LONG-TERM ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT - Skate Canada
LONG-TERM ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT - Skate Canada
LONG-TERM ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT - Skate Canada
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Sport Specific Skills - Pair<br />
865 Sheord Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1J 1H9<br />
PAIR Females Phone (10-16) 613.747.1007 and Males I Toll (11-17) Free 1.888.747.2372 I Fax 613.748.5718 I Toll Free Fax 1.877.211.2372<br />
Technical Stroking<br />
• Increased quality of posture and edge control<br />
• Increased power, speed, and strength<br />
• Ability to perform basic stroking in both directions in unison<br />
Jumps<br />
• Females and males have mastered the double Axel and one triple jump;<br />
able to perform these jumps with reasonable speed, control and unison<br />
Spins<br />
• Able to perform strong basic positions with speed and ease of transition<br />
• Evidence of the development of difficult and innovative positions/<br />
variations<br />
Pair Spins<br />
• Basic pair spin positions performed with control, confidence and fast<br />
rotation (with a focus on positive grade of execution)<br />
• Evidence of the development of innovative and difficult positions/<br />
variations<br />
Lifts<br />
• Mastery of lifts from groups three, four, and five<br />
• Males: should be able to demonstrate the mastery of proper footwork<br />
Throws<br />
• Able to demonstrate all throws from Axel to double Lutz<br />
• Teams should have mastered double throws and have begun to execute<br />
some successful throw triple jumps<br />
Twists<br />
• Introduction and development of double twist<br />
Death Spirals<br />
• Females: should have the ability to demonstrate all basic positions<br />
• Males: should have the ability to perform the pivot with speed, power,<br />
and control<br />
• Able to execute all basic death spirals with positive grades of execution;<br />
evidence of some increase in degree of difficulty on those death spirals<br />
with stronger basic positions<br />
Step Sequences<br />
• Ability to incorporate all difficult turns and steps with control and<br />
confidence<br />
• Beginning to demonstrate the ability to include creative use of turns,<br />
edges and steps<br />
• Expanded use of the body and levels of movement<br />
Spiral Sequence/Field Moves<br />
• Ability to perform a wide repertoire of difficult variations on both feet, all<br />
edges, and in all directions<br />
• Evidence of the development of creative field movements<br />
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T R A I N T O C O M P E T E
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