"EIFSA TESTS SIMILAR TO NISA FREE SKATING TESTS"


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NISA = National Ice Skating Association
SKATE UK - Learn to Skate Programme
SKATE UK - Star Programme

STANDARD TESTS

BRONZE LEVEL 1 ELEMENTS -

1) Simple perimeter stroking in both
directions

2) Two jumps
from 3-Jump, Salchow
or Cherry Flip

3) Upright spin (minimum 3 revolutions)

4) Forward and backward spirals held for a minimumof 10 metres

5) Simple step sequence (width of rink)

FREE Maximum 1.5 minute programme including a
minimum of Level 1 Elements or higher

BRONZE LEVEL 2 ELEMENTS -

1) Forward perimeter stroking with crossovers
around the ends of the rink. Clockwise and
anti-clockwise using a maximum of 6 strokesalong each side

2) 3-Jump with flow

3) Salchow or Cherry Flip with flow4) Upright spin (minimum of 5
revolutions)

5) Sit spin (minimum of 3 revolutions)

6) Back upright spin (1 or 2 revolutions)

7) Step sequence (25 metres)


FREE 1.5 minute programme +/- 5 seconds.
Should include a minimum of Level 2 Elements or higher
including:

- 2 different jumps- 1 jump combination

- 2 different basic spins (minimum 3 revolutions)

- 1 spiral (forward or backward)

- Step sequence (2/3 length of rink)

BRONZE LEVEL 3 ELEMENTS

1) Figure of 8 crossovers (as existing Inter-Bronze)

2) Loop jump

3) Flip jump

4) Jump combination with Cherry Flip as the second jump

5) Camel spin (minimum 3 revolutions)

6) Back upright spin (minimum 3 revolutions)

7) Straight line step sequence
(to include forward and backward 3-turns)

FREE Programme length +/- 5 seconds.
Should include a minimum of Level 3 Elements or higher
including:

- 2 different jumps including a Flip jump

- 1 jump combination

- Minimum of 2 different spins- Step sequence

FIELD MOVES (new tests) will be introduced at a later
date, the present Field Moves will continue with the
addition of Novice Field Moves.

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SKATE UK - Learn to Skate Programme
SKATE UK - Star Programme

STANDARD TESTS - Bronze Levels 1-3

SILVER LEVEL 4 ELEMENTS -

1) Lutz

2) Axel

3) Jump combination
(2 singles, second jump must be a Loop)

4) Camel-Sit spin, no change of foot (minimum of 2 revolutions in
each position)

5) Change foot upright spin (minimum 4 revolutions on each foot)

6) Incorporate 2 of the following
into a simple sequence
- forward spiral, backward spiral,
pivot, Ina Bauer, spreadeagle, drag

7) Circular step sequence
(to include mohawks and 3 turns)

FREE Maximum 2.0 minute programme +/- 5 seconds
including a minimum of Level 4 Elements or higher
including:

- 2 different jumps including an Axel

- 1 jump combination

- Minimum of 2 different spins including 1 combination spin

- 1 step sequence as in Elements

SILVER LEVEL 5 ELEMENTS -

1) Perimeter power crossover stroking
(as per existing Bronze test

2) Axel with flow

3) Double Salchow

4) Jump combination, one of which must be a Lutz or Flip

5) Flying Camel spin (2-3 revolutions)

6) Sit-Change Sit spin
(minimum of 4 revolutions on each foot)

7) Spin with one change of position and one change of foot (minimum
of 3 revolutions on each foot)


FREE Maximum 2.0 minute programme +/- 5 seconds
including a minimum of Level 5 Elements or higher
including:

- Axel jump with flow

- 2 different jumps including a double jump

- Minimum of 2 different spins, one spin including
a change of foot and one spin including a change of position

-1 spiral sequence or moves in the field,
using half the ice surface

SILVER LEVEL 6 ELEMENTS

1) Double Toe Loop

2) Jump combination
consisting of Axel, Double Toe Loop

3) Jump sequence consisting of 2 single jumps

4) Camel-Change Camel spin (minimum 3 revolutions on each foot)

5) Layback spin (minimum 5 revolutions) or Crossfoot spin (min 4
revolutions)

6) Incorporate 3 of the following
into a simple figure of eight pattern sequence -
forward spiral, backward spiral, pivot, Ina Bauer,spreadeagle, drag

7) Serpentine step sequence (half the size of the rink)

FREE Maximum 2.5 minute programme +/- 10 seconds
including a minimum of Level 6 Elements or higher
including:

- Axel jump with flow

- 2 different double jumps

- 1 jump sequence

- Minimum of 2 different spins, 1 spin including
a change of foot spin including a change of position

- 1 step sequence covering the full ice surface


FIELD MOVES (new tests) will be introduced at a later
date, the present Field Moves will continue with the
addition of Novice Field Moves.

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FARS = Federation of Artistic Roller Skating QUAD Skating Tests
Applicable as from January 1st 1997(includes 1999 amendments)
http://www.british-roller-skating.org.uk/tests.htm



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Skatingly,

Samantha


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From: Wendi


(Quick note to those who were wondering -- Cherry Flip is the UK name
for a toe loop, or a Mapes as roller skaters call it.

Samantha,

It looks like the EIFSA are adopted from the UK ice tests somehow,
then.(You never answered my question about whether all bronze
elements were in one test or not. In US ice skating, the adult track
-- which is the only one that has bronze, silver and gold levels --
is just one test at each level, so I was assuming these were similar.
I see that the UK tests are several bronze tests, several silver,
etc., more like the way the RSA designates roller skating tests here.
So maybe that is what you meant. If so, please clarify how the tests
would work. The Basic Skills as one test, the Jumps as one test,
etc.?)

How have these tests been adapted to take in consideration the
differences between inline and ice? Some moves are relatively harder
on inlines than on ice (salchows, loops, camel spins, etc.).

Have these tests taken this into consideration?

Should some elements in Bronze be moved up to Silver and others moved
down?

Regarding my comment earlier that some elements should not be
required since physical restrictions make them impossible for large
numbers of people -- I notice that those elements (spread eagles and
layback spins) are optional, not required, in the UK tests. I think
this is appropriate.

The EIFSA tests seem better than the proposed RSA tests (which,
frankly, are absolutely horrible), but I think they still need a lot
of work. But this is normal for a new proposal, I would think.
I say all this not to be troublesome, but to provide feedback from a
real inline figure skater who has thought at some length about these
issues.


Wendi Dunlap Simpson
Seattle, WA, USA *
USFSA Ad.Bronze Free / USARS Esquire Figures
Ice? Roller? It's all skating!
http://www.slumberland.seattle.wa.us