The Flames and Barry in the Calgary Sun
July 29, 2009
Check out this article about Barry’s work with the Flames from The Calgary Sun:
Skating guru leaves his mark
By RANDY SPORTAK
Watching Barry Karn skate is a treat. Even for professional hockey players.
“You wonder why he’s not in the NHL,” marvelled Flames prospect J.D. Watt. “He’s so smooth. You know it works. Do it on the ice over and over and it will come natural to you.”
One of the premier power skating coaches in the world, Karn has been working with the up-and-coming future Flames during this week’s development camp at the Saddledome. Karn has been working as a consultant for the Flames for several years now, helping them develop their skating skills. His impact is minute to the naked eye, but it will make a difference, he insists, with repetition.
“It took Tiger Woods six months to change his swing, so it takes a little while to change the way you stand over your skates, but it makes a big difference for them.”
Read the article in it’s entirety here.
A.M. Small Group Training (Sept.-May)
July 23, 2009
The registration for our A.M. Small Group Training is on going throughout the school year!
Our popular small group training is available at four metro rinks on different days of the week: Blake (M,W,F) , Eden Prairie (Tues) , Plymouth (Wed) , and Burnsville (Thurs).
If you haven’t already, head on over to the registration page now and secure your spot.
Better Skating with the St. Louis Blues
July 5, 2009
Over the years we’ve traditionally been thought of as teachers and practitioners of power skating. While we don’t have a problem with that, HockeyBuzz.com is carrying a story about Barry’s work with the St. Louis Blues in which Blues coach Andy Murray talks about something we are all about – better skating.
The Blues have invited skating guru Barry Karn of Minneapolis Minnesota to conduct skating sessions with the prospects prior to each practice. Murray got to know Karn within the last year or so when Karn was working with Murray’s son Jordy. Jordy is entering his senior season at hockey power Shattuck St. Mary’s high school in Minnesota and has committed to the University of Wisconsin.
Karn runs the highly successful Karns Skating Dynamics in the twin cities. KSD is the largest school of its kind in the country and Karns works with anywhere from 450-600 kids per week year round.
Hockey traditionalists would describe Karns teaching methods as a form of Power Skating, but Murray doesn’t like the term “Power Skating” instead preferring “Better Skating”. Murray told me Karn isn’t teaching hockey players how to skate with power, he’s teaching them how to skate better. Murray wrote “skate better to make us better” on the board inside the meeting room.
Karn says he like the term better skating and will continue to use it.
