I was wondering what are the policies for coaching at your rinks. Hope this doesn’t get too confusing. I have this friend who started coaching intermediate freestyle at my rink. He in turn has a friend who’s a high level skater but not a coach who teaches him for free just because he’s nice. One day they get into an argument over use of the rink’s training room with some of the older but lower level coaches. The older coaches then go complain to the management. The management rules that there will be absolutely no free coaching, and my friend will have to pay $90/hr if he still wants his friend to teach him. If his friend doesn’t want the money for teaching, the rink will just take it all. I think that’s really unfair because it’s a personal issue what you do with the ice time you pay for as long as you’re not bothering anybody or doing something dangerous. There are no special sessions like freestyle and such at my rink so it’s not like they’re breaking any rules. It’s like saying you can’t help out a friend during practice – all you can do is skate by yourself. Of course the management has money on their minds because they get a percentage of the coaching fee. As for the older coaches, I think it’s just a matter of jealousy because my friend went from single axels to training double axels and triple salchows within a few months while most of the older coaches can’t even manage an axel. My friend will probably move to a different rink to get away from the older coaches, however since the rinks are affiliated, he still can’t have free lessons.