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SKATELAND |
Beginner Class
4:30 to 5:00
$20.00 monthly class fee
The class runs for a month. The last week of the month is test and graduation day. When the student meets the requirements of this class, they receive a graduation magnet for the refrigerator door. Those who do not pass, remain in the class until the requirements have been met.
- How to lace your skates
- Explain how wheels roll
- How to fall down and get up
- Duck walk to get moving
- Coast on two feet to get rolling
- Scooter pushes to get onto one foot and balance
- Scooter pushes from one foot to the other
- Balance and roll on one foot
- Frog position to be more flexible
- The Limbo
4:00 to 4:30
$20.00 monthly class fee
The class runs for the month. The last week of the month is test and graduation day. The Number One Super Skater Test is administered, and those who pass all the qualifications, receive the Number One Super Skater Pin and graduate to the next level. Those who do not pass, remain in the class until the requirements have been met.
- How to stop
- Scissors to get the idea of how to get momentum
- More advanced side pushes for better speed and balance
- Frog races for balance, agility and preparation for the limbo
- The Limbo, an item in the #1 Super Skater Test
- Cross in front
- Skating from one foot to the other for the count of 3 on each foot
- Hop on two feet
- Race the track. 2 laps in 45 seconds.
4:30 to 5:00
$20.00 monthly class fee
The class runs for the month. The last week of the month is test and graduation day. The Number Two Super Skater Test is administered, and those who pass all the qualifications, receive the Number Two Super Skater Pin and a nice certificate to frame and they may now graduate to the Junior Skating Club on Saturday mornings at 9 am. Those who do not pass, remain in the class until the requirements have been met.
- Correct forward skating technique
- Backward scissors to get the idea of backward motion and momentum
- Skating around the pylons for maneuvering,
- Hop and turn around on two feet
- Waltz Jump or ½ Mapes Jump
- How to criss cross--6 crosses in succession.
- Spin on two feet, basic fundamentals of how to spin
General Information
Each class member is given a class card which lists the class requirements on the back. During the class, these requirements are checked off as the student meets each requirement. In Roller Figure Skating there are achievement tests and competitions that parallel the type of skating you may be familiar with in the Ice Skating schedules. Roller skaters do all the same things that you see on TV on ice. At SKATELAND you can learn all the basics necessary to go on to skate the Skating Club and/or take private skating lessons to advance to a competitive level of skating.PRIVATE SKATING LESSONS (1 on 1) are offered by appointment by certified coaches and by apprentice coaches.
The instructor in charge of the above classes is Cynthia Gates.
Apprentice Coaches are assisting with class instruction and are available for private instruction. Various club members occasionally assist the coaches.