This is the first level for school sage children through adults. Skates learns to skate independently, get up from a fall, glide, stop, and other basic necessary to maneuver on the ice.
Basic Skills 2
Skaters work on increasing balance, learning a one-foot glide, backwards
skating, and more advanced movements including turns.
Basic Skills 3
Skaters focus on strengthening forward skating, getting ready for forward
crossovers and starting two-foot spins.
Basic Skills 4 & 5
Skaters work on precision. They learn about edges, forward and
backward crossovers, one-foot turns, and strengthening backward skating.
Basic Skills 6 to 8
Skaters begin learning bunny hops, spirals, lunges, T-stops, and one-stop
spins while continuing to improve crossovers, edges and 3-turns.
Freeskate Levels 1 to 6
Freeskate levels give skaters a strong foundation on which to build their
skills. Each level is divided into four sections-moves in the field,
dance and footwork, spins, and jumps.