Course curriculum

    1. Before we begin...

    1. Rulebook Update

    2. Test your learning: Self-Assessment Test

    3. Course Material

    1. Definition & Equipment

    2. Test your learning: Self-Assessment Test

    3. Starting Lines

    4. Test your learning: Self-Assessment Test

    5. Starting Procedures Long Distance

    6. Test your learning: Self-Assessment Test

    7. Starting Procedures Short Distance

    8. Test your learning: Self-Assessment Test

    9. TT & Hour Record

    10. Test your learning: Self-Assessment Test

    11. Course Material

    1. Chief Judge

    2. Test your learning: Self-Assessment Test

    3. Course Material

    1. Trajectory Explained

    2. Test your learning: Self-Assessment Test

    3. Course material

    1. Indoor Rules I

    2. Test your learning: Self-Assessment Test

    3. Course Material

About this course

  • $140.00
  • Suggested for: National and International Judges
  • ENGLISH

Gianluca Basile

Gianluca graduated with a Bachelor of Business Engineering and currently manages the development for business applications in an international pharmaceutical company. Former basketball player, he approached the world of skating during university: after a couple of years of competition, he suddenly joined the local judging team in 2007. He held many competitions both at local and national level when he had the opportunity to join the international team in 2019 during the academy in Rome. The international referee career sees him as a judge in the European Championship (Pamplona, 2019), in World Championship (Ibague, 2021) and European Cup (Geisingen and Santa Maria Nuova, 2019).

Sylvia Frey

Sylvia Frey is an English Teacher in an early childhood and elementary school. She has been teaching for nearly 23 years, and being School Principle for the last 13 years. She is also president of the School Principals Association of Málaga, and the vice-president of Andalucia, Spain. Ms. Sylvia Frey has been a Speed Judge since 2017, participating in many National Championships. She has been a trainer and examiner for Speed Judges and has been part of the team that worked on the last Spanish Speed Skating Rulebook. She became an international Judge in 2022.

Tosha Hill

Tosha Hill has loved roller skating since she was 3 years old and learned to skate. She has been involved in the sport of Speed Skating in some aspects for over 40 years, first as a competitor, then as a parent of two athletes, a coach, and eventually becoming an official. Initially certified as a Tabulator/Secretary for indoor and outdoor speed skating and then moving on to become a Meet Director and became an International Judge in 2022. During the past 8 years, she has held the head position of Meet Director for both Indoor and Outdoor US National Championships. In addition to her work in competitions, Tosha has held positions on Speed & Officials’ Committees as well as Rules Committee within the sport. She enjoys educating others about the sport and mentoring new officials. Tosha strives to ensure fairness within the sport and to uphold the principles of good sportsmanship amongst athletes, spectators, and coaches. Outside of skating, she is wife to her wonderful husband, mother to 2 great young men and grandmother to 2 amazing children. She is a Project Manager within the Financial payments, identities, and digital infrastructure industry and holds an Associate of Arts from Gainesville State College / University of North Georgia.

Pascal Briand

Pascal Briand has a Sports Teacher Degree and a University Licence in Top Sport Training and Motricity. At the moment, he holds the position of Speed Product Manager for Poweslide. As a sportsman, he has been awarded 8 times as an Inline Speed Skating World Champion and participated in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Games competing for the discipline of ice skating. He has multiple interests, including the management of numerous youtube pages dedicated to the discipline and he has also published 3 books talking about his sports career. He is passionate about skating in general, he dedicates his life in making the sport and activity better all around the world. With his unstoppable desire to help people skate better and faster, he shares his knowledge with no limits to make the world keep rolling on skates as much as possible.

Susan Tamariz
















Susan Tamariz is an Environmental Engineer, International World Skate Judge and Secretary Judge, FinishLynx Electronic Timing certified Operator. In her officiating career, she has been Chief Judge in international events like the World Skate Games 2024 in Italy, the World Skate Marathon Tour 2024 in Cuba, the XIX Pan American Games Santiago 2023 in Chile, and the Pan American Speed Skating Championship 2023 in Medellín, Colombia. Additionally, since 2017, she has served as a Referee in national and international championships, including the World Inline Speed Skating Championships 2021-2023 and the Pan American Games Lima 2019.

Her experience also extends to training new judges, serving as a trainer at the Pan American Judging Congress 2024 and with the Peruvian National Skating Federation since 2019. Her goal is to continue promoting excellence in officiating and contribute to the global development of speed skating.


Mark Swindell
















Mark Swindells has been involved in the sport of Speed Skating for over 20 years, from the time his sons took up the sport. Wanting to be more involved, he started on the path to becoming an official. Mark was certified as a Chief Referee in New Zealand in 2014, and has officiated at numerous New Zealand National Road, Banked Track, Flat Track and Marathon events. He has also officiated at several Australian National Championships and World Skate Oceania Championships.

Becoming an international judge in 2019, Mark officiated at the 2019 World RollerGames and was an invited judge at the 2023 World Championships and 2024 World Skate Games. He is an invited official at the 2025 World Games. Mark enjoys supporting local events and watching skaters progress from beginners to world class athletes. He also enjoys mentoring new officials and promoting the sport.

Discipline: Lap Scorer Judge



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