Beginners learning skating skills with figure skating club
New session of classes will start next week
released in the Niagara Advance
December 30, 2010
Not sure figure skating is the right sport for your child?
How about hockey, ringette, or just learning to have fun and be safe on the ice?
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Figure Skating Club offers programs for beginners of all ages, designed to develop a variety of skating skills. The CanSkate program focuses on fun, participation and basic skill development.
It is beneficial to any skater with an interest in ice sports, including figure skating, hockey and ringette.
Skaters are grouped according to ability and taught by certified professional coaches assisted by qualified program assistants. Skaters develop forward and backward skating skills, stopping, turning, jumping, edges and crosscuts. Badges are awarded when all skills have been achieved.
"We might have the next Sidney Crosby or Joannie Rochette among us. If we do, we want to find them," says NOTL Figure Skating Club spokesperson Darlene Dortono.
And for those who will not reach the level of a professional hockey player or Olympic figure skater, she said, lessons will give them an opportunity to learn new skills.
With the next session about to start, it's especially timely for youngsters who will be skating with their schools during the winter, she adds.
Coaches make the sessions active using teaching aids, music and a variety of theme and fun days held throughout the season.
Skate Canada and the NOTL club strongly recommend a properly fitted CSA hockey helmet for all beginner skaters.
The skating club offers a pre-school CanSkate session for beginners ages three to five at the Virgil arena Thursdays, from 4 to 4:45 p.m., and Mainstream CanSkate sessions, for beginners aged five and up, from 4-4:50 p.m.
On Saturdays, the Pre-school session is from 3 to 3:45 and Mainstream from 3:45 to 4:35.
Students can choose one or class or attend both, says Dortono.
The club also offers an adult session on Wednesday evenings from 7 to 7:50 p.m.
All programs begin next week, Jan. 5 for adults, Jan. 6 and 8 for kids.
Registration for the January session can be arranged by calling the club at 905-468-7465 or emailing the office at notlsk8r@hotmail.com. Information is also available at www.notlskatingclub.com.
Parents or guardians of pre-school and CanSkate skaters must remain at the arena during lesson time for their children's safety and encouragement.
New session of classes will start next week
released in the Niagara Advance
December 30, 2010
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| Alika Elliott, Christy Engemann and Kaityn Wiens learn basic skills with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Figure Skating Club. |
How about hockey, ringette, or just learning to have fun and be safe on the ice?
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Figure Skating Club offers programs for beginners of all ages, designed to develop a variety of skating skills. The CanSkate program focuses on fun, participation and basic skill development.
It is beneficial to any skater with an interest in ice sports, including figure skating, hockey and ringette.
Skaters are grouped according to ability and taught by certified professional coaches assisted by qualified program assistants. Skaters develop forward and backward skating skills, stopping, turning, jumping, edges and crosscuts. Badges are awarded when all skills have been achieved.
"We might have the next Sidney Crosby or Joannie Rochette among us. If we do, we want to find them," says NOTL Figure Skating Club spokesperson Darlene Dortono.
And for those who will not reach the level of a professional hockey player or Olympic figure skater, she said, lessons will give them an opportunity to learn new skills.
With the next session about to start, it's especially timely for youngsters who will be skating with their schools during the winter, she adds.
Coaches make the sessions active using teaching aids, music and a variety of theme and fun days held throughout the season.
Skate Canada and the NOTL club strongly recommend a properly fitted CSA hockey helmet for all beginner skaters.
The skating club offers a pre-school CanSkate session for beginners ages three to five at the Virgil arena Thursdays, from 4 to 4:45 p.m., and Mainstream CanSkate sessions, for beginners aged five and up, from 4-4:50 p.m.
On Saturdays, the Pre-school session is from 3 to 3:45 and Mainstream from 3:45 to 4:35.
Students can choose one or class or attend both, says Dortono.
The club also offers an adult session on Wednesday evenings from 7 to 7:50 p.m.
All programs begin next week, Jan. 5 for adults, Jan. 6 and 8 for kids.
Registration for the January session can be arranged by calling the club at 905-468-7465 or emailing the office at notlsk8r@hotmail.com. Information is also available at www.notlskatingclub.com.
Parents or guardians of pre-school and CanSkate skaters must remain at the arena during lesson time for their children's safety and encouragement.
