FAQ CanSkate FAQ What are “Fun Days”? What can I do to make skating more affordable? How and when should I hire a coach? Should my child start with figure skates or hockey skates? How often do skates need to be sharpened? How do I know what size skate to get? Where should I buy skates? What should my child wear to skating? What do I do if my child is going to miss a session? My child has suffered an injury and cannot skate. What should I do? What is Carnival? When can my child move up into the next level? What is CanSkate? What if my new skater doesn’t enjoy skating or isn’t quite ready to be part of the program? Fundraising and Volunteering How can my skater become a monitor and earn credits? How does bingo fundraising work? What is Fundscrip? How can I volunteer? What can I do to make skating more affordable? How To Get Involved How can my skater become a monitor and earn credits? How can I become a coach? How can I become a judge or evaluator? How can I become a Data Specialist? What are the levels of skating government? How can I become a board member? How can I volunteer? Judging What is CPC? How do they judge Star 1-4 What is a GOE? What are PC scores? How do you read a report card? How to read and interpret element codes How can I become a judge or evaluator? Pre-Junior/Junior What is Star 1-5? How can my skater become a monitor and earn credits? What is dance? What is “stroking”? First competition: What do I need to know? What are the different levels of competition? What is a competition? How does a Test Day work? What is Test Day? Do I need to hire a private coach? When? How? When will my skater move up to Pre-Juniors? What is Pre-Juniors and Juniors? STARSkate FAQ What is Star 1-5? How can my skater become a monitor and earn credits? What are figures? What is interpretive? What is free skate? What are skills? What is dance? What is Synchronized Skating? First competition: What do I need to know? What are the different levels of competition? What is a competition? What is StarSkate?