In the Figure Skating Studio “Pirouette” both children and adults practice.
The studio has been working for 13 years in the city of Kharkiv in the ice arenas “Ice Hall”, shopping center “DAFI”, shopping center “Karavan” in the field of figure skating and today is developing a new direction in its activity – figure skating in specialized skating halls on rollers.
Training programs based on the programs of Oleksiy Mishin, Elena Tchaikovsky, and Robert S. Ogilvy have been developed for you.
The main age range of those involved: for children – from 3.5 years to 12 years, for adults – from 13 years and… there is no limit. The level of skating is also different. We have children who figure skate in the children’s group and their parents who figure skate in the adult group. There is a group where both children and their parents train together.
The techniques of both skating and roller skating are very similar, so you can choose what is closer to your liking.
Those who barely know how to ride or don’t know how to ride at all, go to the beginners group. The coach will teach you everything: how to slide and fall correctly, perform various elements of figure skating, jumps, steps and spins. The same who have sports divisions, who in childhood devoted a lot of time to this sport and decided to refresh their skills or those who simply know how to skate well – go to the group “those who skate” . Other groups occupy intermediate positions between the newcomer group and the experienced group.
As a rule, training on the ice or in the roller skating rink takes place at least 2 times a week – for beginners, and 4-5 times a week for children who practice in sports groups. Choreography and ZSFP (general and special physical training) are held 1-2 times a week. We have now added a dance training workout.
Now in Ukraine and abroad amateur figure skating both on skates and on rollers strong> have become one of the most popular types of sports and leisure. For “amateurs” – people of any age, regulatory requirements for elements of figure skating by category, rules for judging amateur competitions have been developed at the international level. Even the World Championships among amateurs are held.
Now everyone who started figure skating at different ages can express and show themselves to themselves and to others and to the whole world.
As the experience of the Studio “Pirouette” shows, our adult students in a short time reached such a level of skating that they successfully performed in regional and international competitions among amateurs. Little athletes at the age of 4-5 quite quickly master a large number of elements of figure skating, which allows them to start participating in competitions in almost a year. Many pupils of the Studio were given sports classes.
Athletes of the Studio and the Specialized Children’s and Youth School of the Olympic reserve for winter sports, of which I am also a coach, successfully performed at the All-Ukrainian competitions of young skaters. Our pet has repeatedly won the stages and finals of these competitions in his age group.
Sportsmen from Argentina, Germany, Switzerland, China, Turkey came to us in Kharkiv for training at the Pirouette Studio. Improvement of jumping elements of figure skating, spins, staging and practice of programs for performances gave our guests an opportunity to raise their level of competition. An athlete from Argentina – Nicole Mottchuk became the Champion of her country.
And yet, the vast majority of our skaters (I can safely call them that) do not set themselves “sports” tasks and are quite satisfied with regular training.
During the pandemic and during the war, when all our pupils were homeschooled, our training process did not stop, children and adult amateurs practiced remotely – online, almost every day and free of charge Our athletes continue to maintain good physical shape and will be able to quickly join the training process when they resume training.
Now the Studio has 3 children’s groups and 2 adult groups. Training will begin on the ice after the end of martial law both in the morning and in the evening, depending on your capabilities. As a rule, there are no more than 6-8 people in groups so that the trainer can pay enough attention to everyone. Individual training is also conducted. This is necessary in order for an adult or a child to learn to stand well and confidently on skates without outside help, i.e. a coach. Then we move into a group for more intensive classes, which are also associated with competitive and game moments. Training in groups is more interesting for both children and adults.
At present, figure skating on roller skates is gaining great popularity. So far, only individual training is taking place. Athletes who used to skate during martial law, when the ice arenas are closed, switch to roller skating. And now in our Studio there is a recruitment of children and adults for the group “Novices” for figure skating.
If you want to improve your child’s health, introduce him to the world of sports, organization, resistance to stressful situations, you need to bring him to us!
Your little one will have the correct posture, plasticity, develop a sense of rhythm, musicality and expressiveness of movements, the stability of the vestibular apparatus will increase, and most importantly – fears and illnesses will go away.
Through the game and constant learning, he will develop the right attitude towards the need to learn more and better, which is the key to his further development. The entire set of exercises in figure skating is aimed at strengthening health. It is this type of sport that doctors usually recommend to children with weakened immunity or heart disease. It is a medicine for colds, coughs, and flu, a universal remedy for the treatment of spine diseases at an early age, as well as prevention of asthma and diseases of the lungs, liver, and joints.
There are only a few great athletes, so the sports result is not the main thing. It is more important that, playing sports, a child becomes physically stronger, more resilient, learns discipline, concentration and organization, and acquires life skills in a team.
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and learn to skate or rollerblade yourself,
or embody them in your children –
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