London Skating Club

What is CanSkate?
CanSkate is Skate Canada’s flagship ‘learn-to-skate’ program, teaching skaters from 3-83 how to skate. The program is geared to hockey/ringette, speed skating and figure skating. CanSkate has 6 fundamental skills: Going Forwards, Going Backwards, Stopping, Turning, Spinning and Jumping. CanSkate is also divided into 7 ‘badge’ levels. You can earn 16 badges!

The London Skating Club offers the following CanSkate programs:

PRESCHOOL CANSKATE
A learn-to-skate program for children 3-5 years, focusing on fun and continuous movement. 10 skaters, a Professional Coach and Program Assistants. CSA approved hockey helmets are mandatory.
Skaters move into Canskate on completion of the preschool program (equivalent of CanSkate badge 1).

CANSKATE: For 5 to 12 year olds who have not passed Stage 6 of CanSkate &/or 3 & 4 year olds who have passed preschool. Group lessons are provided by NCCP certified SkateCanada coaches. CanSkate skills are divided into stages. Skaters are placed into groups according to the stage they are working on. Skills are assessed on a daily basis and badges are awarded when all the skills at a particular stage have been achieved. Skaters in stages 1 to 5 must wear CSA approved helmets. All levels of CanSkate will receive synchronized skating instruction on their session, once per month. The convenor of the session will be able to provide a list of coaches who are available for private lessons if parents wish additional instruction for their skater.

CANSKATE FOR OLDER BEGINNERS: Teenagers and adults, who are beginning skaters, will find we have a group for them on some of our sessions. The stages and coaching are the same as the regular CanSkate (above).