Meet The Team


Pro Stride instructors believe that making players faster, quicker, more efficient and explosive skaters will make them better hockey players. Players will make the teams they want to make, have the puck more often and in general have more FUN playing as their skating improves. We continually evolve and find new ways to communicate with players on how to perform each maneuver correctly. There will always be a certain foundation that players must master, but evolving what we teach and how we teach it is a cornerstone to providing players the absolute best instruction on how to truly become a fast, explosive player.

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Erik Kallio
Director & Lead Instructor

Coach Erik has been a professional skating coach for 18+ years. He has trained with top experts within the field and he has developed a unique approach to delivering his message to players in a way they can understand and implement immediately. Erik has worked with NHL, NCAA college, Junior hockey and youth players.

Erik was a certified instructor and had been running Laura Stamm Power Skating programs for 17 years prior to starting Pro Stride Elite Skating.

In addition, Erik has coached teams ranging from mite in-house teams through Varsity High School. Erik coached the Tier II Westchester Vipers in New York for 10 years where he coached bantam and midget age teams. In 2011, his 14U team reached Nationals as the New York State Champion. Erik was the Varsity Hockey Head Coach for the Mt Pleasant NY Icecats for 4 seasons. He then moved on to become the Varsity Hockey Head Coach for the Rye Country Day School for 4 seasons before moving back to Massachusetts. Since moving back to Massachusetts, Erik has focused on being a skill development coach. He works with NHL players, NHL prospects, youth players, as well as with a number of organizations in Massachusetts as their weekly skating instructor. For 2 seasons, Erik worked as the skating coach for the Johnson & Wales Men’s Hockey team. Starting in the 2022-23 season, Erik will be the skating coach for the Worcester Jr Railers, their EHL and EHLP teams. Additionally, Erik has gone back to his high school alma mater and coached the Xaverian Brothers High School 8th grade team for the last 5 years.

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Angelo Serse
Director & Lead Instructor

Coach Angelo has been a professional skating coach for 16+ years and has an intense focus on developing players to be better skaters. He connects with players in a way that makes them want to learn and perfect everything he teaches. Angelo has an extensive resume training NHL players, NCAA Division 1 & 3, Junior hockey and youth players.

Upon completing his playing days Angelo went full time into coaching. Angelo was a Certified Instructor running Laura Stamm Power Skating programs for 15 years prior to starting Pro Stride Elite Skating.

Angelo currently is working with the NJ Devils as an independent skating consultant. He is not only working with the NHL players, but the prospects and AHL players as well. He is also currently working with several different local organizations from mites up to Jr level teams. Angelo has coached at the high school level for the last 10 years and is currently coaching at Bergen Catholic High School as the Co-Head Coach of the Boys Varsity Team. While coaching at Bergen Catholic the team won their first ever county championship. They have been ranked the number 1 team in the state of New Jersey for consecutive weeks. This was a team that did not hold a winning record for a decade prior to Angelo taking over coaching duties.


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Alex Ring
Lead Instructor

Coach Alex started training with Erik and Angelo when he was 7 years old. After attending programs for over 10 years, Alex started assisting Coach Erik and Coach Angelo. Alex developed such a passion for helping other players improve he wanted to train to be a Lead Instructor. After years of apprenticeship under Coach Erik and Coach Angelo he became a Lead Instructor.

Coach Alex was a Certified Instructor for Laura Stamm Power Skating for 2 years prior to joining Pro Stride Elite Skating. Alex has an amazing rapport with players of all ages.

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DJ Walsh
Lead Instructor

Coach DJ has been a professional skating coach for over 8 years and has developed a unique talent in helping players improve all aspects of their skating. DJ has worked with NCAA Division 1 & 3, Junior hockey and youth players.

In the summer of 2014, DJ joined Michals Hockey. He served as Coordinator of the New England Wolverines, Skating & Skills coach for the entire organization and was a Head Coach for multiple teams during his time with the Wolverines organization.

In 2018, in addition to his role with Michals Hockey, DJ started training with Coach Erik to perfect his ability to teach skating at a higher level. Coach DJ joined Pro Stride Elite Skating in 2021. In addition to running Pro Stride programs, DJ also serves as the Skills Coordinator for the Crimson Hockey Club in Massachusetts.


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Tim Sharpe
Strength and Condintion Specialist

Coach Sharpe has over 15 years experience coaching athletes of all ages and levels. He holds a degree in exercise physiology from Umass-Boston and has been mentored by some of the industries best. Coach Sharpe spent time at premier training facilities in the West coast coaching Major League Baseball stars including Nomar Garciaparra and Chase Utley.

Tim's knowledge, ambitious unique style and extensive background is what he brings to the table. He has been hired to train USA Hockey youth players, Multiple baseball teams, High School Football teams, Youth Football Coaches, Collegiate athletes and celebrities. His experience has included several baseball training facilities who hire Coach Sharpe to not only work with their teams but their coaches too.

Using a distinct training modality that blends Free Motion and Core provides the athlete a more transferrable application. “Athletes are meant to move and move in various ways, it’s important we capture those movements, learn from them and apply those in a controlled setting so they get efficient and strong. The days of heavy weight lifting are over and it’s clear that we need to be more mindful of injuries and what really matters”.

Coach Sharpe has very particular progressions and levels to attain in order for his athletes to get the most out of their potential. He believes in hard work and he emphasizes sweat equity and a healthy mindset for all his clients.

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Karl Wright
Lead Instructor

Coach Karl has been a professional skating coach for over 4 years. He started training with Erik when he was 7 years old. After training as a player for over 10 years, Karl started being an on-ice assistant. After years of being an assistant Karl transitioned into learning how to be a Lead Instructor. Karl has a natural ability to clearly communicate and connect with players of all ages and ability levels so they want to learn from him. His passion to make players better skaters so they become better players in games is what makes him such a special and talented coach.

Coach Karl was a Certified Instructor for Laura Stamm Power Skating for 2 years prior to joining Pro Stride Elite Skating. Karl runs weekly skills during the season for the Norwood Nuggets Youth Hockey organization.


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On-Ice Assistants

All of our assistants are current or former high school or college players. All assistants have been trained by Coach Erik or Coach Angelo for years, whether it be in clinics or private lessons. On-Ice assistants are used as demonstrators as well as helping players individually to fix their mistakes.

If you are interested in becoming an on-ice assistant please send us an email at info@prostrideskating.com and we can give you more details.



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