Badge Program Skills
The Special Olympics Badge Program is the most efficient way Special Olympics has of dividing skaters into appropriate levels for training and competing. The Badge Program is an excellent reward system for the skaters. Once the Special Olympics athlete has completed all 12 Badge levels, he/she is then ready to be included into non-Special Olympics badge programs at his/her own skating rink.
More information on the specific skills included in the Badge Program and how to coach them can be found in the Special Olympics Figure Skating Sports Skills Program Guide and Special Olympics Skills Video.
For every badge level completed, skaters can receive a badge to recognize their accomplishments.
- Badge Level 1
- Stand unassisted for 5 seconds
- Fall and stand up unassisted
- Knee dip standing still unassisted
- March forward 10 steps unassisted
- Badge Level 2
- March forward 10 steps unassisted
- Swizzles, standing still (3 repetitions)
- Backward wiggle or march assisted
- 2-foot glide forward for distance of at least length of body
- Badge Level 3
- Backward wiggle or march
- 5 Forward swizzles covering at least 10 feet
- Forward skating across the rink
- Forward gliding dip covering at least length of body
- Badge Level 4
- Backward 2-foot glide covering at least length of body
- 2-foot jump in place
- 1-foot snowplow stop (left or right)
- Forward 1-foot glide covering at least length of body (left and right)
- Badge Level 5
- Forward stroking across the rink
- 5 backward swizzles covering at least 10 feet
- Forward 2-foot curves left and right across rink
- 2-foot turn front to back, on the spot
- Badge Level 6
- Gliding forward to backward 2-foot turn
- 5 consecutive forward 1-foot swizzles on circle (left and right)
- Backward 1-foot glide length of body (left and right)
- Forward pivot
- Badge Level 7
- Backward stroking across the rink
- Gliding backward to forward 2-foot turn
- T-stop left or right
- Forward 2-foot turn on a circle (left and right)
- Badge Level 8
- 5 consecutive forward crossovers (left and right)
- Forward outside edge (left and right)
- 5 consecutive backward ½ swizzles on a circle (left and right)
- 2-foot spin
- Badge Level 9
- Forward outside 3-turn (left and right)
- Forward inside edge (left and right)
- Forward lunge or shoot the duck at any depth
- Bunny hop
- Badge Level 10
- Forward inside 3-turn (left and right)
- 5 consecutive backward crossovers (left and right)
- Hockey stop
- Forward spiral 3 times length of body
- Badge Level 11
- Consecutive forward outside edges (minimum 2 on each foot)
- Consecutive forward inside edges (minimum 2 on each foot)
- Forward inside mohawk (left and right)
- Consecutive backward outside edges (minimum 2 on each foot)
- Consecutive backward inside edges (minimum 2 on each foot)
- Badge Level 12
- Waltz jump
- 1-foot spin (minimum of three revolutions)
- Forward crossover, inside Mohawk, backward crossover, step forward (step sequence should be repeated clockwise and counterclockwise)
- Combination of three moves chosen from badges 9-12
- Figure Badge 1
- Forward outside eight (3 tracings on each foot, scribed RFO-LFO)
- Figure Badge 2
- Forward inside eight (3 tracings on each foot, scribed RFI-LFI)
- Figure Badge 3
- Waltz eight (3 tracings on each foot, center marked, scribed RFO-LFO)
- Pairs Badge 1
- Forward stroking in unison, hand in hand
- Forward crossovers in unison, hand in hand
- Synchronized 2-foot spin (side by side, minimum of three revolutions)
- Pairs Badge 2
- Synchronized forward pivots (side by side)
- Synchronized bunny hops (hand in hand)
- 2-foot pair spin (position optional with both skaters on 2 feet, minimum of three revolutions)
- Pairs Badge 3
- Backward crossovers in unison (position optional clockwise and counterclockwise)
- Bunny hop lift (cross arm handhold or armpit handhold)
- Step sequence (pattern optional)
- Killian hold pair spin (minimum 3 revolutions)
- Lunge in holding position (side by side)
- Perform side by side half flip
- Pairs Badge 4
- Spirals in a holding pattern (position optional)
- One partner pivot, one partner in spiral position (modified death spiral)
- Synchronized waltz jump (side by side)
- Waltz jump lift
- Synchronized 1-foot spin (minimum of three revolutions)
- Step sequence (serpentine or circular pattern)
- Ice Dancing Skills Waltz Badge 1
- 6 beat forward progressive (left and right)
- 6 beat forward outside swing roll (left and right)
- Ice Dancing Skills Waltz Badge 2
- Consecutive 6 beat forward progressives (left and right, minimum two in each direction)
- Consecutive 6 beat forward outside swing rolls (left and right, minimum two in each direction)
- Ice Dancing Skills Waltz Badge 3
- Dutch Waltz with music (3 patterns)
- Ice Dancing Skills Tango Badge 1
- 4 beat forward chasse (left and right)
- 4 beat forward slide chasse (left and right)
- 4 beat forward outside swing roll (left and right)
- Ice Dancing Skills Tango Badge 2
- Consecutive 4 beat forward chasses (left and right, minimum two each direction)
- Consecutive 4 beat forward slide chasse, 4 beat outside swing roll (left and right, minimum two each direction)
- Ice Dancing Skills Tango Badge 3
- Canasta Tango with music (3 patterns)
- Ice Dancing Skills Swing Badge 1
- 4 beat backward chasse (left and right)
- 4 beat backward outside swing roll (left and right)
- Right forward inside open mohawk
- Ice Dancing Skills Swing Badge 2
- Consecutive 4 beat backward chasses (left and right, minimum two each direction)
- Consecutive 4 beat backward outside swing rolls (left and right, minimum two each direction)
- Dance step sequence skated in a circle, repeated twice
- Ice Dancing Skills Swing Badge 3
- Swing dance with music (2 patterns)
- Swing dance with music (2 patterns)
