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Skate Canada Wasaga Beach

 

Program Details

Pre-CanSkate

Prerequisites Lesson Format Skills
No previous experience required, recommended for children aged 3 and older.  CSA approved helmets are mandtory. Group Lessons (1 half-hour lesson provided per week)

Eight skills are required to pass Pre-CanSkate in order to move onto CanSkate.  At the end of Pre-CanSkate skaters will receive their Pre-CanSkate ribbon.

  1. Balancing on two feet
  2. Falling down and getting up
  3. Moving Forward
  4. Moving Backwards
  5. Marching on the spot
  6. Making Snow
  7. Jumping on the spot
  8. Two foot twists on the spot

CanSkate

Prerequisites Lesson Format Skills Evaluation
All new skaters will be assessed by the coaching staff and placed into the most appropriate program within the 1st week of skating.  CSA approved helmets are mandatory.  Group lessons (1 hour/night, 1 night/week)

There are 6 stages in CanSkate, with 3 fundamentals in each stage.  The fundamentals are;

  1. Balance: Concentrating on forward skills, pushing technique and edges
  2. Control: Concentrating on backward skills, stopping and speed elements.
  3. Agility: Concentrating on turning and jumping skills.

Each skater must pass all 3 fundamentals in order to move on to the next stage

Each time a fundamental skill is mastered, the skater is awarded a ribbon.  Once all three ribbons in that level are mastered a badge is awarded.

CanSkate Enrichment

Prerequisites Lesson Format Skills
This program is by invitation only, and is offered to skaters that have passed Stage 4 in CanSkate. CSA helmets are mandatory. Group lessons. Private lessons are strongly recommended.
 Ice dancing, free-skate and interpretive dance are worked on along with the rest of the CanSkate skills

StarSkate

Prerequisites Lesson Format Skills Evaluation
Skaters must have passed stage 5, and be working on stage 6 of the CanSkate Program.  Group lessons for free skate, dance, skills and stroking with Club Coach.  Individual non-coached time begins at this level.  Private lessons are strongly recommended at this time. 

Skating Skills: a combination of fundamental skating movements, executed on a pattern and skated solo.  The basic components of all disciplines of figure skating are incorporated into the program.  The objective of the Skating Skills program is mastery of the basic fundamentals of skating- edge quality, control, power and speed.

Ice Dance: the execution of jumps, spins, footwork, field movements and stroking performed in sequence to music.

Interpretive: encourages and develops skaters creativity, expression, movement and interpretation of the music. 

 

 Skaters are tested in each discipline to progress through sequential levels.

Skating Skills: preliminary, junior bronze, senior bronze, junior silver, senior silver, gold.

Ice Dance: preliminary, junior bronze, senior bronze, junior silver, senior silver, gold, diamond. 

Free Skate:  preliminary, junior bronze, senior bronze, junior silver, senior silver, gold. 

Interpretive: introductory, bronze, silver, gold.

Advanced StarSkate

Prerequisites Lesson Format Skills Evaluation
Skaters must have passed at least TWO of the following; Junior Bronze dance, preliminary skills, and/or preliminary freeskate. Group lessons for free skate, dance, skills and stroking with Club Coach.  Individual non-coached time begins at this level.  Private lessons are strongly recommended at this time. 

 

Skating Skills: a combination of fundamental skating movements, executed on a pattern and skated solo.  The basic components of all disciplines of figure skating are incorporated into the program.  The objective of the Skating Skills program is mastery of the basic fundamentals of skating- edge quality, control, power and speed.

Ice Dance: the execution of jumps, spins, footwork, field movements and stroking performed in sequence to music.

Interpretive: encourages and develops skaters creativity, expression, movement and interpretation of the music. 

 

 

Skaters are tested in each discipline to progress through sequential levels.

Skating Skills: preliminary, junior bronze, senior bronze, junior silver, senior silver, gold.

Ice Dance: preliminary, junior bronze, senior bronze, junior silver, senior silver, gold, diamond. 

Free Skate:  preliminary, junior bronze, senior bronze, junior silver, senior silver, gold. 

Interpretive: introductory, bronze, silver, gold.

CanPowerSkate

Prerequisites Lesson Format Skills Evaluation
Skaters must be 6 years of age and have basic forward and backward skating skills and are able to stop on command without the use of the boards. Lessons are totally Coach instructed at a coach to skater ratio of 1:10. 

 CanPowerSkate consists of skills divided into 6 levels, arranged in progressions gradually increasing in complexity. 

Levels 1-3 focus on the fundamentals of skating

Levels 4-6 place additional focus on the acquisition of efficient techniques, speed, agility, technical aspects of stride and acceleration and skating with the puck. 

 

 Skaters are evaluated on skill level and are timed as they perform a test involving skills in a course-like pattern.

The skaters receive a mark combining his skill performance plus time.  This determines whether the skater receives a Bronze, Silver, or Gold award bar for that level