Learn to Skate
Basic Skills
Our learn to skate basic skill level classes are designed for beginner and intermediate skaters, ages 6 to 15 years old, and skaters who have completed the Snow Plow Sam 3 level.
Skaters must complete each level and receive a passing evaluation sheet before advancing to the next level.
Basic 1
Skaters will learn to:- safely stand and fall
- march across the ice
- glide on two feet
- dip
- snowplow stop
- complete forward swizzles and backward skating
- hop on two feet
- perform a rocking horse
Basic 2
Skaters will learn:- forward one-foot glides
- backward two-foot glides
- a moving snowplow stop
- backward swizzles
- slalom-pattern pumps
- forward-to-backward two-foot turns
Basic 3
Skaters will learn:- forward stroking
- half swizzle pumps on a circle
- backward one-foot glides
- forward slaloms
- a two-foot spin
- moving forward-to backward two-foot turns
Basic 4
Skaters will learn:- forward outside and inside edges on a circle
- forward crossovers
- backward stroking
- backward snowplow stops
- forward outside 3-turns
Basic 5
Skaters will learn:- backward outside and inside edges on a circle
- backward crossovers
- a hockey stop
- side-toe hops
- a beginning one-foot spin
Basic 6
Skaters will learn:- forward inside three-turns
- bunny hops
- spirals
- lunges
- T-stops
- a moving backward-to-forward two-foot turn
Basic 7
Skaters will learn:- forward inside pivots
- ballet jumps
- forward inside-open mohawks
- a backward outside-edge to a forward inside-edge transition
- backward crossovers to backward outside-edge glides
Basic 8
Skaters will learn:- moving inside and outside three-turns
- one-foot upright spin
- a waltz jump
- a mazurka and a combination move—including forward crossovers to an inside mohawk
- backward crossovers to forward inside edges
Cost
$108*/8-week series*
*Coors Fitness Center members, DU faculty/staff, DU students and DU alumni are eligible for a 10 percent discount. Please call 303-871-7728 to request the appropriate coupon code.