National Sports Center | Blaine, Minnesota

The National Sports Center Skating School offers several options for skaters who have progressed through our Learn to Skate program. We strive to develop each skater’s interest and potential in the sport of figure skating in a supportive and fun environment while promoting the highest level of professionalism and good sportsmanship.

Freestyle Group lessons

• Freestyle 1 – 10
• This class offers group instruction to those in the freestyle levels.
• Cost includes ice time and instructor fee.
• ISI Freestyle Test Elements

Open Freestyle Ice

• Offered to skaters who wish to purchase additional practice time to work on skills.
• Can be purchased by skaters to schedule private lesson time from one of our qualified staff instructors.
• Fee covers ice only.
• Instructor fee is additional and is paid directly to the instructor.
• For list of private instructors please contact skating school director at 763.717.3891, email jschaber@superrink.org or check the NSC Figure Skating Staff page

Ice Contracts
Please use the following contracts to secure ice time. They are in PDF format for convenient download and printing.

Figure Skating Pro's Ice
Jumps, spins, ice dance, moves in the field, programs and private lessons are allowed. All coaches must be approved by the NSC Figure Skating Department. Coaching is allowed on this ice time.

Payment Options

• $5 per thirty minutes
• Punch card $95 for ten hours
• All payments must be made at the front desk of the NSC Super Rink. The ice will ONLY be sold in thirty minute increments. Skaters may choose to skate fifteen minutes however you will be changed for the full thirty minutes.
• Payable to NSC

In addition we also have a USFS Figure Skating Club associated with our program (membership required). Please refer to the Northern Blades NSC club web site: www.northernblades.org for more information on their programs.

REACH 2013 Summer camp
July 11 - 13, 2013
Guest Presenter: Paul Wylie
Additional staff and guest coaches will be announced
Private lessons will be available to camp participants

R - Reach
E - Excellence
A - Achieve
C - Challenging
H - Heights

Please check out the highlight video from REACH 2012;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A07G3z1nzv8&feature=youtu.be