CanSkate Skill Progessions
| Fundamental Movements |
Stage
1 (Balance) |
Stage
2 (Glide Forwards) |
Stage
3 (Glide Backwards) |
Stage
4 (Edges) |
Stage
5 ( Power) |
Stage
6 (Speed) |
| Go
Forward |
-
Balance with 2 feet with eye focus (posture/alignment) - marching on the spot - walking fwd (duck walk) |
-
fwd consecutive push/glide sequence (min. 8 thrusts) - fwd glide (two feet to one foot) - fwd 1/2 sit glide - fwd two-foot sculling (bubbles) |
-
fwd slalom (2 feet and one foot) |
-
fwd glide on curve clockwise (2 feet to 1 foot) - fwd glide on curve counterclockwise (2 feet to 1 foot) - walking crosscuts: right over left left over right |
-
fwd circle thrusts clockwise - fwd circle thrusts counterclockwise - fwd crosscuts in a figure 8 pattern - edge development (step/step/step and hold on alternate curves): Fwd Outside Fwd Inside |
-
fast fwd perimeter stroking clockwise - fast fwd perimeter stroking counterclockwise |
| Go
Backward |
-
walking backward (8 steps) |
-
walking bwd with glide |
-
bwd consecutive push/glide sequence (min. 8 thrusts) - bwd glide (2 feet to 1 foot) - bwd 2 foot sculling (bubbles) |
-
bwd glide on curve clockwise (2 feet to 1 foot) - bwd glide on curve counterclockwise (2 feet to 1 foot) - bwd slalom (2 feet to 1 foot) |
-
bwd circle thrusts clockwise - bwd circle thrusts counterclockwise |
-
fast bwd perimeter stroking clockwise fast bwd perimeter stoking counterclockwise - bwd crosscuts in a figure 9 patter - edge develipment (step/step/steip and hold on alternating curves): Bwd Outside Bwd Inside |
| Stop |
-
falling down & getting up - making snow |
-
fwd snowplow or fwd 1/2 snowplow |
-
bwd snowplow or bwd 1/2 snowplow |
-
fwd two-foot side stop |
-
one foot side stop |
-
fwd two foot side stip with speed |
| Turn |
-
2 foot quarter bends on spot |
-
two foot 1/2 trun on the spot |
-
2 foot turn fwd to bwd - 2 foot turn bwd to fwd |
-
turning on curve fwd to bwd and bwd to fwd (2 feet) - turning on curve fwd to bwd (one foot): (a.k.a. 3-turns) outside inside |
-
turning on curve bwd to fwd changing feet: LBO-RFO or RBO-LFO LBI-RFI or RBI-LFI |
-
circle stroking with crosscuts and turns - turning on a curve fwd to bwd changing feet - turning on curve bwd to fwd (one foot): Outside Inside |
| Spin |
-
walking around on spot |
-
two-foot spin |
-
2 foot spin picking up alternating feet |
-
fwd one-foot spin (one revolution - 2 foot spin |
-
fwd one foot spin (more than one revolution) - one foot back spin (one revolution) |
-
one foot spin with FO spiraling edge entry (more than 1 revolution) - one foot back spin (more than one revolution) |
| Jump |
-
two foot jump on spot |
-
two foot jump while gliding fwd |
-
2 foot jump gliding bwd |
-
2-foot jump fwd to bwd and bwd to fwd on a curve |
-
one foot jump fwd to bwd - fwd power jump (bunny hop) |
-
back toe-assisted jump - rotation power jump (waltz jump) |
