Title – Ice Skating

By – Hannah Powell

Primary Subject – Health / Physical Education

Grade Level – Basic

Basic skills curriculum

Basic 1

Sit on ice and stand up

Moving forward (basic skating)

March, then glide on two feet

Two-foot glide and dip

Basic 2

Moving backward

1/2 snowplough or full snowplough stop

Forward skating

Two-foot glide on a curve

Basic 3

Forward one-foot glide (straight line)

Two-foot jump skating forward

Forward & backward sculling

One-foot glide on a curve–inside edge (l & r)

Basic 4

One-foot glide on a curve–outside edge (l & r)

Backward skating and two-foot glide

Skating forward and turning to backward (vice-versa)

Continuous forward chassés around a circle

Basic 5

Forward crossovers in both directions
Hockey stop

Backward one-foot glide

Two-foot spin (one revolution)

Basic 6

Continuous backward chassés around circle

Forward two-foot slalom

Forward outside 3-turn

Backward skating–stepping forward in both directions

Basic 7

Backward crossovers in both directions

Forward inside three-turn

Continuous forward outside curves

Continuous forward inside curves

Basic 8

Forward inside Mohawk (l & r) two backward crossovers followed by sustained

Backward outside curve for a count of 3

Two-foot change on edge on a large curve

Forward drag

Basic 9

Forward beginner cross-rolls

Bunny hop

Forward crossovers in a figure eight pattern

Two backward crossovers followed by sustained backward inside curve for a count
of 3

Basic 10

Backward crossovers in a figure eight pattern

Simple step sequence

Forward arabesque/spiral on a straight line: right or left

Waltz jump (Three jump)

One foot spin: optional entry and free foot position

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