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 |
CFSC Basic Skills Competition
The Basic Skills Competition will be held on Friday January 19, 2007.
Please check back for further information once our season gets under way.
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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 Blades - Highly competitive. Must be between 12 and 18 years
of age as of the July 1st of the current competitive season. Skaters must be
registered at least as Middle Level Freestyle. To tryout for the team, a skater
must be a current full member of the CFSC as well as a full member for
the previous season. In addition the skater must be a previous member of
the Silverettes Synchronized skating team.
Silverettes - Moderately competitive. Must be 12 years of age as of
July 1st of the current competitive season. Skaters must have passed preliminary
moves. To be eligible the skater is required to perform a list of required elements
Silver Stars - Introductory Team. Skater must be a current year full member
of the CFSC and registered at least at the Low Freestyle Level.
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