Badge Levels

Testing Information

Listed below are the National Skating Tests which each skater will work their way through.

Testing takes place on a continual basis. The Pros will move skaters once they have progressed through all elements of the level.

Once a skater moves to a new level they will receive a Results Sheet from their Program Assistant indicating the completion of the level. Badges are available in the committee room for $1.00 each.

Attached is the National Skating Tests

If you have any questions regarding a skater's test results please speak with the testing professional.

Level 1- Beginner

Learn to skate program, offering professional instruction with a skating buddy system from our team of trained Program Assistants for each level 1 skater
Helmets required for all skaters on these sessions.

Level 2 - Junior Level 1 (Stroking)

1 Hour Session – 15 Minute Warm-up & 45 Minute Group Lesson
Building on learn to skate skills i.e. stopping, balancing, gliding and skating backwards

Level 3 - Junior Level 2 (Elementary)

1 Hour Session – 15 Minute Warm-up & 45 Minute Group Lesson
Begin to learn forward skating edges, introduce new forward and backward skating techniques i.e. pumping and crosscuts, and turns

Level 4 - Junior Level 3 (Basic)

1 Hour Session – 15 Minute Warm-up & 45 Minute Group Lesson
Continue with learning skating edges, learn new complex forward and backward skating skills, spins, jumps and upward lateral movements

Level 5 - Intermediate Level 1 (Novice 1 & 2, Dance 1)

1 Hour Session – 15 Minute Warm-up & 45 Minute Group Lesson
Backward skating edges, continue to build on complex forward and backward skating skills, jumps and spins and basic forward ice dance skills

Level 6 - Intermediate Level 2 (Speed & Jump, Freestyle 1, Dance 2)

1 Hour Session – 15 Minute Warm-up & 45 Minute Group Lesson
Strengthen and enhance complex forward and backward skating skills with turns and stops, jumps and spins and basic backward ice dance skills

Level 7 - Senior Level (Freestyle 2, Dance 3)

1 Hour Session – 15 Minute Warm-up & 45 Minute Group Lesson
Learn more complex jumping and spinning skills, continue to strengthen forward and backward skating skills, begin to learn preliminary ice dances

Synchronized Skating Teams

Saltfleet has four different levels of synchronized skating, ranging from Novice to Master. This program is offered to skaters of all ages! The tryouts are held at the beginning of the season in September. All teams are show-cased in the year-end performance in early April.
Synchronized Skating - is a large and fast-growing discipline, consists of 8-20 skaters on ice at one time moving as one flowing unit. This discipline of figure skating was originally called precision skating in North America because of the emphasis on maintaining precise formations and timing of the group. For a synchronized team to flow in unison, individual skaters must be competent at a variety of skating skills, including speed, footwork and ice presence. The team performs a program set to music, with required formations including circles, lines, blocks, wheels, and intersections.
Novice Synchronization Team – Begin to learn basic synchronized skating skills must be in Level 3 or 4
Junior Synchronization Team – Level 4 to Level 6 skating levels
Senior Synchronization Team – Level 5 to Level 7 skating levels
Adult Synchronization Team – must be 16 years of age and over and preferably has skating level 7 or higher or has participated in synchronized skating programs

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