Learn to Skate Program Overview

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To register, please call us at 734-453-6400

or fill out this form and mail in with payment.

Compuware Arena, along with the Learn to Skate staff, invite you to join us in a free Open House for Learn to Skate and Learn to Play on Wednesday, September 3 at 6:10pm.  For more information, please click the above link for the flyer or email info@plymouthwhalers.com.

The Compuware Arena Basic Skills Program has been developed as a beginning ice skating program that is challenging and rewarding, but most of all fun. Participation in the program will enable skaters of all ages and abilities to learn the fundamentals of ice skating while teaching them the skills necessary to advance to a competitive or recreational figure skating or hockey program.

Learn to Skate classes meet once a week. Each class is grouped by skating level and includes a 25 minute lesson and 25 minutes of supervised practice time. Instructors include Compuware Arena Professionals and players from the Plymouth Whalers hockey team (when available).

Program Benefits

• Family discounts
• Two complimentary passes to a public skate session
• Complimentary ticket to a Plymouth Whalers hockey game

Fall 1 - September 9 through October 25, 2008

• 7 week session
• Price: $88*
• Registrations due Friday, September 5th.
• Classes offered Tuesday and Thursday 10:10-11am & 1:10-2pm, Wednesday 5:10-6pm (no hockey classes - please see Learn to Play), and Saturday 9:10-10am.

Winter 1 - October 28 through December 20, 2008

• 7 week session
• Price: $88*
• Registrations due Friday, October 24th.
• Classes offered Tuesday and Thursday 10:10-11am & 1:10-2pm, Wednesday 5:10-6pm (no hockey classes - please see Learn to Play), and Saturday 9:10-10am.
• No classes week of November 24, Thanksgiving.

Winter 2 - January 6 through February 28, 2009

• 8 week session
• Price: $100*
• Registrations due Friday, January 2nd.
• Classes offered Tuesday and Thursday 10:10-11am & 1:10-2pm, Wednesday 5:10-6pm (no hockey classes - please see Learn to Play), and Saturday 9:10-10am.

Spring 1 - March 3 through April 25, 2009

• 8 week session
• Price: $100*
• Registrations due Friday, February 27th.
• Classes offered Tuesday and Thursday 10:10-11am & 1:10-2pm, Wednesday 5:10-6pm (no hockey classes - please see Learn to Play), and Saturday 9:10-10am.

Spring 2 - April 28 through June 13, 2009

• 7 week session
• Price: $88*
• Registrations due Friday, April 24th.
• Classes offered Tuesday and Thursday 10:10-11am & 1:10-2pm, Wednesday 5:10-6pm (no hockey classes - please see Learn to Play), and Saturday 9:10-10am.

*Enrollment in any Learn to Skate class requires a membership to the United States Figure Skating Association. Memberships are yearly, running September 1-August 31. The cost is $7.50 and must be paid at the time of class registration. For more information about the membership, please click here. This is a annual fee, and will be charged at registration.

When you register for the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program, you will receive:

• Official U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills membership card
• A brightly colored record book with stickers to track your progress through the lessons
• A membership year patch
• Sport accident insurance
• General information about ice skating

Skaters receive an evaluation form at the end of each session. Badges are available for purchase.

Skate rental is available for $3. Helmet Rental also available for $2.

Contact Jennifer Hancock or Nick DeYonker

with any questions you may have.

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Learn to Play Hockey

The USA Hockey Cross-Ice instructional program is based on a model of practicing and playing hockey across the ice surface as compared to practicing and playing lengthwise along the full length of the ice surface. This program is designed to be the natural progression from Learn to Skate (Hockey 1 - Hockey 5) to the Compuware House League.

Program Benefits

• Group sizes become smaller which means learning and teaching will become more effective.
• Playing on a smaller rink results in increased puck possession time for each player.
• The feeling of being an important part of the action increases because of the size of the rink.
• Hockey sense, or understanding the principals of the game, is being developed at a young age.

Children who begin their hockey training in this environment have an outstanding hockey experience.

Instructors include players from the Plymouth Whalers (based on availability) and CA Professionals.

The role of instructor is to emphasize skill development - skating, stick handling, passing and shooting. Creating a sense for the game in a fun environment.

Each player receives a jersey and complimentary passes to a Sticks and Pucks session.

FULL EQUIPMENT IS REQUIRED.

All players must have some skating lesson experience.

Fall 1 - September 9 through October 25, 2008

• 7 week session
• Price: $88
• Registrations due Friday, September 5th.
• Classes offered Wednesday night from 6:10-7:00pm

Winter 1 - October 28 through December 20, 2008

• 7 week session
• Price: $88
• Registrations due Friday, October 24th.
• Classes offered Wednesday night from 6:10-7:00pm

Winter 2- January 6 through February 28, 2009

• 8 week session
• Price: $100
• Registrations due Friday, January 2nd.
• Classes offered Wednesday night from 6:10-7:00pm

Spring 1 - March 3 through April 25, 2009

• 8 week session
• Price: $100
• Registrations due Friday, February 27th.
• Classes offered Wednesday night from 6:10-7:00pm

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