SKATELAND Youth Skating Classes for kids Sundays--a 1/2 hour of classes Learn to skate so you can enjoy our public sessions.

SKATELAND offers ½ hour classes on Sundays between 4:00 and 5:00. These classes are taught from October through mid-May.
Arrive at the rink at 4:00 and purchase your $5 ticket at the ticket window. You will receive a wrist band which will entitle you to use our rental skates and skate one of the classes offered at 4:15.

The following is a brief listing of the skating maneuvers that are taught at these classes.

The first beginner class:

• 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
• Frog position to be more flexible
• The Limbo

Occasionally other fun things may be taught.

The second beginner class:

• How to stop
• Scissors to get the idea of how to get momentum
• More advanced side pushes for better speed and balance
• Scooter pushes to get onto one foot and balance
• Scooter pushes from one foot to the other
• Balance and roll on one foot
• Skating from one foot to the other for the count of 3 on each foot
• Frog races for balance, agility and preparation for the limbo
• The Limbo
• Cross in front to make around the rink corners during session
• Hop on two feet
• Race the track. 2 laps in 45 seconds.

Occasionally other fun things may be taught.

PRIVATE SKATING LESSONS (1 on 1) are offered by appointment by certified coaches.

The instructor in charge of the above classes is Mary Pyche. Apprentice Coaches are assisting with class instruction. Various Skating Club members occasionally assist the coaches.

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