John A.W. Nicks - Coach of Champions
Sasha Cohen was coached by John A.W. Nicks during the 2006 Olympics. He also taught Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner and other figure skating champions.
I had the privilege of skating and coaching in the same ice rinks as Mr. Nicks. When he directed the figure skating programs at Ice Capades Chalets, he recommended that I get hired as a coach!
No one in the figure skating world addresses John A.W. Nicks by his first name; he is always "Mr. Nicks."
Mr. Nicks does not wear skates when he teaches. I remember him coaching from a certain spot located close to the rink's center in heavy boots or shoes as skaters jumped around him. He did not budge from that spot. I wonder if he ever was knocked down?
- John A.W. Nicks - Coach of Ice Skating Champions
- Olympic Figure Skating Medalist Sasha Cohen
- Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner
Comments
Mr. Nicks is not only a great coach but a wonderful man. I feel had I been able to have been under the tutelage of Mr. Nicks early in my skating I could have done more. He has a great gift of understanding of not only coaching but of human nature.
Marguerite