The Elite Skating Academy (ESA) brings skaters to the highest competitive achievement and makes the Olympic dream come true! At the same time, ESA provides the highest class world-level technique to any level of skater, whose goal may be obtaining the Olympic gold medal or passing the levels of the United States Figure Skating Association (USFSA) and becoming a Gold Medalist or Double Gold Medalist of the USFSA, which gives the opportunity to get scholarship points for college or teach ice skating full or part-time. The goal may also be learning to skate, participating in competitions, or performing at the ice skating shows and enjoying the most beautiful and breathtaking sport of Ice Skating!

The Elite Skating Academy was founded in 2004 by Russian gold medal champions Alexandra (Sasha) Potcheikina and Andrey Timokhin. They created a world-class Olympic training program based on the program they were trained in by Olympic coaches at the CSKA – the elite Olympic School in Moscow, Russia. Sasha and Andrey competed in many international competitions and performed in figure skating shows all around the world. They now enjoy passing their knowledge and experience of the beautiful and exciting sport to their students.