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Program Information

Preschool

4 - 5 Year Olds
Richmond Arenas preschool 5-level skate is designed to provide a fun and safe introduction to ice skating.  Children are evaluated on skills at each individual level and move to the next level when all skills are completed. 
Each level helps build confidence while introducing the essentials to build sound skating skills

All participants must wear helmets.  Long pants and gloves are recommended.


LEVEL ONE

  • Able to participate actively
  • Stand on own
  • Bend to pick up objects from the ice
  • Skate in a circle around cones
  • Fall down/get up
  • While standing, turn a circle
  • While standing, lift right foot
  • While standing, lift left foot
  • Skate from red dot to circle

LEVEL TWO

  • Skate width of the ice
  • Fall down and get up on own
  • Skate in and out of cones
  • Skate over cones
  • Skate with hands behind back
  • Backward wiggles from red dot
  • While skating, balance object on hand
  • Alternating feet, skating forwards

LEVEL THREE

  • Skate width of ice alternating feet
  • Two foot glide
  • Skate a circle
  • Skate - lift right foot
  • Skate lift left foot
  • Skate touch toes
  • Skate two foot jump
  • Alternating feet skating backwards
  • Sufficient speed the width of ice

LEVEL FOUR

  • Skate around the ice surface forwards
  • Two foot glide touching toes
  • Glide half width of ice
  • Two foot gliding circle
  • Glide lift right foot
  • Glide lift left foot
  • Gliding two foot jump
  • Complete snow plow stop
  • Sufficient speed skating backwards

LEVEL FIVE

  • Glide on right foot (5 feet)
  • Glide on left foot (5 feet)
  • Forward sculling (10 feet)
  • Sideways snow plow stop left
  • Sideways snow plow stop right
  • Backward skating width of ice

Participants must attend a minimum of 7 lessons to receive an evaluation.