What Will My Child Learn in Learn to Skate Classes?
Before parents sign their child up for skating lessons, one of the first questions they ask is: “What will my child actually learn?”
The answer is simple: your skater will learn the foundation they need to feel safe, confident, and successful on the ice.
Learn to Skate classes are designed to teach beginning skaters step by step, starting with the most important basics: balance, safety, movement, control, and confidence.
Credit: Bridget Pollard @Miami University
In the beginning levels, skaters learn how to:
✔ Fall safely and get back up
✔ Stand and balance on the ice
✔ March forward
✔ Glide on two feet
✔ Begin skating forward and backward
✔ Stop safely
✔ Turn and change direction
✔ Build confidence away from the wall
Learn to Skate USA describes the Basic Skills program as a progressive curriculum that helps skaters build a strong foundation. The program introduces important skills such as forward skating, backward skating, stops, edges, and turns.
As coaches, our goal is to help each skater feel successful at their own pace. Some skaters are brave right away. Others need more time holding hands, staying near the wall, or learning to get back up with a smile. Both are completely normal.
The basics matter because every skating skill begins here. Whether your child wants to figure skate, play hockey, join a camp, perform in a show, compete one day, or simply enjoy skating with family and friends, Learn to Skate classes give them the tools to begin.
Most importantly, we want every skater to leave class feeling proud, encouraged, and excited to come back.
Because the first goal is confidence.
