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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!

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.

“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.

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.

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.

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

]]> http://www.karnskatingdynamics.com/2009/05/27/only-three-summer-training-clinics-still-open/feed/ 0 http://www.karnskatingdynamics.com/2009/04/30/summer-training-clinics-are-filling-up-fast/ http://www.karnskatingdynamics.com/2009/04/30/summer-training-clinics-are-filling-up-fast/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:11:30 +0000 admin http://www.karnskatingdynamics.com/?p=410 Heading into May, two of our popular Summer Training Clinics are full. Unfortunately, we can no longer accept new registrations for clinics # 4 and # 5 . The remaining 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 hope to see you soon!

Each clinic meets once a week over a 10 week session. These clinics are always well attended and many Small Group Training students also attend of these clinics as well.

We look forward to seeing you this summer!

Karn, by the way, made everyone look bad on the way back by effortlessly jogging up the steep parts then waiting at the top for the rest of us who were trying to get oxygen. Our guide/torturer mentioned a black bear had been spotted on the trail yesterday, and we’d have been an easy meal if he’d returned today because there wasn’t much fight left in anyone.

You can read the full article here.