Spots Still Available for Winter Training Clinic

There are still spots available for our training sessions that start in January and run through May

Head on over to our sign up page and we’ll see if we can schedule anything.

“They’re just top notch skating coaches”

Longtime friend and student of Karn Skating Dynamics, Jack Hillen  has been skating with us a long while. Read what he had to say about us recently:

But it isn’t an accident that Hillen’s skating is one of his strong suits out on the ice. He’s been practicing and fine tuning his skills with the same two coaches for the past 15 years. “They’re just top notch skating coaches,” Hillen said about his skating coaches Barry and Jodi Karn. “They basically formed my stride. It’s not something that just happened by accident. I put a lot of work into it ever since I started skating.”

Read the rest of the article.

Video: Barry at the Calgary Flames Development Camp

Barry Karn is the man in charge of teaching the young Flames power skating – it’s about getting to places quicker with less effort.

2010 Fall Small Group Training! (Sept-Dec)

Karn Skating Dynamics is now taking requests for Sept. – Dec. Small Group Training.

Our locations and hours:

BLAKE- 6:00-8:30 am, B’VILLE- 6:00-7:30 am,  EP- 6:30-8:30 am, & PLYMOUTH- 6:00-8:00 am

Kids skate for a 1/2 hour once a week!  Sign up at the bottom of our Small Group Training page!

Mark Parrish on Why He’s Never Been Better

Star Tribune hockey writer Michael Russo recently had a chat with hometown star Mark Parrish and posted to his fantastic blog Russo’s Rants. Mark credits Barry with helping him skate better than ever:

Parrish looks in exceptional shape and seems to be skating better than ever after working this summer with powerskating extraordinaire Barry Karn, who runs the local Karn Skating Dynamics and works with the Calgary Flames.

“I’ve never felt better on the ice. It’s amazing. I’ve known him for years and finally got stubborn enough to realize I probably need a little help with my skating. I can already feel the difference.”

Read the article in it’s entirety here.

Former Karn Student Nick Leddy

In a recent article in Max Preps,  Jodi was asked about her experience working with Nick Leddy as a youngster:

“When he was 10 he was skating with high school kids. One of his teachers, Jodi Karn, said, ‘See that kid out there. You’re going to be watching him on TV some day.’ Even when he was just 5-3 and 115 pounds he was fearless. Once he went up against a 6-3 player and Nick came out of the corner with the puck.”

Way to go Nick!

Check out the article here.

The Flames and Barry in the Calgary Sun

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)

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

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.

From the article:

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.

Read the entire article at HockeyBuzz.com

Only Three Summer Training Clinics Still Open!

As of May 27th, all but three of our Summer Training Clinics are full. We can no longer accept new registrations for clinics 1, 2,  4, 5, and 7. The remaining three clinics are filling up fast. If you would like to enroll your skater for any of the remaining clinics, view and print a registration form and send it off soon. We look forward to seeing you on the ice!

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