How Rink Schedule Changes Affect Figure Skating Academies

A private lesson can be perfectly scheduled until the rink changes the ice underneath it.

Figure skating academies often coach inside independently operated rinks. The academy may control the lesson schedule without controlling the rink's master ice schedule.

Why freestyle ice matters

A coach and skater can both be available while the lesson is still impossible because the required freestyle session moved, disappeared or changed.

What the academy has to do after a rink change

• Identify the changed session
• Find the lessons that depended on it
• Identify the affected coach
• Identify the affected skater or family
• Determine whether the lesson can be moved
• Communicate the result

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