MPower Team

 

Marcel Lacroix BA/Ed ChPC

MPower Skating Founder and Head Coach

 

Today the name of the game is “speed”.

Who better to MPower your skating ability than internationally respected biomechanics skating expert, Coach Marcel “Speed” Lacroix. For 35+ years Marcel has passionately shared his innovative, expertise and experience coaching athletes and teams, in the pursuit of skating fast . . . Olympic gold medal fast.

Coach Marcel developed the MPower Skating Method* for elite hockey and ringette players from Club to Junior, National Team and NHL players. Marcel energetically delivers, systematic, deliberate on-ice and off-ice creative technical coaching to increase player’s #1 skill; SKATING.

Marcel Lacroix is a skating expert, coach mentor and skating equipment inventor, with many distinctions of honour:

  • Developed the MPower Skating Method*

  • Hall of Fame Inductee, Speed Skating Canada · 2021

  • Retired Associate Director of Sport, Olympic Oval, University of Calgary · 1993-2020

  • Coached Canadian Skaters to six Olympic medals (4 gold and 2 silver) at four Olympic Games in two sports; short and long track speed skating

  • Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame Inductee, Canadian Olympic Committee · 2014

  • Jack Donahue, Coach of the Year Award, Coaching Association of Canada · 2011

  • Speed Skating Canada Male Coach of the Year, Speed Skating Canada · 2004

  • 7-time recipient, Coaching Association of Canada/Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Award, Coaching Association of Canada

  • 7-time recipient, Longines-Wittnauer Coaching Excellence Award, Coaching Association of Canada

  • Western Women's Hockey League; Oval Extreme Coaching Team · 1999-2001

  • Inventor of the Short Track Maple Blade · 1997

  • Graduate and Mentor Coach; National Coaching Institute, Calgary

MPower Coaching Team

The MPower Skating team of coaches are trained by Marcel Lacroix, ChPC in the MPower Skating Coaching Method*.

MPower coaches are also provided coach mentorship in the areas of technical skills, observation, communication and emotional intelligence. This includes deliberate practice plans and developmentally appropriate coaching practices.

  • Tell, Show, Practice, Review and Refine

  • BE Prepared; Best Ever Preparation

  • 3 Bs; Blade and Biomechanics Basics

  • Technical ABCs; Agility, Balance, Coordination and Speed

Every MPower Skating coach has a unique and accomplished skating background. Coaches are carefully selected to provide positive skating instruction to enhance your player’s development.

“I lead the MPower Coaching Team to identify and understand; how to coach the intricacies and complexities required to coordinate, in unison, all parts of the body into an efficient skating movement.”

— Marcel Lacroix