PROGRAMS:

CanSkate    |    PowerSkate    |    Figure Skating

Glengarry Figure Skating Club offers three skating streams: CanSkate, PowerSkate, and Figure Skating.

CANSKATE:

CanSkate is a learn-to-skate program teaching fundamental movements and basic skills in a fun, active group environment. The program includes seven stages of skill progression.

Stage 1: Beginners – this involves basic balance skills, walking backwards and forwards, falling down and getting up, quarter bend turns, and two-foot jumping

Stage 2: This level focuses on forward gliding. Push/glide sequence, two foot sculling, two-foot half-turn, two-foot spin, two-foot jump from a glide, and forward snowplow are introduced.

Stage 3 : This level focuses on backwards as well as forwards gliding. Forward slalom, backward push/glide sequence, backward two-foot sculling, backward snowplow, two-foot half turns from a glide, and two-foot jump from a backward glide are introduced.

Stage 4: This level introduces skaters to the use of their edges. Skaters learn forward and backward glides on a curve, forward walking cross-cuts, backward slalom, forward two-foot side stops, turning forward to backward on a curve both on two feet and on one foot, forward one-foot spin, and two-foot sit-spin, and two-foot half-turn jumps.

Stage 5: This level focuses on increasing the skater’s power. Skaters learn forward and backward circle thrusts, one-foot side stop, turning backward to forward on a curve while changing feet, one-foot backward spin, one-foot forward to backward jumps, and forward power jumps.

Stage 6 : This level focuses on increasing the skater’s speed. Fast perimeter stroking forward and backward, backward crosscuts, circle stroking with crosscuts and turns, back toe-assisted jump and rotating power jump.

Stage 7: This is an optional enrichment level, adding progressives, chases, rolls and swing rolls, simple set patterns step sequences, as well and focusing on improving the skater’s power, speed, and technique in execution of all skills.

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POWERSKATING:

PowerSkate is an action-packed, high energy instructional power skating program geared to hockey and ringette skaters that focuses on balance, power, agility, speed and endurance. Skills, techniques and conditioning drills are taught in a progressive format that emphasizes how the skills apply to game situations. CanPowerSkate provides an alternative to figure skating and is an excellent complement for those athletes playing on hockey or ringette teams. Its unique skill award program provides incentives and motivation for skaters to continue to achieve

PowerSkate is geared to skaters aged approximately six or older who are already proficient at forward and backward crosscuts around a circle, and stopping both forward and backward. For safety reasons participants should wear full hockey/ringette equipment that is CSA approved. The Skate Canada Coach to skater ratio is 1:10 . Glengarry FSC operates with a 1:9 coach to skater ratio.

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FIGURE SKATING:

Once a Canskater has reached Stage 5 in Canskate, they may be ready for our Junior Program. Please consult with a Club Coach.

The Junior Program incorporates group lesson times and independent practice times. In the Free Skate portion, the skater learns good stroking skills, jumps, and spins. In the Dance portion, the skater learns dance steps in time to music, following specific patterns. The Junior Program is the skater’s entry into figure skating.

Intermediate and Senior Programs : These programs incorporate private lessons and independent practice. Figure skaters can choose to test for Dance elements in Preliminary, Jr. Bronze, Sr. Bronze, Jr. Silver, Sr. Silver, Gold and Diamond levels. Some skaters choose to enter the competitive stream, testing in Skills, Freeskate, Competitive Singles, Pairs, and/or Dance, and Interpretive.

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