Coaching Change News-

By now, most of you have probably heard the announcement that we are moving from Detroit to begin training under Natalia Lininchuk and Gennadi Karponosov in Aston, PA. We thank everyone for their support and best wishes as we make this transition. Coming to this decision was an emotional and very difficult process but we believe that sometimes change can be just what the doctor ordered and we have to trust our instincts, even if it means leaving our comfort zone.

Detroit will always be like home for us but sometimes to grow you need to leave home and explore new opportunities. Our coaches up to this point, Igor Shpilband and Marina Zoueva, helped make us into national champions and they have been so much more to us than simply coaches. They were teachers, mentors and leaders; and most importantly - friends. Leaving them will be very hard but we will continue to support each other and consider ourselves lucky to have such amazing people in our lives.

Our new coaches, Linichuk and Karponosov, were the 1980 Ice Dancing Olympic champions and coaches to numerous former World and Olympic ice dance champions. They have a reputation for greatness and for bringing out the best in their skaters. We hope to learn a great deal from them and are excited to try a new approach. Understandably this is also a somewhat scary time for us as well. We've been in Detroit for 10 years and as you all know, change may be good and exciting but it is also a little uncomfortable. We'll be sharing this journey in our blogs soon and we'll try to catch some of it on video for you later. Should be interesting! Anyway, we just wanted you to hear it from us and not just the press. As always, thanks for being there for us. Without fans and friends none of this would be possible. We love you all! Tanith and Ben