- Learn-To-Skate Snowbuddies (ages 3-5 years)
Learn-To-Skate registrations being accepted NOW! Pre-Registration is required, click below for program details.
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- Learn-To-Skate Basic Skills Program (ages 6-12 years)
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- USFS Bridge Program (Freestyle Figure Skaters)
(Fall Programming) - Adult Learn-to-Skate and Coffee Club
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(Fall Programming) - Homeschool Learn-To-Skate Basic Skills
(Fall Programming)
Learn to Skate Snowbuddies Program (ages 3-5 years)
• Snowplow Sam 1: Sit & stand up, march, glide on 2 ft, dip in place
• Snowplow Sam 2: Adv. gliding, back wiggles, moving dip, rocking horse, 2 foot hop
• Snowplow Sam 3: Forward skating, 1 ft glide, swizzles, basic stop, curves
• Intro to Basic 1 curriculum, geared toward younger skaters
• Intro to Hockey Learning to move and skate in hockey gear, pre-empting Learn to Play
• Tot Elite Advanced Basic Skills Courses for the younger skaters
• Parent-Tot Classes are also available
What happens next? Learn to Skate Basic Skills
Learn to Skate Program- Basic Skills (Ages 6-12)
• Basic 1: Introduction of basic skills: Falling properly, forward swizzles, backward wiggles, basic stop
• Basic 2: One foot glides, back swizzles, forward to back turns
• Basic 3: Pumps on the circle, forward stroking, 2 foot spin
• Basic 4: Forward outside & inside edge on circle, forward crossovers, 3 turns
• Basic 5: Backward outside & inside edge on circle, backward crossovers, hockey stop, 1 foot spin
• Basic 6: 3 turns, T-Stop, bunny hop, spiral, lunge
Class Structure:
• 10 minute warm-up (includes full ice skating, stretching circle)
• 30 minutes of class instruction
• Class is concluded and skaters are free to practice for the remaining 10 minutes
What happens next? XLR8 USFS Bridge Program
USFS Bridge Program (prerequisite: LTS Basic Skills 1-6)
• Basic 7: Mohawks, ballet jump, pivot
• Basic 8: Adv. 3 turns, step sequence, waltz jump, mazurka
• Freestyle 1: Forward edges, scratch spin, half flip
• Freestyle 2: Backward edges, back spin, toe loop jump
• Freestyle 3: Salchow jump, half lutz jump, adv. Back spin
• Freestyle 4: Spiral sequence, sit spin, loop jump
• Freestyle 5: Camel spin, jump combinations & sequences
• Freestyle 6: Camel/Sit Spin, Lutz Jump, Begin Axel work
In addition, the skater will learn the basics of Moves in the Field, Artistry, Ice Dance, and some Synchronized Skating.
Classes will begin with a thorough warm-up & skating drills.
Class Structure:
• Start of class 10 minute warm-up: includes full ice skating, stretching circle
• 30 minutes of class instruction
• Class is concluded and skaters are free to practice for the remaining 10 minutes
Helpful Hints
• All skaters should arrive 15 minutes before class starts.
• Allow time to warm-up/stretch off ice prior to class.
• All class assignments will be posted by level & instructor. Locate your name, who your instructor will be, and where they will meet for class on the ice after group warm-up.
• If you plan on purchasing skates for your child, or yourself, please consult one of our professionals to help choose the most appropriate skate for the level.
• The focus in the Bridge Program is to introduce many disciplines of Figure Skating. This is not a pass/retry class, but periodic, end of semester evaluations to assess the skaters' readiness to move on to more advance jumps and spins, and skating programs. Assessments will be done throughout classes, to ensure proper class placement.
• Private lessons with our staff coaches are available, and encouraged at this level, in addition to your group class. Many of the more advanced elements take time to master, please be sure to practice!
Adult Learn to Skate USFS Curriculum and Coffee Club
This class is structured to follow the USFS Basic Skills Adult Learn to Skate 1-4 levels and begin Figure Skating Freestyle Skating Skills for the more advanced skill level. Class level advancement will be determined according to continued evaluations from the required elements determined from USFS.
Classes offered: Adult Beginner/Intermediate Levels and Adult Advanced Levels (ages 13+)
We also offer Coffee Club classes during the week for Adults that are designed to allow each skater to work at their own pace. The instructor will give direction appropriate to the adult's readiness on the ice.
Coffee Club Low
This class is geared toward the beginner adult skater. Skill levels range from just entering the ice for the first time, up through basic ice dance, moves in the field, and very basic jump/spin technique.
Coffee Club High
This class is geared toward the more advanced adult skater. Skill levels range from basic ice dance, moves in the field, and basic jump/spin technique through the higher freestyle abilities.
Coffee Club Dance
This class is geared toward the beginner adult skater. Dances will range from very basic ice dance technique through the higher level dances. No matter what skating tests you have taken, there will be something for everyone. As well as an adult skating atmosphere and friendships.
Homeschool Learn to Skate
Follows the same outline as the Learn-to-Skate Basic Skills Program, available to Homeschoolers with classes being held during the daytime.
Learn to Skate Special Olympics
• Badge Level 1: Stand unassisted, Fall and stand, Knee dip standing still, March forward 10 steps unassisted.
• Badge Level 2: March forward 10 steps, Swizzles at stand still, Backward wiggle, 2-foot glide forward.
• Badge Level 3: Backward wiggle or march, 5 Forward swizzles, Forward skating across the rink, Forward gliding dip.
• Badge Level 4: Backward 2-foot glide, 2-foot jump in place, 1-foot snowplow stop, Forward 1-foot glide (left and right).
• Badge Level 5: Forward stroking across the rink, 5 backward swizzles, Forward 2-foot curves left and right, 2-foot turn front to back, on the spot.
• Badge Level 6: Gliding forward to backward 2-foot turn, 5 consecutive forward 1-foot swizzles on cirlce (left and right), Backward 1-foot glide (left and right), Forward pivot.
• Badge Level 7: Backward stroking, Gliding backward to forward 2-foot turn T-stop left or right, Forward 2-foot turn on a circle.
• Badge Level 8: 5 consecutive forward crossovers, Forward outside edges, 5 consecutive backward 1/2 swizzles on a swizzles on a circle, 2-foot spin.
• Badge Level 9: Forward outside 3-turns, Forward inside edges, Forward lunge or shoot the duck, Bunny hop.
• Badge Level 10: Forward inside 3-turns, 5 consecutive backward crossovers, Hockey stop, Forward spiral.
• Badge Level 11: Consecutive forward outside edges, Consecutive forward inside edges, Forward inside Mohawk, Consecutive backward outside and inside edges.
• Badge Level 12: Waltz jump, 1-foot spin, Forward crossover, inside Mohawk, backward crossover, step forward (step sequence should be repeated clockwise and counterclockwise) Combination of three moves chosen from badges 9-12.
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