Skills, Tests, Achievement, Recognition – this is what StarSkate is all about!

StarSkate offers opportunities for skaters of all ages to develop fundamental figure skating skills in the areas of ice dance, skating skills, free skate and interpretive skating. Unique in Canada, this program teaches figure skating skills in a group and/or private lesson format in a progressive and sequential manner and includes specifically designed awards and incentives. Skaters have the opportunity to take Skate Canada Tests through a nationally standardized testing system. Skaters who have mastered figure skating skills in STARSkate may also choose to pursue synchronized skating or pairs skating.

How StarSkate works

The StarSkate program consists of figure skating skills in four areas – Skating Skills, Ice Dance, Free Skate and Interpretive. Each area is divided into the following levels:

Primary Level Tests

• Skating Skills: Preliminary, Junior Bronze
• Free Skating: Preliminary, Junior Bronze
• Dance: Preliminary, Junior Bronze
• Interpretive: Introductory

Intermediate Level Tests

• Skating Skills: Senior Bronze, Junior Silver
• Free Skating: Senior Bronze, Junior Silver
• Dance: Senior Bronze, Junior Silver
• Interpretive: Bronze

Senior Level Tests

• Skating Skills: Senior Silver, Gold
• Free Skating: Senior Silver, Gold
• Dance: Senior Silver, Gold, Diamond
• Interpretive: Silver, Gold

Dryland Training

To facilitate our athletes in Intro To StarSKATE all the way through Senior StarSKATE we offer Dryland Training (Off Ice) once per week in Winter, and new for Spring, once a week. In some circumstances during our Summer Bootbreaker Camps we offer Dryland weekly or once a week.

These classes are usually indoor during regular winter season and outdoor for Spring and Summer. They are 45 mins in length and facilitated by a Professional Coach of Figure Skating or a Professionally Certified Fitness Trainer.

As a group we work on flexibility, endurance, balance, musicality, jump & spin technique, muscle memory, speed drills, alignment & posture conditioning. Our groups have experienced choreographed dance, Zumba, ballet, circuit training, yoga and skipping classes to name a few.

Off ice is essential in progression with Star and is included with your fee’s. You are welcome even if it is not your skating day.

Please bring a yoga mat, water bottle and wear running shoes and exercise clothes to your Dryland Training.