The Boise Figure Skating Club
Basic Skills Page
| Your Responsibilities as a Skating Parent As a parent of a skater or skaters, you want the best for your child. This page should help you do much more than survive your child's skating experience. It should equip you to enjoy it to the fullest - and help you make it fun and valuable for your child. To do that you need first to understand your responsibilities as a skating parent (click on the linked word to learn more about that topic): 1. Encourage your child to skate, but don't pressure. Let your child choose to skate - if he or she wants to. 2. Understand what your child wants from skating, and provide a supportive atmosphere for achieving these goals. 3. Put your child's participation in perspective. Don't make skating everything in your child's life; make it a part of life. 4. Make sure the coach is qualified to guide your child through the skating experience. 5. Keep winning in perspective and help your child do the same. 6. Help your child set challenging but realistic performance goals rather than focusing only on "winning." 7. Help your child understand the valuable lessons skating can teach. 8. Help your child meet responsibilities to the coach. 9. Discipline your child when necessary. 10. Turn your child over to the coach at practices and competitions - don't meddle or coach from the sidelines. Helping Your Child Enjoy Skating You can help your child enjoy skating by doing the following: Developing a winning perspective Building your child's self-esteem Emphasizing fun, skill development and striving to do his or her best Helping your child set realistic performance goals Making Your Skater A Champion For Life What is success? Success is the easily measured distance between your origin and your final achievement. Athletic participation and competition in figure skating allow your child the opportunity to develop and excel. While pursuing self-improvement and achievement, athletes transcend themselves and become better people or champions for life. Here are some valuable characteristics that are developed and enhanced in successful athletes: Persistence Courage Perspective Concentration Self-confidence Self-worth Desire |
Additional Resources
Parents Code of Conduct
What to Wear
Buying the Right Skates
Ready to Join a Club?
Put Yourself to the Test
Regional Qualifying
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