per 15 minute lesson

James has been coaching for over 30 years. He is NCCP Level 2 Certified and coaches in the Orillia FSC and Mariposa School of Skating

James is a six time national ice dance competitor and has coaches multiple ice dance teams at the National level and International Levels.

Markus Leminen

Freeskate Coach
$14.00 per 15 minute lesson

Markus has been coaching for 20 years. He is National (Level 3) Singles Certified and coaches in both Orillia and Bradford Figure Skating Clubs. Markus offers harness and jump lessons as a speciality freeskate coach.

Markus is a 7 time Finnish National Freeskate Champion. He has guest coached for Finland's Junior Team as well as in New Jersey and Hong Kong.

Coaches are not permitted to solicit parents or skaters according to Skate Canada rules. Parents and coaches enter into a private agreement which may be ended at the discretion of the coach or parent. It is recommended to choose a coach for the season and then re-evaluate your skaters needs at the end of the year. Skaters may have more than one coach to work on the different disciplines in skating.

Parents/Guardians, in conjunction with the coach, decide what their goals are for the skater and how many lessons they wish to have per week. Group lessons can be requested with one or more skaters to reduce costs. Parents and coaches should communicate regularly about how the skater is progressing and which assessments they will be ready to try and when. It is the skater's (and/or parents/guardians) responsibility to inform their coach of an absence from a lesson or you may be charged for a missed lesson.