Ice Skating Skills

Basic: Fall and get up, Forward stroking with T-pushes
first Skill test

• one foot glide
• backward Swizzle
• Snowplow Stop
• one feet pump(along circle, if clock-wise, then right foot glide, left foot pump) (this is forwards but you can also practice backwards)
  

Second Skill test

• two foot edges (along line, skate in half circle, use hands to navigate)
• forward cross-over(along circle, two foot glide->cross-over, use edges to turn)
• two foot turns(along circle, two foot glide->180 degree turn(from forward to backward, notice your center of gravity)
• T stop

Final Skill test

• lunge(front foot glide, bend knee to 90 degree angle, back foot stretching, avoid blade on the ice)
• backward cross-over(reverse version of forward cross-over)

Choose 2 out of 9 optionals

• Spiral(one foot glide, back leg left 90 degree, like ballet dancer)
• Shoot the duck(one foot glide bend your knee like you almost sitting on one feet, the other foot lift strait foward)
• hockey stop
  
• bunny hop(jump using one toe pick, quickly land at another toe pad and glide forward using one foot, the original one)
• three turns(along circle, use one feet turn, 180 degrees)
• Mohawk(two foot glide->two foot turns->one foot glide backward->turn around and glide forward using the other foot)
• pivot(for right-handed: left toe pad as pivot, right foot pump to circle the pivot, use hand to help yourself circling around)
• two foot spin(pivot->change center of gravity to the middle of the blade)
• Waltz Jump(one foot glide using outside edge, leap slightly and land use the toe pad of the other foot, and glide backwards, swing your other feet backwards to help you)