-You need to be on time for the start of your training time. Skaters that are more than five minutes late may be asked to start on their own, and we’ll grab them when it is a suitable time to add them in if their tardiness is disruptive to the training team.

-When you first enter the ice, please greet myself and any other coaches. Formally, you are supposed to do this with a curtsy or bow. You should also say good-bye when your session is over, and if you are being formal, it is with a curtsy or bow.

-During your coaching time, make eye contact with your coach, stand up straight with good posture, keep your feet still and hands behind your back while you are listening

-Listen and execute instructions the first time they are asked of you.

-Ask questions if you don’t understand because the instructions were confusing (not because you weren’t paying attention)

-Make corrections the first time

-Depending upon the time of year, your coaching time may be more learning time or it may be more training time.

-Expect to work, stay moving and progress during your coaching time!

-Skaters’s acting rude, disruptive or not willing to work simply won’t be taught that day after we have encouraged them. If this behavior persists, it will be addressed in a meeting with the parents and the skater.

To me, skating is always fun~ you are skating! You are learning new things, jumping high, etc. Fun isn’t something we always have to talk about; it’s a given if you enjoy skating.

We are here at skating to learn, develop and improve. Fun is getting better. Fun is learning new things. Fun is conquering your goals.

Also, skaters who skate a lot have more time to play a crossover game or a jump game. Skaters who skate a minimal schedule need to make the most out of every minute they skate so oftentimes, by the time they get the important stuff done that day, there isn’t too much time left for games, spin competitions, etc.

Fun at skating is not just hanging out and being with friends. This is why the Great River FSC was built. Use the social activities and shows that GRFSC has to offer to have fun with your friends and to do fun activities. Find times outside of your skating schedule to hang out with your skating friends.

Do not expect lesson time and practice time to be a party and time to just mess around. Skating has too much to learn for that.