While journeying home from a recent trip to choreograph and train the skaters at the new International Ice Academy of Colorado, I realize...

My motivation in creating this national championship program came from the athletic drawings of Michelangelo taken from the book in this ...

In our home, we are graced with a number of beautiful black and white images captured by the renowned photographer, Ansel Adams. His blac...

Being resilient and tough is part of being a figure skater. And right now, the most important thing we can all do is to stay in shape so w...

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with elements of chromium and nickel. And many boots are comprised of leather, wood, and glue with h...

As I reflect back on my many years of creating choreography for U.S. and international figure skaters, I feel fortunate and honored by al...

The past several years have brought seemingly constant and evolving changes to our sport of figure skating.  We have experienced ongoing ...

For the past few seasons, we have witnessed the evolution of figure skating as it continues its emphasis on jumping. Those triple axels a...

Our fall 2019 season culminated with many skaters having worked extremely hard throughout the summer and fall. So many athletes competed ...

The 2019 Professional Skater Association Conference was in Palm Springs this year. Coaches from across the nations gathered for professio...

Polina Edmunds The 2019 Professional Skater Association Conference was in Palm Springs this year. Coaches from across the nations gathere...

Inspiration comes in all sizes, shapes, colors and configurations.  I never know when I will see or feel something that inspires me to cr...

It was a chilly day in 2009. While choreographing and training skaters at Ice Castle International Arena in Lake Arrowhead, California, M...

When Kumiko Hamada, editor of the Japanese publication World Figure Skating, asked me to share my thoughts and experiences about working w...

After the ISU Congress we all find ourselves in a frenzy about the newest updates and changes to take affect for the new competitive seas...

Shirley Hughes has tapped Phillip Mills to lead her summer seminars many times. This year he focused on skating and choreography skills w...

Those of us who have been in and around figure skating for many years remember the legendary Don Jackson. He was the 1962 World Figure Sk...

In thinking back over time about some of the great alliances I have been fortunate to be involved in during my career, the one that I thi...

As I was sitting at the gate at San Jose International Airport waiting to board my flight home to Southern California, I found myself ove...