Skating Class Levels & Goals

Skills and milestones taught across our instructional programs

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.
• Techniques applied in crossing over and crossing behind while skating around a corner.
• Techniques used in turning from forward to backward skating.

Advanced

• 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 Cover

• Warm-up exercises.
• Stretching techniques.
• Balance training.
• Skate anatomy.

🏅 At the completion of each 6-week segment, tests are given to measure progress. Each skater receives a Certificate of Accomplishment depicting the skills achieved!