Shawn Verasammy
Email: shawnverasammy@gmail.com
National Level Coach/NCCP Level 3 and Partial Level 4
Availability: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Updated Sept 6 2025
Speciality:
- Assisting Starskaters in achieving their Gold tests in Freeskate, Skills, Dance, and Artistic.
Other Specialties Include:
- National/International (Competitive) and Starskate (Provincial) Coaching
- Singles Skating
- Pairs Skating
- Adults
- Fish-pole Harness (Portable Jumping Harness)
About:
- 3-Time Canadian National Pairs Medalist
- Master’s degree (M.A.) in Kinesiology with correlates in Sport Psychology and Sport Administration from California State University, Fresno, California.
- Bachelor of Science (BSc.) in Kinesiology from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
Shawn has over 21 years of professional coaching experience and has trained singles and pairs figure skaters in Ontario and Quebec, Canada as well as Oakland and Los Angeles, California, USA. He is specialized in the portable jumping harness pole.
He enjoys coaching singles skating for its independent nature and pairs skating for its ability to create art with two skaters becoming one entity on the ice.
He lives and coaches by a famous quote by Coach John Wooden UCLA Men’s Basketball Legend, which is “Make Everyday Your Masterpiece”