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Upcoming Test Sessions
The next test session will be held on May 21 @ Piney Orchard Ice Arena. The test will run from 9:00 AM until 1:30 PM. Test Applications are due no later than May 13.
We are planning on holding test sessions in July and August but no dates have been set at this time. As soon as they have been scheduled, the dates will be posted.
Download a test application on the Communications Page. Send the completed application to test chair with payment.
Test sessions are held at Bowie Ice Arena, 3330 Northview Drive, Bowie, MD.- or at Piney Orchard Ice Arena in Odenton, MD. Volunteers are needed to help with hospitality for the judges. Remember, the judges are volunteers and we need to make them feel welcome and comfortable. If you are able to help for one of the test dates, please email the test chair at the link below. Volunteers are a necessity to help the test sessions run smoothly.
Note: Members of Bowie FSC wishing to test with another club must obtain permission in writing from the Bowie FSC Test Chair. (send email to: testing@bowiefsc.org)
Items of Interest for Test Candidates
A two-page checklist of important items to remember and good advice for: Prior to Test Day, Test Day, During Test and After Test. Download "Checklist for Test Candidates" in PDF file.
Also, the US Figure Skating and PSA have published documents describing standards and common errors for all Moves in the Field tests. This Moves in the Field School Manual is currently available from the US Figure Skating website.
US Figure Skating has come out with the following clarification:
SKATERS SPEAKING TO COACHES BETWEEN ELEMENTS DURING MOVES IN THE FIELD TESTSSSR 18.01 and TR 5.01 state that instruction is not permitted during the actual performance of the candidate before the judges. This has been interpreted to mean that it is permissible for a skater to speak BRIEFLY with his/her coach between elements of a Moves-in-the-Field test but not between directions or feet of an element. In other words if the skater is to do an element in both the counterclockwise and clockwise directions or on both the right and left feet, then he is performing before the judges until the element has been skated in both directions or on both feet. Coaches are not to give lessons or cause the test to be delayed. The intent is to merely give coaches the chance to say an encouraging word to their skaters or calm them down if they are nervous or did not skate an element very well while the judges are writing their comments. The same applies to dance testers between the partnered portion of the test and the solo portion. |
