Adirondack Short Track
Summer Training Camps
Take Your Skating & Training To The Next Level!
Join us at the storied Olympic Center in beautiful and historic Lake Placid for an unparalleled training and camp experience.
Our Junior eight-day camp is designed for competitive skaters ages 12 to 21, while our weekend Masters camp is suitable for all skaters over 21. Both camps incorporate ice, dryland, and analyses. Additional training will also be provided in the art/sciences of blade setup, race preparation, and injury prevention.
2025 Junior Camp
Competitive Junior skaters, ages 12 and over.
Younger skaters may be considered for participation on a case-by-case basis
Dates: TBD
Cost:
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Single U.S. skater - TBD
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Two or more in the same family: U.S. - TBD
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Single Canadian Skater - TBD
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Two or more in the same family: Canadian.-TBD
Note: The cost includes accommodations, meals, coaching, ice and venue fees, a performance t-shirt, and Wednesday fun night.
Registration: Opening date TBD
Limited to the first 30 athletes
Registration - U.S. Skaters
Registration - Canadian Skaters
Note: skaters, ages 10 and 11 are considered on a case-by-case basis. If you are interested in registering an under-12 skater click here for an application.
Head Coach: Coach Tom Miller
Assistant Coach: Dan Weinstein
Location: Olympic Center - 2634 Main Street Lake Placid, NY 12946
Itinerary: TBD
Total Ice Time: 15.0 hours
Total Dryland training: 11 hours
Performance camp t-shirt (included in camp cost)
Accommodations: All skaters 12 and older will stay at the US Olympic Training Center (USOTC). Out-of-area skaters under 12 will be assigned a host family if desired.
Meals: All meals will be provided by the USOTC.
For questions:
Director & Coach Tom Miller: 518-304-3039 / tomassc43@yahoo.com
Photos by Tim Howell & Tom Miller
2025 Masters Camp
Skaters of all levels over 21 years old
Dates: TBD
Cost: TBD
Registration: Opening date TBD
Limited to the first 25 athletes
Instructed by: Coach Tom Miller.
Location: Olympic Center - 2634 Main Street Lake Placid,
NY 12946
Suggested Accommodations: TBD
Itinerary: TBD
Total Ice Time: 6 hours
Total Dryland training: 5 hours
Performance camp t-shirt (available for purchase)
For questions:
Director & Coach Tom Miller: 518-304-3039 / tomassc43@yahoo.com
Tom Miller (USS Level 3) Head Coach - Masters and Junor Camp
2017 USOC Volunteer Coach of the Year
Tom has worked with National Team coaches Pat Wentland and Wilma Boonstra, as well as National and Olympic coaches Jereon Otter and Susan Ellis. Tom bases his technique-driven program on coach Ellis’s theory of proper skating.
Throughout his storied Speedskating career, Tom has worn many hats. In addition to competing at both the regional and National levels, Tom has been the Chief Competitor steward for multiple events including the Jr. World Short Tracks in Warsaw, Poland; and the World Short Tracks in Seoul, South Korea. Tom has also been the Meet Director for multiple National Long Track and Short Track Championships including Olympic Trials, and World Championships.
In March 2020 Tom retired from his job with Citizen Advocates Inc. to take on a new position with the Adirondack North Country Sport Council. His job as Sport Manager for Speedskating made him responsible for organizing the 2022 Empire State Winter Games, the 2022 World University Championship for Speed Skating, and the Short Track and Speed Skating events for the 2023 University Games. Tom currently directs the newly renovated Lake Placid Olympic Speed Skating Oval. His position with the Olympic Regional Development Authority also entails developing Short and Long Track programming. Tom’s long-term goal is to reestablish a full-time Long Track and Short Track Program in Lake Placid that offers world-class coaching and venues, affordable housing, access to universities and colleges, and employment opportunities for athletes that allow them to work and train.
Dan Weinstein (USS Level 1) - Junior Camp Assistant Coach
Dan is a two-time short track speed skating Olympian (1998 Nagano Olympics and 2002 Salt Lake Olympics). In his first Olympics at 17, Dan was not only the youngest athlete on the U.S. Speedskating team but the youngest on the entire U.S. Winter Olympics team. In addition to being an Olympian, Dan competed in the 1997 Marquette World Junior Championships, winning two silver distance medals and the overall Bronze. In 2000, Dan skated in the Sheffield World Championships, medaling three times, one silver and two Bronze. In the 2001 Jeonju World Championships, Dan received a gold medal as a U.S. 5000 m relay team member. Dan has also won multiple individual
distance U.S. Championships, and the men’s overall title at 2000 U.S. Short Track Speedskating Championship. In 2000, the U.S. Olympic Committee named Dan Male Speed Skating Athlete of the Year.
In 2006, Dan took his Olympic experience and knowledge to the broadcasting booth as a short track analyst for NBC’s coverage of the Torino Winter Olympics. He reprised his NBC role for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Dan is the Head Coach for the Upper Valley Speed Skating Club.
Speedskating is a family affair for Dan and his wife, Amelia Ihio. Amelia is an accomplished speed skater, and involved with club programming. Their three children, Levi, Sophie, and Grace, all compete and skate with the club.