Learn TO SKATE

8 Basic Skating Program Levels

Basic 1

Teaches Foundations Skills For Hockey
Players, Tots & Figure Skaters


- Sit on ice and stand up
- March forward across ice
- Forward 2- foot glide
-
Dip
- Forward swizzles, 6-8 in a row
- Backward wiggles, 6-8 in a row
- Snowplow stops
- Rocking Horse
- Two foot hop in place

Basic 2

Teaches Skills for Hockey
Players, Tots & Figure Skaters


- Forward one-foot glides R & L
- Backwards two-foot glide
- Backward swizzles, 6-8 in a row
- Two-foot turn from forward to backward in place
- Moving snowplow stops
- Forward alternating 1/2 swizzle pumps

Basic 3

For Hockey Players & Figure Skaters

- Forward stroking, showing correct use of blade
- Forward 1/2 swizzle pumps on circle, 6-8 consecutive, clockwise & counter clockwise
- Moving forward to backward two-foot turn, clockwise & counter clockwise
- Backward one-foot glide, right & left
- Forward slalom
- Two-foot spin, up to 2 revolutions (optional)

Basic 4

Provides Bonus Skills                                             For Hockey Players & Skills for Figure Skaters

- Forward outside edge on a circle, right & left
- Forward inside edge on a circle, right & left
- Forward crossovers, clockwise & counterclockwise
- Forward inside three turn, right & left, from a standing still position
- Backward 1/2 swizzle pumps on a circle, clockwise & counterclockwise
- Backward stroking

Basic 5

For Figure Skaters

- Backward outside edge on a circle, right & left
- Backward inside edge on a circle,   right & left
- Backward crossovers, clockwise & counterclockwise
- Beginning one-foot spin, optional entry & free foot position
- Hockey stop
- Side toe hop, both directions

Basic 6

For Figure Skaters

- Forward inside three turn, right & left, from a standing still position
- Moving backward to forward two foot turn on a circle, clockwise & counter clockwise
- T-stop, right or left
- Bunny hop
- Forward spiral on a straight line, right or left
- Forward lunge, right or left

Basic 7

For Figure Skaters

- Forward inside open Mohawk from a standing still position, right to left and left to right
- Backward outside edge to forward  outside edge transition on a circle
- Right & left
- Ballet jump, right or left
- Backward crossovers to a backward outside edge glides (landing position) clockwise & counter clockwise
- Forward inside pivots, right or left

Basic 8

For Figure Skaters

- Moving forward outside three turn on a circle, right or left
- Moving forward inside three turn on a circle, right or left
- Combination move: two forward crossovers into forward inside mohawk, cross behind, step into backward crossover and step to forward inside edge, repeat 3 times, clockwise & counter clockwise
- Waltz jump
- Mazurka, right or left