Zen 10 Questions: Chris Shelly
After a long search, US speedskating has hired Chris Shelly as US All-around National Team coach. Chris has quickly made his easygoing personality an important part of the community at the oval. I have enjoyed many conversations with him on a broad range of subjects.
In one of my rare moments of clear thinking, I concluded he would be an ideal person for the next Zen 10 interview! Welcome Chris!
These pictures are of Chris competing, some years ago, in both Austria & Montana! They are from the Baystate speedskating galleries; where they grant permission to use these images “respectfully” (I hope this qualifies!)
Chris is very funny, and he made me laugh here and there as we did this interview (so forgive my giggling behind the camera). This interview is a gold mine of information about skating, training, and Chris’ memories from his decades in the sport.
Click play to listen to each interview section:
Part 1
Chris talks about his own unique path he took towards becoming a national team coach, his experiences in Canada & how the Canadian system is different than the American one, and his opinions on old school training vs. modern training.
P.S. turn your computer volume up to max, my little camera has a fairly crummy microphone, and even though I edited the audio track on this interview extensively, Chris is a bit quiet.
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Thanks for this interview. I miss Chris’s conversations. It was great to hear this. Haven’t seen any skaters in a while and Chris is always fun to listen to. A fellow Baystater who could rock the world back in the day. I particularly like the Mark Chysler/Roscoe story…lol!
For the record the bench blew by Chris while he was warming up for the race. It was the middle of MY race.
hi Chris I was a compattender of the drei banen tournee in itali austria and germany.You where there too. it is good too see y back in Speed skating.