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Pre-School Canskate Program
Young skaters will participate in group lessons focusing on fun, participation, and basic skill development. Volunteer Program assistants will be on the ice to ensure the skaters are practicing their skating skills when they are not receiving instruction from the Club Coaches.

Powerskate Program
A learn-to-skate/recreational instruction 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. This program provides an alternative to figure skating and is an excellent complement to those athletes playing on hockey or ringette teams. Its unique skill award program provides incentives and motivation for skaters to continue to achieve. CanPowerSkate is geared to skaters aged approximately six or older who already have basic forward and backward skating skills (they must be able to skate the length of the rink using alternate strides) and are able to stop on command without use of the boards.

Canskate (Novice, Juvenile) Program
Skaters will progress through the Canskate Badges in the Juvenile and Novice levels. Skills are assessed on a day-to-day basis. A description of skills required for each badge will be posted on the bulletin board in our Club room.  Skaters are assigned to groups based on badges being worked on. Volunteer Program assistants will be on the ice to ensure the skaters are practicing their skating skills when they are not receiving instruction from the Club Coaches.

Fast Track (Junior)
A bridging program between Canskate and Private Lessons (STARSkate) for the Canskate participant wanting a little more challenge. Check with the Club Coach as to the suitability of your skater for this program.

STARSkate (Intermediate, Senior)
Skills , Tests, Achievement, Recognition – this is what STARSkate is all about!
The STARSkate program consists of figure skating skills in four areas – Skating Skills, Dance, Free Skate, and Interpretive.

• Skating Skills are a combination of fundamental skating movements, executed on a pattern and skated solo to prescribed music. The objective of the Skating Skills program is mastery of the basic fundamentals of skating – edge quality, control, power, and speed – 6 skating skills tests are: Preliminary, Junior Bronze, Senior Bronze, Junior Silver, Senior Silver, and Gold.
• Ice Dance consists of 7 levels of tests – Preliminary, Junior Bronze, Senior Bronze, Junior Silver, Senior Silver, Gold and Diamond. The Dance Test program teaches timing, musicality, rhythm interpretation, structure as well as basic skating skills such as edges, flow, control and unison. The skater must pas the required number of dances in a dance test before proceeding to the next level.
• Free Skating consists of the execution of jumps, spins, footwork, field movements and strolling, either in isolation or performed in sequence to music. The 6 Free Skating tests are Preliminary, Junior Bronze, Senior Bronze, Junior Silver, Senior Silver, and Gold.
• Interpretive encourages and develops skaters’ creativity, expression, musicality, movement, interpretation of music, as well as the use of space, rhythm, line, and style. The program provides skaters with the opportunity to explore the performance aspect of skating without focusing on technical elements. The interpretive tests can be completed as individuals and/or as a couple (male/female, female/female, male/male) at four levels – Introductory, Bronze, Silver and Gold.

Test Days and Skating Competitions
Information regarding Test Days and Skating Competitions will be posted as it is made available.