Olympic medalist in speed skating Ivan Skobrev said he is now working in the United States with Junior Rangers hockey players.
After finishing his career, Skobrev worked at the Dynamo Moscow hockey club, as a coach of general physical preparation in figure skating and participated in ice shows.
— Vanya, my last place of work was the Academy of Evgeni Plushenko. After that, there was no news about your professional activities. What were you doing? Why did you give up figure skating?
“Everything was fine, Zhenya was happy, I liked the whole process.” There I was able to gain new skills, communicate with new young creative figures of figure skating, but Ilya Averbukh wanted us to perform with Victoria Sinitsina, and I would not have been able to combine them. Then there was a tour. At the end of the season, I flew to the USA: my parents live there, whom I have not seen for three years. We spent a family vacation in nature, and after returning, out of curiosity, we went to the sports facilities that are nearby. One of them is Chelsea Piers.
Through mutual friends I met the head of the hockey department and they offered me to stay and try myself as a consultant at the Junior Rangers hockey academy. I decided to try myself abroad, to work with American and Canadian hockey players; by the way, there are guys from Europe here, as well as quite a few guys from Russia.
That’s how it all happened. There were other offers from the KHL, but I didn’t receive any that would allow me to be with the children all the time. And here is a very important opportunity for me: the whole family will be nearby, the children will train and study.
So now I am passing on my experience, gaining new knowledge in communication with American specialists, including ice specialists,” Skobrev said in an interview with .
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