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10 skill levels
These are the skills you can expect to learn at each level.

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Level 1

Sit and stand on the ice
Moving Forward (Basic Skating)
Two Foot Glide and Dip
Stepping Around on the Spot

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Level 2

Moving Backward
Snowplough or Full Snowplough Stop
Forward Skating
Two-Foot Glide on a Curve

Level 3

Forward One-Foot Glide (straight line)
Two-Jump Skating Forwards
Forward & Backward Sculling
One-Foot Glide on a Curve – Inside Edge (L&R)

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Level 4

One-Foot Glide on a Curve – Outside Edge (L&R)
Backward Skating and a Two-Foot Glide
Skating forward and Turning to Backward (visa-versa)
Continuous Forward Chasses around a Circle

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Level 5

Forward Crossovers in both Directions
Backward Snowplough Stop
Backward One-Foot Glide
Two-Foot Spin (one revolution)

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Level 6

Continuous Backward Chasses around Circle
Forward Two-Foot Slalom
Forward Outside 3-Turn
Backward Skating-Stepping Forward in both Directions

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Level 7

Backward Crossovers in both Directions
Forward Inside 3-Turn
Continuous Forward Outside Curves
Continuous Forward Inside Curves

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Level 8

Forward Inside Mohawk (L&R)
Two Backward Crossovers followed by Sustained
Backward Outside Curve for a count of 3
Two-Foot Change on Edge on a Large Curve
Forward Drag

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Level 9

Forward Beginner Cross Rolls
Bunny Hop
Backward Edges (both Feet & both Edges)
Two Backward Crossovers followed by sustained 
Backward Inside Curve for a count of 3 

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Level 10

Forward Crossovers in a Figure Eight Pattern
Backward Crossovers in a Figure Eight Pattern
Two-Glide in a Spiraling Curve
Simple Step Sequence

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