Learn To Skate Level Descriptions & Class Requirements
Ages 3-Adult --- Snowplow Sam, Basic, Hockey, Freestyle, Adult
Any 3-5 year old child who has never had lessons before starts in the Snowplow Sam levels.
Snowplow Sam 1* - 3-4 years old
Snowplow Sam 1** - 5 years old
Snowplow Sam 1:
Skills: Sit on the ice and stand up, march in place, march
forward, march then glide, dip in place.
Snowplow Sam 2:
Skills: March then a long glide, dip while moving, rocking horse,
forward swizzles, two foot hop, backward wiggles.
Snowplow Sam 3:
Skills: Forward skating, forward one foot glide, forward swizzles,
backward swizzles, forward snowplow stop, forward slalom.
Any child 6 years old & older begin in the Basic levels.
Basic 1:
Skills: Sit on the ice and stand up, skate forward across the rink,
glide on two feet, dip while moving, forward swizzles, forward
snowplow stop, backward wiggles.
Basic 2:
Skills: Forward one foot glide, forward slalom, backward
swizzles, backward glide, backward slalom, moving snowplow
stop.
Basic 3:
Skills: Forward stroking, forward one foot swizzles, backward of
foot swizzles, two foot turns, gliding backward on one foot, two
foot spin.
Basic 4:
Skills: Forward outside edges, forward inside edges, forward
crossovers, forward outside three-turn, backward snowplow stop.
Basic 5:
Skills: Backward outside edges, backward inside edges,
backward crossovers, one foot spin, T-stop, side toe hop.
Basic 6:
Skills: Forward inside three turn, hockey stop, bunny hop,
forward spiral, forward lunge, moving backward to forward two
foot turn.
Basic 7:
Skills: Forward inside Mohawk, backward outside to forward
outside transition on a circle, ballet jump, backward crossovers,
beginning scratch spin.
Basic 8:
Skills: Forward outside three turns, forward inside three turns,
stand still waltz jump, combination move & forward inside pivots.
Adult: *descriptions coming soon*
Levels designed for the mature skater, 16 years or older.
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Hockey: *descriptions coming soon*
Designed to improve skaters' basic hockey skills before advancing to Learn To Play.
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