Club Figure Skating at UVA

Club Description

AboutClub Figure Skating is for beginner and experienced skaters to come together as a team to practice and compete in what is otherwise a fairly individualized sport. For beginner skaters, it provides an opportunity to try something new and to develop basic skills in a comfortable, encouraging peer environment. For competitive skaters, we plan to travel and compete as a cohesive team, representing UVA against other colleges on the east coast. In the past few years we have been proud to bring back a number of medals from multiple competitions. In recent years we have increased the number of members on our team (both competitive and beginner skaters) and have established our place in the collegiate figure skating community. Currently, the team skates 1.5-2.5 hours per week as a team and have off-ice practice space available. At on-ice practices, student coaches teach group and short individual lessons, skaters are encouraged to help each other, and we hope to add in seminars soon. Currently, the team practices in Richmond and Lynchburg.