Skill Tests Achievement Recognition
This is what STARskate is all about!
This program is designed for the skaters who have accomplished the fundamentals of skating and are in a position to advance these skills with the aid of a professional coach. Lessons encompass stroking, skills, freeskate and dance with time to practice without a coach, in a private, semi-private or group lesson. This program allows a skater to participate in the SKATE CANADA Starskate program by completing the required tests.
When you register for the Starskate program, you become a member of Skate Canada and will have access to:
- Opportunities to be recognized through a nationally standardized testing system for achieving specific figure skating skills
- Complimentary Gold Test pins
- Invitational and interclub competitions, including the STARSkate championship stream
- Specifically designed awards and incentives such as badges, tattoos and stickers
- STARSkate Skater of the Year awards program
- Progress updates and report cards
- Special STARSkate events and club functions
- Opportunity to be talent-scouted
- Opportunity for personal growth and the development of important life skills such as goal-setting, self-discipline, confidence, time management, healthy lifestyle and coping strategies to deal with success and failure
