Level 1 Skills Assessment

Skating Posture

• Derby stance - bends at knees and hips with shoulders back

• Demonstrates stability while moving, with center of gravity down and forward.

Stride

• Has steady, confident, fluid strides

• Uses both feet to push forward on straightaways

• Able to propel with all 8 wheels on the floor (sticky skate)

• Can skate at a brisk pace with steady, fluid strides in the derby direction for 1 minute

Stops

• Player must come to a complete stop from a brisk pace within 4 seconds, using proper form and without loss of balance.

• T-Stop: Balancing weight on one leg, the other foot is turned at a 90 degree angle so the heel or arch of the turned foot is aligned with the wheel of the other foot. Smooth pressure applied with the turned foot using the two outside wheels, the two front wheels or all four wheels (does not use only the two inside wheels).

• Plow Stop: Turns one or both feet so toes are pointing in. Upon completion of stop, feet are in a position that would allow resumed skating - not spread so wide apart that they must adjust stance before resuming skating.

Falls and Recovery

• Knee Taps: Recovers without hands, does not come to complete stop.

  • Left Knee

  • Right Knee

• Double Knee Fall: Knees hit in sequence, not together, up within 3 seconds, recovers without hands on track

• Four Point Fall: Hands in front of the body, fingers closed into fists, up within 3 seconds

Balance/Agility

• Standing in place

• Stepping from a standstill

• Forward and Backward

• Side to side in both directions

• One-foot balance: Ability to balance on each foot while moving for 30’ (length of the straightaway)

  • Left

  • Right

Rules

• 80% or better score on the JRDA Skill Level 1 Rules Test (8 out of 10 correct)