OSSA NextGEN Program 2020-2021

December 7, 2020

In order to continue to develop speed skaters who are prepared to yield performance results at future Youth and Junior National Championships in both Short Track and Long Track, Ontario Speed Skating is excited to name a NextGEN Team for the 2020-2021 season.

This year’s NextGEN program will include virtual training sessions that focus on Support Team services, including nutrition, mental preparation and functional movement training. Sessions will be conducted either in a virtual group setting or through virtual individual sessions.

More information about the 2020-2021 NextGEN Program, including program details and identified skaters, can be viewed on the OSSA website HERE.

Special Olympics Canada Coach of the Year!

December 7, 2020

After being named the Special Olympics Ontario Coach of the Year in the fall, we would like to congratulate Laura Woodall for receiving the same honour with Special Olympics Canada! Laura has been a Special Olympics speed skating coach for 22 years. She coaches in Belleville, but her expertise and technical knowledge have improved the sport across the province. She is a mentor to many coaches and helped bring the quality of speed skating in Ontario to new levels. She helped integrate Special Olympics racing into our Ontario Speed Skating meets, which has created positive experiences for all skaters – with and without an intellectual disability. Laura has a very special place in our hearts as an entire Province. Her dedication and enthusiasm to everyone at the rink is exemplary. Well done. Well deserved. And, we can’t wait to thank Laura in person!

OSSA Virtual Dryland is Back!

November 30, 2020

Ontario Speed Skating is hosting another series of OSSA Virtual Dryland Sessions with Ryan and Sean McAnuff of Elite Performance Training. These weekly sessions will run until February 2021.

Join us on Saturday afternoons at 1pm via Zoom. All skating members of Ontario Speed Skating are welcome to attend and sessions will be recorded for those who cannot attend live!

To register for the winter series of OSSA Virtual Dryland, complete this Google Form.