Learn to Speed Skate

• Fall down and get back up
• March forward
• Forward two-foot glide
• Forward swizzles (4-6 in a row)
• Snowplow stop
• Stationary basic position

• Glide in basic position
• Two-foot up-downs
• March in basic position
• Forward one foot glide
• Backward swizzles (2-4 in a row)
• Backward two-foot glide

• Arm swing
• Speed skating start position
• Beginning speed skating start
• Two-foot glide around corner in basic position, clockwise & counterclockwise
• Two-foot slalom
• One-foot glide in a straight line in speed skating position (right & left leg)

• Corner side extension
• Slaloms with outside edges
• Corner right leg hold
• Right leg corner push around circle
• Left leg corner push around circle
• Beginning crossovers

• Sculling
• Alignment (nose, knee, toe)
• Skating stride with recovery
• Push down
• 1 lap time trial in basic position
• Crossovers (4-6 in a row)

• Accelerate and skate one lap
• Skate 100m in 17 seconds
• One-foot slalom (right & left leg)
• One leg up-downs
• Corner up-downs (right & left leg)
• Rhythm and timing

Cost – $259 Includes: 6-weeks of Learn to Speed Skate ($99), Speed skate rental ($24), 6 admissions to pack sessions with coaching with the Wisconsin Speed Skating Club ($131), Insurance with US Speedskating ($5)

• transition step between Learn to Speed Skate and US Speedskating Clubs. Must have completed Level 5
• higher volume and intensity practices
• accelerated technical skill acquisition
• emphasis on building muscular strength, endurance and physical fitness