This United States Figure Skating Basic Skills Program is designed to build the foundation for future competitive figure skaters.
North Shore Premier Skate School staff and coaches will instruct and train figure skaters from the beginning stages through the competitive track.
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Classes are as follows:
Snowplow Sam 1 age 3-5
This class is for young beginners that have never skated before. The
class focuses on introducing young children to beginning skating skills
in an atmosphere of fun, using games and ice-safe toys to help teach
basic skills.
Elements include proper falling and getting up, marching, gliding and
forward swizzles.
Snowplow Sam 2 age 3-5
This class is for young children that have become
familiar with skating. Skaters in Snowplow Sam 1 progress to this level.
Elements include forward skating, one foot glides, forward and backward
swizzles, curves and beginning snowplow stops.
Snowplow Sam 3 age 3-5
Prerequisite: Snowplow Sam 2. Elements include forward pumps and
stroking, advanced backward swizzles, one foot glides on a circle and
beginning forward crossovers, backward pumps and backward stroking.
Basic 1 age 6 & up
This class is for those who have never skated or have never had formal
lessons. Skaters will learn the very basics of figure skating, balance
and forward and backward skating.
Elements include falling and
getting up, marching, two foot glides, forward swizzles, backward
wiggles and beginning snowplow stops.
Basic 2 age
6 & up
This class has a prerequisite of
Basic 1 and continues to teach the beginning elements of skating
including: one foot glides, forward and backward swizzles, and snow plow
stops. Other
elements include two foot turns, one foot glides and backward two foot
glides.
Basic 3
This class has a prerequisite of
Basic 2. Elements include
forward stroking, forward pumps, backward one foot glides, forward
slaloms and beginning two foot spins.
Basic 4
This class has a prerequisite of
Basic 3. Elements include forward inside and outside edges on a circle,
forward crossovers, standing outside 3-turns, backward pumps, backward
stroking and backward snowplow stop.
Basic 5
Prerequisite
is Basic 4. Elements include backward inside and outside edges on a
circle, backward crossovers, beginning one-foot spin, hockey stop and
side toe hops.
Basic 6
Prerequisite is Basic 5. Elements
include standing inside 3-turns, backward to forward turns, t-stops,
bunny hops, forward lunge and forward spiral.
Basic 7
Prerequisite
is Basic 6. Elements include standing inside mohawks, forward and
backward edges on a circle, backward crossovers to backward edge glides,
forward pivots and ballet jump.
Basic 8
Prerequisite is Basic 7. Elements include forward
inside and outside 3-turns in a moving circle, combination moves of
crossovers and edges, one-foot spin, waltz jump and mazurka jump.
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