Graduated from Basic 1 Ice Skating

My ice skating class last night was the last one of the Basic 1 course. Our instructor tested us on the skills that we needed to learn in the class.

There were 7 criteria, rated on a 4 point scale:
1-Incomplete, 2-Needs Improvement, 3-Passing Quality, 4-Excellent

Class Participation 4+ :-) (She put the smiley, not me)
One food glide (right) 4+
One food glide (left) 4
Forward Swizzles 4
Backwards Wiggles 3
Backward Swizzles 4
Snowplow Stop 3

Next semester (which starts next week), I was recommended to take the Alpha class (which is what I am registered for). So, I'm all set. The next class continues skill progression, and we'll learn cross-overs (which I already know somewhat) and backwards cross-overs.

It's hard to believe that it's been 7 weeks already since my ice skating class started! I think I'll have a different instructor for the Alpha course, although I'm not sure who. I enjoyed the instructor I had for this first course. She helped us to progress beyond the Basic skills, so hopefully I'll get to continue learning a lot in the next class. Plus, I'll be taking the hockey class as well. So, I'll have a lot of skating practice - 3 times a week!

After the 30 minute class during the free skate, some of the guys were teaching me the hockey stop. It's pretty difficult. I think it was even harder because my blades had been freshly sharpened. I'll bet it will get easier after a couple of sessions on the ice. It was a blast, though.