Specialty Classes
Teen Synchronized Skating Team – Sat. 8:00-8:45 am Call for Tryout $100 .00 for 8 Week Session Youth Synchronized Skating Team-Sat. 10:45-11:15 am Call for Tryout
Grab your friends and join the fun! Synchronized skating is the fastest growing part of figure
skating – with the grace of ballet, the elegance of ice dancing and the beauty of pair skating all
combined into an amazing group performance on ice.
All ISI synchronized teams have between 8-24 skaters. ISI synchronized events are divided into
3 categories: Formation, Skating and Dance. For more information about our teams, call Sharon Cook at 727-536-5843.
Formation teams are newer teams doing basic formations with basic skating skills and mainly
forward skating. Backward skating can be done on 2-feet only. Lifts and rotation jumps are not
allowed in the formation category. This is a great way for teams to learn the basics of
synchronized skating.
Skating team have already mastered the basics of synchronized skating and execute superior
formations with speed, difficulty and accuracy. There is a minimum of stops and 2-foot skating
in the skating category. Teams should have smooth transitions and effortless performance.
Unison, cleanness and speed are expected. Lifts are permitted in the Teen Skating events only.
Dance teams have more flexible choreography with all skaters moving in unison utilizing dance
steps and skating moves to produce a well-rounded program. Teams can focus on a particular
type of dance, such as tap, ballet, jazz – or including folk dances from various countries of the
world.
For more detailed descriptions and information, please refer to the new 2010 edition of the ISI Skater, Coach and Judge Handbook.
AGE DIVISIONS
Age determined each year on the previous July 1.
•Jr. Youth Majority 8 years & younger •Youth Majority 9-11 years •Sr. Youth Majority 12-14 years •Teen Majority 14-19 years •Adult Majority 20 years and older •Master Majority 40 years and older • The ISI recently introduced a series of four new Synchronized Skating tests to help encourage and reward beginning team skaters. After the team has passed Test 2 and Test 4, they will have already mastered the skills necessary to participate in the Formation Compulsory and Skating Compulsory events. • These tests ARE NOT REQUIRED for any team to participate in any local, district or national ISI competition event. They are only for education and accomplishment to help team skaters learn to work together as they achieve a common goal. • The colorful test patch crescents can be purchased by the team members for $1 each after the team passes each test level. Be the first team in your area to earn all four patches! • These patches compliment the newly designed Synchro Team Member patch that each team member receives when their team is registered for the 2009-10 skating season. • Synchronized Test 1 1. Demonstration of holds – hand hold, shoulder hold, waist hold 2. Forward Skating line 3. Forward Circle 4. Forward Two-Spoke Wheel 5. Forward Skating Block • Synchronized Skating Test 2 1. Forward Intersection 2. Forward Skating Line into Forward Two-Spoke Wheel 3. Forward Two-Spoke Wheel into a Forward Block 4. Forward Block into Forward Circle 5. Synchronized Formation Compulsory Program • Synchronized Skating Test 3 1. Line 2. Footwork Block 3. Circle 4. Wheel 5. Intersection •Synchronized Skating Test 4
For more test requirement details, please see the new 2010 edition of the ISI Skater
Coach and Judge Handbook.