Summer Camp Gmunden (Austria) 2025

We want to invite interested skaters, trainers and teams to the 2025 Summer Camp in Gmunden/Austria with top trainers from Austria and Germany. The goal is to use the great team spirit at the camp and the input of the whole team for preparing the new season together. We are inviting especially teams and trainers but also skaters alone, but we would appreciate coordinating the training in cooperation with the main coach of the skater if possible. We are also offering feedback and a video archive to the trainers of the skaters.

Disciplines

• Figure Skating (Single)
• Pair Skating (upon request + tryouts)
• Ice Dance (only few skaters possible + tryouts)

Skater Levels

Youngsters

We are starting with the youngest skaters, that want to train like more advanced groups (starting with around 5 years, if they want and can train 2-3 hours on the ice and the same also off-ice till to older skaters wanting to improve)

Development group

All skaters that want to improve or work for jumps like Axel and double jumps or have a similar level in skating skills

Advanced group

All skaters that want to improve or work for jumps like double Axel and triples or quads and also want to improve their corresponding skating skills

General topics

• Season preperation together with the trainers of the skaters
• Health oriented long term athlete development (off-ice exercises and theory) including nutrition topics and injury prevention to increase also the performance of skaters
• Jump technique off-ice and on ice
• Short and long term improvement of rotation training in all levels for jumps with a special focus on exercises for improving jump rotation for all levels
• Rotator | vestibular rotation machines will be at our off-ice center there to train
• Training and improvement of landings on ice and off ice including exercises for strength training
• Intensive skating skills training (posture, knees, ….)
• Choreography and dance training – contemporary dance sessions every day and check and improving of dancing on the ice
• Transitional content, choreography | dance and performance improvement – check and practise for programs
• Video analysis based training including a video archive for skaters and your trainers | team
• Technical training tools
• Rules teaching (creating spins, new ISU rules with an ISU technical specialists and international judge)
• Check of programs, components, upon request GOE of the elements by an international judge and a ISU Technical Specialist
• Preperation of new programs upon request

Training Info

• Ice training: 2-3 hours per day (upon request or for smaller kids also 2 hours are possible), 6 days a week
• Off-Ice training: 3 hours per day (including rotation machine training, health and strength oriented exercises increasing performance, stretching, dancing sessions with experienced dance coaches, choreo exercises,…)
• Training planning for health oriented athlet development
• Team activities and joint leisure program like swiming in the nearby lake, going on the nice mountains (partially with a cable car), playing beach volleyball, badminton, tennis, running, fun dance sessions, just relaxing together at the lake and much more in the afternoon and evening
  

Accomodation

Internat BRG Schloss Traunsee

Situated very practical between the ice rink and the lake we plan to accomodate everybody if possible in the buildings of the school of the Traunsee castle. Some rooms are in the old part and some in a new part. The place is a school during the year.

Costs for food and accomodation (Skaters will be staying together with other skaters in 2-4 bed rooms) :

around 40 EUR/day accomodation + breakfast + half board (planned for the afternoon)
around 28-30 EUR/day accomodation + breakfast
full board on inquiry only

There is no central wifi/wlan in the building.

Apartments are available in Gmunden too!