As of 2/01/2013
Persons banned or suspended from U.S. Figure Skating, Ice Skating Institute, and the Professional Skaters Association membership
By Terri Milner Tarquini
team, and an ice dance team who will compete against each other for team event medals for the first time.) So they’re inventing something before they’re taking an established sport. Do your team skaters still have to skate individually? Shannon: They have to do a minimum of four hours per week and they have to continue taking lessons. Holly: And we don’t care who they take lessons from or at what rink. We will gladly send video clips to whatever coach they are working with so they know what we need them to work on as far as synchro goes. What is your favorite synchro move to watch when it is performed really well? Holly: I like an awesome intersection with speed in and speed out. Shannon: Something I’ve enjoyed is watching the creative elements requirement. For a while the programs were all starting to look the same. It’s new this year and I’ve enjoyed the creativity coming back.
What are your plans for the future? Holly: I tell Shannon that she has to do this until my daughter, who is 11 years old and on the Novice team, makes the Senior team and goes to Worlds. The same way I coached her daughter and our brother’s daughter in their individual skating, Shannon can’t stop until my daughter can realize her dream. Then she can retire. Shannon (laughing): I’m just sitting here, smiling and nodding because I know it’s true. But I don’t think Holly is ever retiring. Holly (laughing): I’m going to die at the rink in this chair. How would you describe your journey in the skating world? Holly: In the late ’80s, when there were still silver rounds, we were the silver round champs. And, man, we always won that silver round. Then we were fourth place forever, then third place forever and, in 2004, that started changing. It’s been a long, hard climb. Shannon: And we’re not done yet.
Do you have an overall coaching philosophy or mission statement? Shannon: ‘Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.’ If you work hard enough and put enough into it, you’ll get it. Holly: That is why the big thing we look for at tryouts is heart. We want the skaters with heart. If you have the will … Shannon: And the determination … Holly: We’ll show you the way.
Joshua Kogan - suspended January 15, 2013
Persons suspended pending final hearing panel determination from U.S. Figure Skating and the Professional Skaters Association **Genrikh Sretenski - suspended September 18, 2012 ** D.J. Vincent - suspended January 17, 2013
Persons suspended pending final hearing panel determination from U.S. Figure Skating **Lindsey Sikorski - suspended January 13, 2012 **Sandra Sikorski - suspended July 20, 2011
James Clifford Patterson – Expulsion; eligible for reinstatement 4/11/2013
Shannon: Personally, I’d get rid of the group lift. It’s a safety issue and it’s really not pretty. To get a Level 4, you’re jeopardizing the skaters. We believe synchronized skating already has an element of risk factored in with sixteen pairs of sharp blades on the ice. We constantly weigh the risks of elements during choreography.
Shannon: I can’t see myself doing anything else. Holly: My second calling is patching people up. If anyone gets hurt or slices themselves up, I get called. Shannon: Holly would have made a great doctor.
Persons suspended pending final hearing panel determination from the Professional Skaters Association
Person Expelled from the Professional Skaters Association:
If there was one thing you could change about the sport, what would it be?
Shannon, you are a coach and the principal of a middle school. Holly, you are a coach and an assistant rink manager. If you both were not in those professions, what would you be doing?
In reference to the Professional Skaters Association (PSA) Bylaw Article V the persons listed have been suspended or banned from PSA membership. In addition, these persons are not eligible to attend PSA educational events, purchase liability insurance or to hold active ratings. Through a reciprocal agreement, the PSA recognizes each disciplinary action of U.S. Figure Skating and the Ice Skating Institute.
Persons Permanently Banned from U.S. Figure Skating and the Professional Skaters Association
Holly and Shannon presented at the 2011 PSA Conference in Dallas, Texas.
Tonya Harding - lifetime ban David Loncar – lifetime ban David Lowery – lifetime ban Marc Mandina – lifetime ban Gordon McKellen - lifetime ban Jacqueline Mero - lifetime ban Joseph Mero – lifetime ban Erik Pedersen – lifetime ban Robert Young - lifetime ban **Laurie Van Den Bosch – lifetime ban
Persons Suspended from U.S. Figure Skating **Roy Cofer – suspended indefinitely **Daniel Gray – suspended indefinitely **Amy L. McCann – suspended until October 6, 2018 **Tricia Rubacky – banned from sanctioned competitions until specific conditions are met ** Mike Norman - suspended until March 26, 2014. ** The persons noted have been disciplined under U.S. Figure Skating Bylaw Article XXIV and have been suspended or banned from U.S. Figure Skating membership [or competitions] These persons should not be credentialed, nor permitted to coach in any U.S. Figure Skating sponsored or sanctioned activity including but not limited to participating in qualifying or nonqualifying competitions, tests, carnivals and exhibitions. For more information regarding the discipline of U.S. Figure Skating members please refer to the grievance page on the U.S. Figure Skating Website. PS MAGAZINE
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