Skills Tests

Our skills tests serve as an evaluation, gauging a skater’s proficiency in skating. Towards the end of each class, skaters undergo a review, where our team assesses their skills and provides feedback, guiding skaters on the techniques and drills to focus on to further their prowess on the ice.

Below, you’ll find an overview of the skills evaluated at each rank for showcasing proficiency and advancing in our program.

Basic & Intermediate Skills

Basic A

Achieved by attending the Laura Stamm Power Skating Clinic.

Basic AA

Technique
- Forward stride
- Hockey stops
Balance
- Forward edges
- Knee drops

Intermediate A

Technique
- Forward stride
- Backward stride
- Forward crossovers
Balance
- Forward one-leg balance
- Forwards and backward edges
- One-foot hops

Intermediate AA

Technique
- Forward stride
- Forward start
- Backward crossovers
- Backward starts
Balance
- Forward one-leg edges balance
- Backward balance

Advanced Skills

Includes skills from the previous block

Advanced A

Technique
- Forward starts
- Forward and backward strides and crossovers
Balance
- Backward one-leg edges balance

Advanced AA

Technique/Balance
- Forward and backward starts
- Lateral mobility forward
- Lateral mobility backward

Elite Skills

Includes skills from the previous block

All-Star A

Technique
- Backward-forward transitions
- Forward starts
Balance
- Forward and backward hopping one-leg edges balance

All-Star AA

Technique
- Backward-forward transitions with a puck
- Forward starts with a puck
- Forward and backward strides and crossovers
Balance
- Forward and backward hopping one-leg edges balance with a puck.

Elite Skater

Technique/Balance
- Forward lateral mobility with a puck
- Dynamic forward starts with a puck
- Forward crossovers with a puck
- Backward crossovers
- Puck protection
- Dynamic transitions