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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.

Hey. I compete in jumpers and am trying not to loose my amateur status. I’ve never taught for money (often volunteer my time teaching for free or coaching at shows though – always unpaid) but am getting ready to undertake in something that I’m not sure would cause me to loose my amateur status.
My parents own a small property (10 acres) that we have slowly built into a small equestrian center. It was just me riding at the barn then my brother but now we’ve started into sales. With the bad market we’ve found a little niche taking in unbroke fuglies off craigslist, breaking them, putting 3 months on them and selling. Sometimes we make money off them but more often that not the ones in poor condition cost us far more than we sell them for but we enjoy it.
I manage the horses on a daily basis, train them, market them and show them to potential buyers. Does this cause me to loose my amateur status? Since I have done fairly well at selling these horses, a few people have asked me to ride, market and show their horses to buyers. I don’t get paid for this but if/when I can get the horse to sell, I get 10% of the sale price for my efforts. (Usually about $100-$200 for 4+ months of work).
So basically, can I be a barn manager and sales agent without loosing my amateur status?
Thanks