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Skills Assessment Resource Guide, STAR 1-Gold

Canada · English · 65 pages

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Skills Assessment Resource Guide August 2024 Copyright © 2024 Skate Canada 8 Training Strategies Turns Turns can be trained using the following strategies: - Finding a spot on the ice to practice and train turns in isolation that does not disrupt the session. - Offer edge-turn sessions to allow for class or lesson instruction/practice. Consider using music to help skaters with sequencing (attach movements to beats) or identify edge length (count beats in and out of turn/edge). Remember to teach in figure form. - Use lanes (perimeter on session, or continuous/highway for classes). - When using circles to train skaters, consider putting more than one skater on a circle (one skater at each ¼ mark), to maximize space. - Use drawing on ice to show length of edge, lobe size/shape as well as shape of turn. - Teach progressions to increase quality of development. - Teach free leg action at boards. - Teach turns with slow speed then add more speed as they develop. Exercises Exercises can be trained using the following strategies: - Incorporate X prescribed steps into edge-turn classes using lane formats. - Use the practice pattern to train on busy sessions. - Train many skaters at multiple levels at the same time by using the same pattern and allow each skater to practice the steps associated with their level. - Break down into progressions. Teach the exercise in small parts and then add parts together. - Practice the “X” and “O” pattern continuously for repetition and improvement. Field Moves Field moves can be trained using the following strategies: - Field move or cool down classes using lanes and music - Creative movement classes - At the end of any session as a cool down (various patterns available; serpentine, figure 8, etc.) - Off ice classes to focus on strength and flexibility of positions