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Downlands
Artistic follow the basic skills training as defined
by the Federation of Artistic Roller Skating (FARS).
This is the regulatory body for the sport of
artistic skating in the UK.
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here
to visit their web site (opens in a new window)
In addition
to this, Downlands Artistic runs its' own
First
Awards Scheme (based on a training programme
originated by Joan Preston).
Basic
skills are taught to bring a skater from a wobbly
beginner to an accomplished skater, capable of
performing many skilful moves. FARS define basic
skills that need to be learnt as part of the "Grade"
structure. The details of these are provided
on the FARS website
here.
When you
have passed your Grade 6 you will have learned
well over 60 different types of moves on skates,
which are required as the basic elements for all
competitive skating, both on rollers as well as
ice skates all over the world.
Within the artistic dance section,
there are many standard dances that are taught and
diagrams of these are available to aid training
As
part of artistic training and
competitive skating, we follow
defined dances. A selection of the
steps are shown below (provided from
various sources).
