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Badge One Skill Progression Your Athlete Can: Never Sometimes Often Stand unassisted for 5 seconds Fall and stand up unassisted Perform a knee dip, standing still, unassisted March forward 10 steps assisted     Skill Progression Breakdown Stand unassisted for 5 seconds: Walk onto ice. Position shoulders directly over the hips. Keep feet parallel, maintaining center of balance directly over center of skate. Hold arms to the side and slightly forward for balance. Keep head erect and eyes focused forward.     Fall and stand up unassisted: Assume a standing position, hands and arms stretched forward. Tuck chin in to keep head forward. Bend knees and continue into dip position, lowering hips to ice. Continue fall until skater falls on one cheek (bottom) keeping hands in position and off ice. Assume kneeling position on hands and knees with hands flat on ice. Bring one knee up toward chest, firmly setting blade flat on the ice. Raise body up high enough to bring other skate next to the first skate. Keep body in crouch position, maintaining balance. Rise up slowly, straightening the knees and keeping balance over the skate. Assume the standing position.       Perform a knee dip, standing still, unassisted: Assume a standing position on the ice. Extend arms forward. Bend knees to lower the hips until hips are slightly higher than the knees. Keep the back straight, but angled forward at hip to maintain balance.       March forward 10 steps assisted: Assume a standing position on the ice. Maintain center of balance directly over skates. Stand with skates in a parallel position. March in standing position; march forward 10 small steps. Let the skate down with the blade flat on the ice. March forward with the other skate in the same manner. Repeat sequence several times until a smooth marching motion is achieved.     Faults & Fixes Chart   Error Correction Athlete hits toe picks. Have the athlete bend the knees more. Athlete has incorrect body alignment over blade. When skating forward, the body weight should be over the middle to back of the blade. Athlete has head down. Have athlete adjust posture so that arms are out, back is up and eyes are looking forward. Athlete bends too far forward. Have athlete adjust posture so that arms are out, back is up and eyes are looking forward.

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