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Great Britain / United Kingdom · Skate UK 1

Skate UK 1

Exercise list available; standard unaided criteria not yet verified

Prerequisite: pathway entry requirement

Assessment: coach/judge curriculum assessment

Passing: curriculum completion

Where: licensed delivery site

Fundamentals 1: exercises

These are the exercise-column entries in the supplied British Ice Skating dispensation guide. The adapted and assisted criteria are shown separately below. Standard unaided passing criteria and the effective date remain unverified.

1. MOVING FORWARD

Standard assessment: Unaided passing criteria have not been verified. The provisions below are adaptations, not the standard test.

Skate UK - Dispensation - Fundamentals 1–8, page 3. Effective date unverified.

Adapted and assisted criteria

Dispensation A: adapted skill, independently
Marching style movement for approximately 15 metres

Dispensation B: full skill, with assistance
Marching style movement for approximately 30 metres

Dispensation C: adapted skill, with assistance
Marching style movement for approximately 15 metres

2. SIT & STAND

Standard assessment: Unaided passing criteria have not been verified. The provisions below are adaptations, not the standard test.

Skate UK - Dispensation - Fundamentals 1–8, page 3. Effective date unverified.

Adapted and assisted criteria

Dispensation A: adapted skill, independently
To stand from a ½ seated position (hands and knees)

Dispensation B: full skill, with assistance
To stand from a seated position

Dispensation C: adapted skill, with assistance
To stand from a ½ seated position (hands and knees)

3. MOVING FORWARD (10 steps) & TWO-FOOT GLIDE (with dip)

Standard assessment: Unaided passing criteria have not been verified. The provisions below are adaptations, not the standard test.

Skate UK - Dispensation - Fundamentals 1–8, page 3. Effective date unverified.

Adapted and assisted criteria

Dispensation A: adapted skill, independently
Two-foot glide with an understanding of half-dip (reduced dip movement)

Dispensation B: full skill, with assistance
Two-foot glide with an understanding of dip movement

Dispensation C: adapted skill, with assistance
Two-foot glide with an understanding of half-dip (reduced dip movement)

4. STATIONARY SNOWPLOUGH STOP

Standard assessment: Unaided passing criteria have not been verified. The provisions below are adaptations, not the standard test.

Skate UK - Dispensation - Fundamentals 1–8, page 3. Effective date unverified.

Adapted and assisted criteria

Dispensation A: adapted skill, independently
Show an understanding of snowplough stop movement with one foot

Dispensation B: full skill, with assistance
Show an understanding of snowplough stop movement

Dispensation C: adapted skill, with assistance
Show an understanding of snowplough stop movement with one foot

5. MOVING SNOWPLOUGH STOP

Standard assessment: Unaided passing criteria have not been verified. The provisions below are adaptations, not the standard test.

Skate UK - Dispensation - Fundamentals 1–8, page 3. Effective date unverified.

Adapted and assisted criteria

Dispensation A: adapted skill, independently
Show an understanding of snowplough stop movement with either a slowing of speed or stopping with one foot

Dispensation B: full skill, with assistance
Concept of stopping, either one foot or two

Dispensation C: adapted skill, with assistance
Show an understanding of snowplough stop movement with either a slowing of speed or stopping with one foot

6. MOVING FORWARD (10 steps) & TWO-FOOT GLIDE INTO A FORWARD LEMON

Standard assessment: Unaided passing criteria have not been verified. The provisions below are adaptations, not the standard test.

Skate UK - Dispensation - Fundamentals 1–8, page 3. Effective date unverified.

Adapted and assisted criteria

Dispensation A: adapted skill, independently
A lemon shape which may not have continual movement throughout or has continuous movement but shows dominance/preference to one foot

Dispensation B: full skill, with assistance
A lemon shape which should have continual movement throughout

Dispensation C: adapted skill, with assistance
A lemon shape which may not have continual movement throughout or has continuous movement but shows dominance/preference to one foot

Dispensation context and assistance

The guide describes A as approximately 50% adaptation, attempted unaided; B as the full skill aided by a skating aid or another person; and C as flexibility to perform an adapted skill aided. These are dispensation provisions, not automatic alternatives in a standard test.

It states that assistants must be over 16 and at least a trainee Level 1 assistant coach. Parent, guardian or carer assistance may require a skating competency assessment under the rink’s risk assessment and insurance arrangements.

Source: Skate UK - Dispensation - Fundamentals 1–8, page 3. No effective date established from this PDF.

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