BEGINNER

• Skills that encourage true skating balance
• Elementary pushing techniques
• Knowledge of the parts of the skates and what each part does
• Skating body posture

ADVANCED BEGINNER

• More controlled methods of stopping and starting
• Balance on one skate (both left & right) for greater period of time
• Use of scissor motion to develop better forward and backward skating

INTERMEDIATE

• More advanced skills balancing on one foot and then the other going both forward & backward
• The techniques applied in crossing over, crossing behind while skating around a corner
• Techniques used in turning from forward to backwards skating

ADVANCED

• The body position and take off of elementary figures
• More advanced techniques for turning forward to backward and backward to forward
• Elementary jumping techniques
• Elementary spinning techniques
• Elementary corner steps of a pattern dance to music
• Skating with a partner

ALL LEVELS

• Warm up
• Stretching
• Balance
• Skate anatomy

At the completion of each 6-week segment, tests will be given to measure the progress of each skater.

Each skater will be given a Certificate of Accomplishment to depict the skills that each skater has achieved.