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Adult skating is growing in popularity and more and more clubs offer a fun, learning and social opportunity to this segment of the population. Adults participate in CanSkate and the STARSkate program as well as on synchronized skating teams. Adult Championships currently provide opportunities to adult skaters to experience the challenge of a competition in a social environment. Skate Canada is currently expanding its programming in this area.

The Skate Canada Adult Skating Commission has formed an Adult Skating Advisory, comprised of current adult skaters, evaluator/judges and coaches to assist the Commission in the preparations for additional adult test and competitive opportunities. Future plans include the development of a set of adult standards for the Skate Canada Test Program, standard competition categories and several new competition venues to include both Canadian and American adult skaters. Read Adult Test Standards - General Standards & Principles, Draft 2 (August 2002) (pdf 137KB). Give us your feedback on the proposed standards by filling out the Adult Test Standards Feedback Form.

For adult event information, visit our Events page. Read about Canada's first Adult-only Free Skate/Dance event in Western Regional Adult Challenge - WOW! in the May 2002 edition of Encore.

2002-2003 Adult Competition Technical Information

Teen/Adult
Our Teen/Adult program is a recreational learning to skate, through to advanced program designed for teens and adults. It is also a program where one may begin or enhance their skills. The classes are broken up into groups based on skill level. This program is open to all teens/adults who wish to learn to skate, enhance their skating ability and pursue their enjoyment in the sport.

What adult instructional programs are available to clubs?

Basically, all of them! CanSkate, the STARSkate program, CanPowerSkate, and CanSynchroSkate are designed for use by all populations. The program skills are exactly the same, only the method of delivery changes. For example, a coach would not teach a skill the same way to a child as they would an adult. Language and terminology as well as the learning activity would be different. Pages 5-13 to 5-19 of the CanSkate Technical Manual provide some good examples of the teaching and learning methods geared to different age groups.

So as you can see there are many advantages, for everybody, when adult programming is included on a club's schedule. Now is the time to get ready. The adult population is growing - is your club prepared to take advantage?

(article by Donna King-Gallant, Skate Canada Recreation Programs Coordinator, originally published in Keeping in Touch, December 2000)

Skate Canada / USFSA Test Equivalencies for Adult Competition

Free Skating Tests

USFSA Test Skate Canada Test Equivalency
Pre-Preliminary Free Skate No Skate Canada Tests
Preliminary Preliminary Free Skate
Pre-Juvenile Jr. Bronze
Juvenile Jr. Bronze
Intermediate Sr. Bronze
Adult Pre-Bronze No Skate Canada Tests
Adult Bronze Preliminary
Adult Silver Jr. Bronze
Adult Gold Jr. Bronze

Dance Tests

USFSA Test Skate Canada Test Equivalency
Preliminary Preliminary
Pre-Bronze Jr. Bronze
Bronze Jr. Bronze
Pre-Silver/Adult Pre-Silver Sr. Bronze
Silver/Adult Silver Jr. Silver
Pre-Gold/Adult Pre-Gold Sr. Silver
Gold/Adult Gold Gold

Pair Tests

USFSA Test Skate Canada Test Equivalency
Juvenile Juvenile Competitive Pair
Intermediate Pre-Novice Competitive Pair

Note to Skate Canada Adult Skaters: for USFSA "Moves in the Field" events please refer to the applicable dance test pre-requisites.


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