StarSkate offers opportunities for skaters of all ages to develop fundamental figure skating skills in the areas of ice dance, skating skills, free skate and interpretive skating. This program teaches figure skating skills in a group and/or private lesson format in a progressive and sequential manner and includes specifically designed awards and incentives. Skaters have the opportunity to take Skate Canada Tests through a nationally standardized testing system. Skaters who have mastered figure skating skills in StarSkate may also choose to pursue synchronized skating or pairs skating.

StarSkate Qualification Requirements

Pre-StarSkate

This program is for skaters interested in Figure Skating, competing and or taking tests where they will continue to work on their CanSkate stages with an additional focus on skating skills, jumps, spins and other figure skating exercises. Skaters must wear figure skates.

• PreStar Skaters must be passed FULL CanSkate Stage 3 and be working on CanSkate Stage 4, 5 or 6
• One 60-minute session per week with Full Time group coaches (15 min warm up, 30 min groups, 5 min cool down)
• A helmet is mandatory for Stages 4 and 5 as per Skate Canada
• No private coach required

Attire:

• All participants must provide their own Figure Skates and helmets (CSA Approved Hockey Helmet). Mittens/gloves are strongly suggested.
• All Skaters must wear a CSA Approved Hockey Helmet as per Skate Canada 2017. No other helmet (Ski Helmet, Winter Sports helmet, Bike helmet, etc) will be accepted and skaters will not be permitted on the ice without a CSA approved hockey helmet.

StarSkate 1-5 

The STAR 1-5 program offers the best-in-class figure skating curriculum in Canada, targeting athletes looking for a future in the sport. Taught by Skate Canada NCCP coaches, the program introduces participants to the basic figure skating elements to create the foundation for singles, pairs, ice dance and synchronized skating.

All skaters in this program must have passed CanSkate Stage 6 or equivalent. Skaters may be any age. Adaptive skaters who have the required skating ability welcome.

StarSkate 6- Gold 

STAR 6- Gold is an assessment and event structure for skaters who completed the STAR 1-5 Program. This structure builds on the skills acquired in STAR 1-5 and introduces skaters to more advanced figure skating elements.

The STARSkate program consists of figure skating skills in four areas – Skating Skills, Ice Dance, Free Skate and Artistic