Nicola Valley Skating Club

Our 2017-2018 Season is coming to a close, but not without great accomplishments by our 120+ skaters, the executive, and myself in my first year as Head Coach of Nicola Valley Skating Club. We are finishing our season with our last week of Spring School at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena before the ice is taken out. What a year we have had indeed! We expanded our ice times, amount of days the Club skates, and added 2 programs to the roster, with Junior Academy, Jr. STARskate, and CanPowerSkate. We attended 2 Seminars, competed at 3 Competitions in the Okanagan Region. Passed 27 Assessments before Christmas & Easter, and we ended our main season with a hugely successful Ice Show for all our skaters. Jr. Academy 2017/18 Jr. STAR Wednesday 2017/18 This year we separated the Junior Academy & Jr. STAR programs to have better emphasis on the basics of learning how to Figure Skate in the Junior Academy program. Jr. Academy is a continuation of the CanSkate program specif...

PreCan & CanSkate Hockey Helmet Policy Helmets that are required on the ice for our PreCan & CanSkate Programs. Many of you have the proper Hockey/sport Helmet that is required by our Skate Canada PreCan & CanSkate Programs. It should have this symbol on the back of the Helmet.  Ski helmets unfortunately do NOT have this CSA Approved sticker on them. We have to follow our Skate Canada guidelines for Helmet and equipment. You can purchase them from Canadian Tire, and we do NOT require the cage. So it is cheaper to get just the helmet. Some Information from Skate Canada's Helmet Policy guidelines: Clubs and skating schools must ensure this policy is enforced during all skating activities including competitions, carnival days or any other special on ice activities throughout the season for this level of skater. How should the hockey helmet fit? A hockey helmet should fit snug to prevent any shifting and maximize protection. Make sure the ...

This skating season is flying by, and we are already halfway through this Fall/Winter session at 5 weeks. There will be Assessments starting in all programs around the 7-8 week mark to fit it in before we reach our 10 week session ending before Christmas. Now that Winter has made its frosty entrance, all skaters need to start wearing more layers on top and bottom. I know its fun to wear competition style dresses and skirts to practice, but its simply not practical!!  Especially at the CanSkate level & when the temperatures are dropping into the minuses, the rink becomes colder as well. The change in the weather, means we need to most likely make a change in what we wear. A skater's environment has a significant impact on an athlete and how they perform on the ice, at all levels. Breathing in colder air, and being colder, is a physical adjustment. If your muscles are cold, you are unable perform like you usually do. Take the measures to wear extra mitts, extra sweater, a...

Welcome to the Fall 2017 skating season!!! Everyone is starting to get all settled into all our programs now that we are 3 weeks into our Regular Season. I am so pleased with the progress with all the skaters in such a short time, in every program. It has been a pleasure to Coach the skaters, at every level. Thought this would be a great time to talk about equipment care & fitting... Carry a small cloth or hand towel in your skating bag to wipe off the snow and wet from your blades to keep them from rusting. Make sure to Not store your guards on your skates it can cause them to rust. Think about purchasing skate soakers from Canadian tire, or from a Boutique Skating shop if you want something a little more fun. There are some really cute animals and other designs to choose from. Make sure your skates are properly sharpened. For our Jr. Academy, Jr. Star, & STARskaters please talk to me about a professional sharpener now that you are starting to wear more expensive...

Welcome to the the Nicola Valley Skating Club!!! We are excited to include the CanPowerSkate program, to our line up of great programs that we offer. This will be our 2nd year offering this successful program. It is designed to assist the skater to transition and bridge from CanSkate/Stage 3 to the Skate Canada’s CanPowerSkate Program with learning key fundamental Hockey skating skills, to improve your level of play . CanPowerSkate   is Skate Canada’s official power skating program, designed for hockey and ringette players. Taught by Certified Skate Canada CanPowerSkate Coaches, this high-energy program helps develop balance, power, agility, and endurance in 6 Levels. The CanPowerskate Classes are 45 minutes in length, and several variations are available to participants of all age groups. Full hockey equipment & a CSA approved helmet must be worn, and a stick. Full gear can be worn as well.  No pucks are used until Level 6 (Bantam/Midget Rep.)  Who Coaches ou...

Wondering what our CANskate Program at NVSC is all about?   We offer the PreCanskate program for Preschoolers, and little skaters that are learning how the very first stages of skating, like standing up, getting down, and getting them moving. After PreCan... The Skaters work their way through 3 Ribbons in each Stage until they receive their badge in their Stage. Our Stage 1 and Stage 2 groups are combined together with very similar elements being taught. Our Stage 2 is Red. We also have Stage 3 which is yellow, now that we have more skaters ready for Stage 4, we Assess them & they move up to Jr. Academy, specific to Figure skating. We are currently teaching Stage 3 & Stage 4 together. Once you have achieved and mastered the Stage 3/4 badge skills, & assessed by a Certified CANskate, Professional Coach, or having the skills necessary with a Coach recommendation.... skaters have the decision if they would like to move up to the Jr. Academy Program, to specific...

Janurary 13, 2016 We are very excited how much the kids are enjoying skating with us, with so many things to learn. Whether its learning & building key fundamental elements, and how to skate in the CANskate program, or learning the first stages of how to Figure skate in the Jr. Academy & STARskate programs. We are also teaching them, etiquette, manners, regimes, skating vocabulary, stretching and progressions. In March we would Love to share with all of you, as well as the community what we have achieved this season by holding a Ice Show. The dates are still being narrowed down on Ice availability. This will showcase all the skaters of all levels that we Coach. From PreCAN right all the way up to our Starskaters. The show will be called "Wicked Picks of the 80's. Music has already been chosen from the 80's obviously.  Solos, duets & group numbers are starting to get rehearsed in the Jr. Academy & STARskate groups. This show will be bigger & bette...