Values
Values kids
learn from skating.
Your child can benefit greatly by participating in skating, but those benefits are not guaranteed. They are the result of a cooperative effort among local skating clubs, coaches, officials and parents.
Through skating your child can:
- Acquire an appreciation for an active lifestyle
- Develop self-esteem, self-confidence, self-discipline and self-reliance by mastering and performing skating skills
- Learn to manage stress, perform under pressure, and test emotional and physical balance
- Develop social skills with other children and adults
- Learn about managing success
- Be part of an exciting individual or team sport
- Understand the value of creating short term and long term goals
- Learn about managing success and disappointment
- Learn about fair play and being a good sport
- Learn respect for others