Membership Classification
Snowplow Sam – Beginners level, typically under 5.
Basic Skills – Any skater working in the Badge Program (Badge 1-8), typically 5 and up.
Advanced Basic Skills – Freestyle 1 and 2
Adult – Skater receiving group instruction during an Adult session
Low level – Any skater who has passed USFS Freestyle 2
Middle level – Any skater who has passed the Preliminary Freestyle test
High level – Any skater who has passed the Juvenile Freestyle test and the Intermediate Moves in the Field test.
Associate – A non-skating member
Basic Skills
Two words that can be used to describe our Basic Skills program
are FUN and SAFETY. The purpose of our basic skills program is to:
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- Provide an enjoyable and safe skating experience
- Teach correct techniques of basic elements
- Provide incentive rewards
- Promote health and physical fitness
- Develop social relationships through group instruction
- Encourage skating as a lifelong sport
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Our program is structured
according to the USFS standards of:
Snowplow Sam 1, 2, 3
Basic 1-8
Freeskate 1 and 2
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All registered members of the
Basic Skills Program will receive:
Official Basic Skills Membership Card
Basic Skills record book with stickers
Official Basic Skills Membership Patch
Year Patch
Sports accident insurance coverage
General information about ice skating |
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Free Skating:
FreeSkating or Freestyle, as it is something known, it the most popular and probably the best-known form of figure skating. Freestyle skating incorporates all of the technical aspects in conjunction with artistic content and various numbers of jumps and spins skated to a specified length of music. Moves in the Field Tests are a pre-requisite to testing the corresponding Freestyle Test.
Free Skating Tests:
* Pre-Preliminary - Specific elements required, please refer to the USFS Rule book.
* Preliminary - 1 1/2 minutes to music of the skater's choice.
* Pre-Juvenile - 2 minutes to music of the skater's choice.
* Juvenile - 2 minutes to music of the skater's choice.
* Intermediate - 2 1/2 minutes to music of the skater's choice.
* Novice - 3 minutes to music of the skater's choice.
* Junior - Ladies - 3 1/2 minutes to music of the skater's choice.
* Junior - Men - 4 minutes to music of the skater's choice.
* Senior - Lades - 4 minutes to music of the skater's choice.
* Senior - Men - 4 1/2 minutes to music of the skater's choice.
Ice Dance:
Ice dancing is fundamentally a skating version of International
Ballroom Dancing and like ballroom dancing consists of certain individual
dances and exhibition dancing. The most common dances are the compulsory
dances that are skated in a pre-determined pattern over the ice surface. Dances
can be tested either solo or with a partner depending on the testing track the
skater has chosen. For specific information on Ice Dance requirements,
please refer to the USFS Rule book.
Moves in the Field:
Moves in the Field teach the skater the basic knowledge of steps,
edges, and form; progressing through the level to Senior, where the
skater must display power, extension, strong edge control and precise
footwork. A skater must pass the corresponding level of Moves in
the Field before he/she is eligible to take the Free Skating Test.
However, the skater can advance to one or more higher Moves in the
Field level without taking the corresponding Free Skating Test.
Synchronized Team Skating:
Silver Stars - Open to any skater on Badge 7 & 8, Freestyle 1 & 2. This team will be registered as a beginner level team
Shooting Stars Class - The "Team" will earn the Basic Skills Synchro 1-4 Badges and learn the fundamental skills of synchronized skating in a group lesson setting.
Eligibility: Open to any Basic Skills Skater Badge 2-8
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