Learn to Skate
Jr. Pioneers Hockey Pre-Team
Formerly Learn Hockey Skating 3-4, Jr. Pioneers Hockey Pre-Team is new for 2013-14 and is for skaters who have completed Learn Hockey Skating 2.
Jr. Pioneers Hockey Pre-Team prepares skaters for hockey game play. Skaters learn how to maneuver the ice while in full hockey gear and now with hockey sticks and pucks. The pre-team level prepares skaters to enter the Jr. Pioneers Hockey U8 Beginner program.
All skaters are required to wear full hockey gear:
- helmet with full face cage
- gloves
- shin pads
- shoulder and elbow pads
- hockey pants with padding
- hockey skates
- stick
Skills Learned
Skaters will learn:
- forward C-cuts on a circle
- hockey turns with speed
- forward slalom
- forward stops and starts
- backward v-stops
- lateral marching crossovers
- forward one-foot pushes on a circle
- forward crossover glides
- forward crossovers clockwise and counter-clockwise
- alternating backward C-cuts
- backward one-foot glides
- mohawks
- a hockey stop
Cost
$115*/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.