Skating & Athlete Development · Nairobi · EST. 2020
From your first glide to specialised performance.
Big Ice provides structured skating development for athletes who want to learn, explore different disciplines, or commit to mastering one. Choose your starting point.
Inline Skating • Ice Skating • Roller Hockey • Athlete Development
Learn to skate safely and build the fundamentals.
Pick a discipline to develop — or explore several.
3, 6 or 12 months of structured development.
Build confidence. Learn the fundamentals. Start skating.
Once an athlete has developed their skating foundation, they can choose where they want to take their skating.
Try multiple disciplines and discover what the athlete enjoys — and where they show the most potential.
Choose one discipline and build progressively toward mastery.
Your programme is tailored around the skating discipline you choose. Select one to personalise everything below.
6 × 1-hour sessions
Discipline-specific training
The Beginner Programme builds the foundation. The longer programmes are where athletes begin structured, discipline-specific development.
Choose 3, 6 or 12 months of structured development. Your training is then tailored to the discipline — or combination of disciplines — you choose.
Longer commitment means a lower effective monthly investment — and more time to progress, specialise, assess and refine. The programmes are not different products; they are different depths of development.
Most of what an athlete receives is the same in all three. What a longer programme buys is time, depth and more opportunities to measure progress.
There is no single training schedule that works for every athlete. Frequency is set with your coach according to:
Not every skater should be measured the same way. Big Ice assessments and reports are tailored to the athlete's chosen skating discipline.
These are examples of what may be assessed. Not every metric is measured every time — the coach sets the assessment around the athlete and the discipline.
Your programme can include:
Behind every programme is a structured approach to assessing technique, tracking progress and identifying the athlete's next development priority.
Powered by Big Ice's performance-analysis methodology.
If an athlete chooses a competitive pathway, Big Ice can incorporate competition and event preparation into their training. This may include:
Big Ice runs the Nairobi Regional Hockey League. For athletes who choose Inline Hockey, that means a route from training into a competitive roller hockey environment.
Participation depends on eligibility, age group and readiness. [VERIFY] Confirm current NRHL eligibility requirements and age categories before publishing them.
Whether you're learning the basics, exploring different disciplines or ready to specialise, Big Ice can help you choose the right development pathway. Start with the Beginner Programme, or speak to a coach about the right long-term programme.
Tell us about the athlete. No application essay — just enough for a coach to point you at the right starting point.