Novice Synchronized Skating

Teams consist of 12 to16 skaters.

Age: Must meet ISU Novice age criteria (skaters must have reached the age of 10 but must not have reached the age of 15 before July 1 preceding the competition

A Free Skating Program to music of 3:00 +/-10 seconds.

A well-balanced Novice Synchronized Skating program contains:

• Intersection element with optional Point of Intersection
• Move element
• No hold element with optional step sequence
• Pivoting element - block
• Travelling element - circle
• Twizzle element
• Choice of one artistic element chosen from line or wheel

This competition consists of two parts: Free Program #1 and Free Program #2.  The same free program is skated in both parts.

Junior Synchronized Skating

Teams consist of 16 skaters.

Age: Must meet ISU Junior age criteria (skaters must have reached the age of 13 but must not have reached the age of 19 before July 1 preceding the competition).

A Short Program to music a maximum of 2:50 in length containing the list of elements announced by the ISU for the current season:

• Intersection element: whip intersection; additional Point of Intersection is required
• Move element: one fm executed by the entire team and must be the same fm
• No hold element*: Additional Feature (step sequence) is required
• Traveling element - wheel: must be in a three-spoke Configuration
• Twizzle element*: a series of two Twizzles, one in each rotational direction is required

A Free Skating Program to music 3:30 +/- 10 seconds.

A well-balanced Junior Synchronized Skating Free Skating Program contains:

• Two different intersection elements: Additional Feature Point Of Intersection is optional and will be counted if executed correctly
• Move element: up to four different fm's
• No hold element: Additional Feature step sequence is optional and will be counted if executed correctly
• Pivoting element - block
• Synchronized Spin element
• Traveling element - circle
• Choice of one artistic element from group A chosen from line or wheel