Coach & Choreographer Inna Kuznetsova

Certified Coach, PSA Advanced Certified Coach, Safe Sport Compliant, Masters Degree in Education, Vice President CIFSC, Ballet and Dance Coach

A professional dance instructor and choreographer, Inna has studied ballet, jazz, ballroom, modern, Latin and Arabic dance styles.  Inna is an award winning performer, who in 2010 placed first in the Arabic Dance Nationals in Washington, DC, and competed in numerous dance events around the world.  Inna holds a MA in Education from University of Northern Iowa.

Inna loves working with young skaters in order to help them become better performers on ice and take advantage of the powerful dancing moves.  She is attentive to details, artistic, very knowledgeable of the figure skating and connective elements and sensitive of the talents and needs of her young skating students.

Inna can be reached at innahdance@gmail.com

Coach Jake Adams

Email: HockeyCoachJake@gmail.com

Phone: 515-577-7765

• LTS USA Instructor
• SafeSport certified
• Level 3 USA Hockey Coach (CEP# 485482)
  
  • 8 & Under Age specific module
  • 10 & Under Age specific module
• Level 1 USA Hockey Referee

About Me
I started skating in January 2014. After attending an Iowa Wild game, I was hooked on hockey. I decided to get a pair of skates to attend a post-game skate after an Iowa Wild game. I could barely move on the ice. I spent many nights at Brenton Skating Plaza in downtown Des Moines learning how to stop, turn, and skate. After spending many months attending public skating, I met a new friend who told me I should try playing hockey. After some consideration, I signed up for my first hockey league summer of 2014. I have been playing hockey since!

Summer of 2017 I was selected to be a captain for a summer team. I was then selected to be the captain of a Fall team in the 2017-2018 Inaugural season of the CIDL (Central Iowa D League). My team the Wild Goose won the championship that season. I captained the Wild Goose for the 2018-2019 season where we finished third in our division.

With my son turning two and playing floor hockey around the house, I decided to look into coaching. In 2018 I received my Level 1 Coaching certification. In 2019 I started working with CIFSC assisting with Learn to Skate as a volunteer coach. Later that season I was brought on to coach for CIFSC and have been coaching since. For the 2019-2020 CIDL season I took on the role of head coach of an adult novice team. Also in 2019 I decided to double down on my hockey knowledge and became a Level 1 USA Hockey Referee.

I enjoy teaching all ages, from kids to adults, the fundamentals of hockey and more importantly skating. I continue to Coach, play, free skate, referee, and on rare occasions you may find me in goalie gear for a low-level adult game. I enjoy volunteer coaching for DMYHA and the Iowa Wild Junior Crash course and occasionally teaching new skaters at public skate. I strive to slow my skaters down and teach the fundamentals that are needed for skating. I started skating as an adult and have enjoyed every minute of Ice time. It's never too late to get into skating if you are looking for a coach feel free to contact me at HockeyCoachJake@gmail.com.