National Ice Skating Association
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The National Ice Skating Association is a British organization that is responsible for the development of ice skating events and the assessment of learning ice skaters in the UK. It also functions as a mechanism for hiring coaches to teach ice skating in rinks around the UK.
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[edit] History
The NISA was originally founded in 1879 by James Drake Digby in Cambridge [1]. He intended to standardize competition in order to avoid cheating. He called it the National Skating Association and assigned it the acronym NSA. In 1892 the NSA aided in the foundation of the International Skating Union (ISU). The NSA hosted the first international ice skating competition in Britain in Birmingham in 1899 and has hosted all events in the UK since in various locations. From 1893 until 1990, when an independent society was formed, the NSA was also the UK's governing body of roller blading. As a consequence of the segmentation, the NSA became the NISA (National Ice Skating Association), the headquarters of which are now based at the Nottingham National Ice Centre.
[edit] Assessment
Complying to the purpose of the organization, the NISA levels are used by instructors to grade learners of ice skating in the UK. The student grades range from 1-10, as do the coaching qualification grade. The student grades are as follows[2]:
Level 1 Sit and stand on the ice Moving forward (basic skating) Two-foot glide and dip Stepping around on the spot
Level 2 Moving backward ½ snowplough or full snowplough stop Forward skating Two-foot glide on a curve
Level 3 Forward one-foot glide (straight line) Two-foot jump skating forward Forward & backward sculling One-foot glide on a curve – inside edge (l & r)
Level 4 One-foot glide on a curve – outside edge (l & r) Backward skating and a two-foot glide Skating forward and turning to backward (vice-versa) Continuous forward chassés around a circle
Level 5 Forward crossovers in both directions Backward snowplough stop Backward one-foot glide Two-foot spin (one revolution)
Level 6 Continuous backward chassés around circle Forward two-foot slalom Forward outside 3-turn Backward skating – stepping forward in both directions
Level 7 Backward crossovers in both directions Forward inside three-turn Continuous forward outside curves Continuous forward inside curves
Level 8 Forward inside mohawk (l & r) two backward crossovers followed by sustained backward outside curve for a count of 3 Two-foot change on edge on a large curve Forward drag
Level 9 Forward beginner cross-rolls Bunny hop Backward edges (both feet & both edges) Two backward crossovers followed by sustained backward inside curve for a count of 3
Level 10 Forward crossovers in a figure eight pattern Backward crossovers in a figure eight pattern Two-glide in a spiralling curve Simple step sequence
[edit] Events
A calendar of events that the NISA will host and organise can be found here. The ISU Junior Grand Prix of ice skating will be held in Britain, by the NISA, from the 15th to the 19th of October 2008.
[edit] References
- ^ NISA Website
- ^ This is what appears on the Record of Achievement given to ice skaters.
