StarSkate offers opportunities for skaters of all ages to develop fundamental figure skating skills in the areas of ice dance, skating skills, frees skate, and artistic skating. Unique in Canada, this program teaches figure skating skills in a group and/or private lesson format in a progressive and sequential manner and includes specifically designed awards and incentives. Skaters have the opportunity to take Skate Canada Tests through a nationally standardized testing system. Skaters who have mastered figure skating skills in StarSkate may also choose to pursue synchronized skating or pairs skating.

When your child registers for a StarSkate program at your local Skate Canada club, you also become a member of Skate Canada and will have access to:

• opportunities to be recognized through a nationally standardized testing system for achieving specific figure skating skills
• complimentary Gold Test pins upon completion of Gold StarSkate tests
• invitational and interclub competitions, including the StarSkate championship stream
• specifically designed awards and incentives
• opportunity for personal growth and the development of important life skills such as goal-setting, self-discipline, confidence, time management, a healthy lifestyle, and coping strategies to deal with success and failure.

These are some of the awards and incentives that have been developed to encourage athletes in the StarSkate Program.