Welcome to the Hay River Figure Skating Club
How StarSkate Works
The StarSkate program consists of figure skating skills in four areas – Skills, Ice Dance, Free Skate and Artistic. Each area is divided into the following levels:
- STAR 1-5 Skills
- STAR 1-5 Dance
- STAR 1-5 Free Skate
- STAR 5 Artistic
All Star 1-5 levels are assessed by a coach.
Intermediate Level Assessments
- STAR 6-8 Skills
- STAR 6-8 Dance
- STAR 6-8 Free Skate
- STAR 7 Artistic
Senior Level Assessments
- STAR 9, 10 & Gold Skills
- STAR 9, 10, Gold & Diamond Dance
- STAR 9, 10 & Gold Free Skate
- STAR 9 & Gold Artistic
StarSkate Pathways
Skills
Skills are a combination of fundamental skating movements, executed on a pattern and skated solo. The basic components of all disciplines of figure skating are incorporated into the program. The movements are derived from former compulsory figures, free skating and ice dance. The objective of the Skills program is mastery of the basic fundamentals of skating – edge quality, control, power and speed.
Ice Dance
Ice Dance consists of 12 levels of assessments. The Dance assessment program teaches timing, musicality, rhythm interpretation, structure as well as basic skating skills such as edges, flow, control and unison.
The dances in the STARSkate Program can be tried in any order but a candidate must pass the required number of dances in a dance assessment before proceeding to the next level
Freeskate
Freeskate consists of the execution of jumps, spins, footwork, field movements and stroking, either in isolation or performed in sequence to music.
Artistic
Artistic – The focus of the Artistic discipline is the development of program components, musical movement and creativity. Artistic combines skating aspects such as turns, edges and field moves, with creative spins and the ability to project emotion and artistry. The aspects developed through Artistic assessments benefit every discipline in skating.