Barbara "Bobbi" Hammond

Education:

• B.S. Education – University of Vermont

• B.S. Health Education – University of Akron, Ohio

• Masters in Health Education – Sage College of Albany

Notable Skating Achievements:

• USFS Gold Medalist School Figures

• USFS Medalist Ice Dance

• USFS Gold Medalist Freestyle

Professional Skating Association Ratings:

• Senior Rated for Figures, Freestyle, and Ice Dance

Coaching Experience:

• Over 45 years of coaching experience at RPI Figure Skating Club, Champlain Valley FSC, Kent FSC, and Hudson Mohawk FSC.  Coached the Midwestern Dance Team, Midwestern Novice Ladies, Coached several Ohio state champion skaters, first place skaters at the Empire State Games, and Tri-States Bronze Dance champions.  Voted Vice President of the Cleveland Coaches Council in Cleveland, OH.  Voted Capital Zone Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year (2014).  Has served as Director of Sugar on Ice show in St. Albans, Vermont, Director of Ice Fantasy at Kent State University in Ohio, and has helped put on the Holiday Happiness show at HMFSC for several years. 

Coaching Philosophy:

Teach the student first and the subject second.  She tries to instill in the students the love for the art and the sport of figure skating.