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Pre-Canskate - First Steps

Ages: 3 and Under

Full season: Oct - April

Half season: Oct - Dec or Jan - April

Fridays 5:30pm - 6:00pm

This program is to introduce young preschoolers (age 3 and under) to skating, and get them comfortable with being on the ice.  This program is 30 minutes once a week and runs for 12 weeks.  It is also a stepping stone to the Canskate program.


Canskate - Learn to Skate

Ages: 4-9 (As of July 1s, 2008)

Wednesdays & Fridays 5:45pm - 6:30pm

The Canskate program emphasizes fun and continuous movement and is taught in a group lesson format.  Awards and incentives are used to motivate sates to achieve and develop their skills.  This program is 45 minutes once a week, and runs for 24 weeks. (Ages 4-9)

Stages and Badges include:

Stage 1 - Balance

Stage 2 - Glide Forward

Stage 3 - Glide Backwards
Stage 4 - Edges

Stage 5 - Power
Stage 6 - Speed

Stage 7 - Pre-Preliminary

There are a variety of skills on each stage to help skaters become proficient at each level. 


Advanced Canskate - Intro to Figure Skating

Wednesdays 5:45pm - 6:30pm

This program is focusing on skating skills at a higher level, and is the beginning step to entering our Figure Skating programs.  Advanced Canskate introduces other elements such as stroking, skate to music and creative movement. This teaches skaters about having a solo and how to create their own skating piece.


Can-Power - Power skating

This is the only nationally regulated power skating program in Canada.  It focuses on the development of balance, power, speed and agility - basic skills essential to hockey and ringette players.

Canpowerskate is a certified instructional program that teaches sating skills and techniques to hockey and ringette players in a progressive format that emphasizes these skills as it applies to game situations.  Canpower is adaptable to skaters of all ages and ability levels.  It is recommended for skaters who can skate forwards the length of the ice using alternate strides (assessment can be made by the Certified Canpower Coach), skate backwards the width of the ice and be able to stop with speed.  Any skater 5 and up would qualify, providing the skater can perform the above mentioned skills or at the coaches discression.

MANDATORY EQUIPMENT:  Hockey skates, certified CSA helmet (can be found at any sports store), and hockey gloves for skaters protection.

FIGURE SKATING PROGRAMS:

Starskate Program - Pre-Primary, Primary, Advanced Primary, Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate

This program allows for skaters to learn figure skating skills while enjoying a fun physical activity.  Starskate encourages skaters to develop more advanced skills in various areas such as Skating Skills, Freeskate, Dance and interpretive skating.

Skating Skills are exercises skate to prescribed music containing edges, turns and field movements.  Edge quality, control, power and speed are basic fundamentals that are mastered in the skating skills area.  There are six test levels: Preliminary, Junior Bronze, Senior Bronze, Junior Silver, Senior Silver and Gold.

In Freeskating, skaters learn how to execute jumps, and spins in a variety of positions.  They also learn how to incorporate those and other skills into a program of a specific length using connecting steps and music interpretation. It is also divided into six levels similar to the skating skills above.

Dance consists of seven levels of tests.  Dance teaches timing, musicality, rhythm, interpretation, structure as well as basic skating skills such as edges, control and unison.  Dancers skate with partners and sometimes by themselves to carious pieces of music.  Some dances include, Dutch Waltz, Canasta Tango, Baby Blues, Swing, and the Fiesta.

Interpretive skating encourages creativity and movement to music and allows skaters to explore the performance aspect of skating without focusing on technical elements.

Synchronized skating is a specialized branch of skating distinct from the other disciplines.  It generally involves a group of eight or more skaters performing various group formations and maneuvers.  “Synchronized” refers to the importance of unison, the accuracy of the formations and the synchronization of the team.  The groups of skaters want to perform as one as opposed to a group of soloists.

Adult skating encourages fun while brushing up on your skating, or stepping out on the ice for the first time.  This program is “Learn at your own pace” with the help of professional coaches.