Learn To Skate Basic Skills 1-8


* Sit on ice and stand up

* March forward across ice

* Forward 2 foot glide

* Dip

* Forward swizzles, 6-8 in a row

* Backward wiggles, 6-8 in a row

* Snowplow stop

* Rocking Horse

* Two foot hop in place


* Forward one foot glides R & L

* Backwards two foot glide

* Backward swizzles, 6-8 in a row

* Two foot turn from forward to backward in place

* Moving snowplow stop

* Forward alternating 1/2 swizzle pumps


* Forward stroking, showing correct use of blade

* Forward 1/2 swizzle pumps on circle, 6-8 consecutive, clockwise & counter clockwise

* Moving forward to backward two foot turn, clockwise & counter clockwise

* Backward one foot glide, right & left

* Forward slalom

* Two foot spin, up to 2 revolutions (optional)


* Forward outside edge on a circle, right & left

* Forward inside edge on a circle, right & left

* Forward crossovers, clockwise & counterclockwise

* Forward inside three turn, right & left, from a standing still position

* Backward 1/2 swizzle pumps on a circle, clockwise & counter clockwise

* Backward stroking


* Backward outside edge on a circle, right & left

* Backward inside edge on a circle, right & left

* Backward crossovers, clockwise & counterclockwise

* Beginning one foot spin, optional entry & free foot position

* Hockey stop

* Side toe hop, both directions



* Forward inside three turn, right & left, from a standing still position

* Moving backward to forward two foot turn on a circle, clockwise & counter clockwise

* T-stop, right or left

* Bunny hop

* Forward spiral on a straight line, right or left

* Forward lunge, right or left


* Forward inside open Mohawk from a standing still position, right to left and left to right

* Backward outside edge to forward outside edge transition on a circle

* Right & left

* Ballet jump, right or left

* Backward crossovers to a backward outside edge glides (landing position) clockwise & counter clockwise

* Forward inside pivots, right or left



* Moving forward outside three turn on a circle, right or left

* Moving forward inside three turn on a circle, right or left

* Combination move: two forward crossovers into forward inside mohawk, cross behind, step into backward crossover and step to forward inside edge, repeat 3 times, clockwise & counter clockwise

* Waltz jump

* Mazurka, right or left
 

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