{"id":3752,"date":"2026-08-20T08:38:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidshockey.lv\/?page_id=3752"},"modified":"2026-08-20T08:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:38:27","slug":"coaches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kidshockey.lv\/?page_id=3752&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n \"Eduards\n <\/div>\n
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Eduards Di\u013cevka<\/h3>\n

Founder and head coach of Kidshockey.lv<\/small><\/p>\n

Higher education in pedagogy, a graduate of the \u201cLatvijas B\u0113rzs\u201d and \u201cDinamo Riga\u201d hockey schools. 21 years of coaching experience.
Head coach of the youth teams Saga-97, Riga-2006, Riga-2010, Riga-2014. Six-time champion of Latvia in the U9, U11, U12 and U13 age groups.<\/p>\n

Former players he has developed: Kristaps Z\u012ble, M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Dzierkals, Daniels B\u0113rzi\u0146\u0161 \u2014 all with \u201cDinamo Riga\u201d (KHL) and members of the Latvian national team.<\/p>\n

Specialisation: coach for children aged 5 to 12.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n \"Raivo\n <\/div>\n
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Raivo \u0160trauss<\/h3>\n

Kidshockey.lv sports organiser and manager<\/small><\/p>\n

7 years of professional experience.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n \"Daniils\n <\/div>\n
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Daniils Ignatjevs<\/h3>\n

Skating technique coach<\/small><\/p>\n

Higher education in pedagogy. Takes part as a coach in the Kidshockey summer camps every year.\n
19 years of experience in hockey. A specialist in teaching and refining the core skating elements, both at youth level and at MHL and KHL level.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n \"Igors\n <\/div>\n
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Igors Smirnovs<\/h3>\n

Coach of the highest category<\/small><\/p>\n

Higher education in pedagogy, a graduate of the \u201cDinamo Riga\u201d hockey school. 30 years of coaching experience.
Head coach and Latvian Higher League champion with HK \u201cMogo\u201d, head coach of the Latvian U20 junior national team.<\/p>\n

Former players he has developed: Deniss Smirnovs (Gen\u00e8ve-Servette), Em\u012bls \u0122\u0113\u0123eris (Dinamo Riga) \u2014 members of the Latvian national team.<\/p>\n

Specialisation: coach for stick handling technique, passing and shooting.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n \"Andrejs\n <\/div>\n
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Andrejs Ignatovi\u010ds<\/h3>\n

Coach of the highest category<\/small><\/p>\n

Higher education in pedagogy, a graduate of the \u201cLatvijas B\u0113rzs\u201d and \u201cDinamo Riga\u201d hockey schools. A many-time participant in World Championships with the Latvian national team. 10 years of coaching experience.
Head coach of HK \u201cKurbads\u201d in the Latvian Higher League, assistant coach of the Latvian U16, U17 and U18 junior national teams.<\/p>\n

Former players he has developed: Oskars Bat\u0146a, Frenks Razgals \u2014 players with \u201cDinamo Riga\u201d. J\u0101nis Jaks and Rihards Bukarts \u2014 candidates for and members of the Latvian national team.<\/p>\n

Specialisation: coach for stick handling technique, passing and shooting.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n \"Edgars\n <\/div>\n
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Edgars Adamovi\u010ds<\/h3>\n

Kidshockey.lv Select coach for the older age groups<\/small><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n \"Vadims\n <\/div>\n
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Vadims Deht\u0113vi\u010ds<\/h3>\n

Beginner training coach, Kidshockey.lv Select coach for the younger age groups<\/small><\/p>\n

Licensed hockey coach for children aged 4 to 7.
Stretching coach (trained in the \u201cFunctional Fascial Training\u201d programme).
Adviser on equipment for beginners.
3 years of professional experience.<\/p>\n

Manager \/ coach of Kidshockey Select.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n \"Sergejs\n <\/div>\n
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Sergejs Kuz\u0146ecovs<\/h3>\n

Coach of the highest category, goaltending coach<\/small><\/p>\n

Higher education in pedagogy. A graduate of the \u201cDinamo Riga\u201d hockey school.
Goaltending coach of the Latvian junior and national teams.
Former players he has developed: Gustavs D\u0101vis Grigals, Arturs \u0160ilovs \u2014 NHL draft (Vancouver Canucks)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n \"Aigars\n <\/div>\n
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Aigars Kot\u0101ns<\/h3>\n

Coach of the highest category<\/small><\/p>\n

Higher education in pedagogy. 29 years of coaching experience.
Works with a Latvian Higher League team and with the Latvian U18 junior national team.
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Specialisation: strength and conditioning coach, sports nutrition specialist.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Eduards Di\u013cevka Founder and head coach of Kidshockey.lv Higher education in pedagogy, a graduate of the \u201cLatvijas B\u0113rzs\u201d and \u201cDinamo Riga\u201d hockey schools. 21 years of coaching experience. Head coach of the youth teams Saga-97, Riga-2006, Riga-2010, Riga-2014. Six-time champion of Latvia in the U9, U11, U12 and U13 age groups. Former players he has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3752","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kidshockey.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kidshockey.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kidshockey.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kidshockey.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kidshockey.lv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kidshockey.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kidshockey.lv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}