MINI-MITES 4

Group Classes Ages 4+

10am - 11 am

Includes 30-minutes with a professional instructor and 30-minute practice.

MINI-MITES ADVANCED HOCKEY SKATING SKILLS CLASS
$170.00

Beginning Mini-Mite Hockey Skating Skills Class – Ages 4+ and helmets required – no sticks or pucks. Basic skills on ice without a stick – falling, marching, gliding, standing up, 1-foot standing balance, beginner swizzles, moving, beginning backward skating, 2-foot glides around cone and snowplow stops.

Intermediate Mini-Mites Hockey Skating Skills Class – Ages 4+ - Building on skills from Beginner Mini-Mites. Learn forward swizzles, forward 1-foot glides, backward swizzles, hockey turns, intro to 1-foot glides around a cone, beginner stride, walking crossovers, beginning slaloms.

Advanced Mini-Mites Hockey Skating Skills Class – Ages 4+ Review of skills previously presented, advanced stride, beginning crossovers on a circle, backward slaloms, backward 1-foot glides, hockey stops, intro to 3-turns and mohawks.

  • Please visit the Hastings Civic Arena website for updates on their public skate sessions.

  • Please contact director Amanda for more info & to sign up for hockey private lessons.

CLASS REMINDERS

Need Skates?   

Skates are available for rent for a minimal cost at the Hastings Civic Arena and is first-come first-serve. Hockey skates are not recommended for beginner skaters because a skate with a flatter blade and a toe pick are much easier to balance on when learning basic skating skills. 

Where can I purchase skates?

Play it Again Sports, Westwood Sports in Bloomington, Stillwater Ice Arena has a skate shop that sells figure skates and recreational skates. Call for an appointment for a fitting with Bryan or Doug 651-430-2601. Professional Skate Sharpening for figure skaters is available by a local blades sharpening professional. Westwood Sports in Apple Valley-must make an appointment (952) 881-2222. 

Additional Reminders

Please arrive at the arena 15-30 minutes before your scheduled class and pick up your name tag on arrival at the skate school desk.

Your name tag will have a lesson time and a practice time written on it. Keep in mind your practice time may be before or after your lesson. All name tags are color coded and your teacher will have a corresponding colored name tag and color board hanging on the boards in the class area so you’re able to find your class. Please return the name tags to the front table if the teacher was unable to collect name tags after class. 

  • Use designated locker rooms to put your skates on.
  • Helmets are highly recommended for everyone who steps on the ice for Learn to Skate .
  • Classes & Hockey Classes-No Sticks or pucks are used for Mini-Mites classes. Bulky equipment is not recommended for Mini-Mite Class. Your skater must be able to move freely sweatpants or Lycra is recommended. Gloves or Mittens required.
  • NEW POLICY-No Parents or siblings allowed to skate in class or the practice area due to liability reasons. 
  • No shoes are allowed on the ice at any time. 
  • Skaters your practice time should be spent on what you were taught in class. 
  • All skaters will be evaluated the last day of class. Please attend your last class to receive your evaluation form. Attendance at every class is important for the progression through the levels. 
  • Production Performance Teams now forming-If your skater wants to be part of a Figure Skating team that performs please join us for our class 11-11:30 March 29-April 26 all ages Pre-Alpha+ LTS 3 and up welcome to try class March 29 if you like class you can join us the remainder of the session.