About the MFSC 

The Maplewood Figure Skating Club is a member of  US  Figure Skating  and skates at several rinks located primarily in the East Metro Area of the Twin Cities of Minnesota. The MFSC is also a member of the Twin Cities Figure Skating Association (TCFSA). Along with Basic Skills Skating Lessons, the MFSC offers lessons in Freestyle, Ice Dance, Moves in the Field and presently has four Synchronized Skating Teams - Intermediate, Open Juvenile, Pre-Juvenile and Beginner. The MFSC hosts the Maplewood Fall Classic Competition in September, the Maplewood Synchronized Skating Classic in December and presents a Spring Show in May.

A Great Place To Skate

Our goal as a figure skating club is to provide the best environment possible for learning and enjoying the many aspects of our wonderful sport. We are a part of a national governing body - US Figure Skating, which has specific rules and guidelines we must follow. While this promotes uniformity, each club maintains its own personality and puts its own stamp on the sport. 

At Maplewood, we recognize that our skaters have many interests, one of which is figure skating. As long as a skater wants to devote an hour or more a week to skating, we have a place for them. We provide test sessions, a spring show, exhibitions and we are the home of the Maplewood Highsteppers, our synchronized skating teams. The MFSC offers special clinics, ice dance, off-ice enhancement and power skating. Our Basic Skills program gives hundreds of children (and some adults) a strong foundation of skating skills that they can build on in many directions. When you are choosing where to pursue your goals in figure skating, look carefully at your choices. They run the gamut from totally unstructured open skating to the closed pro, skating level restricted system of the elite clubs. The MFSC falls somewhere between those two extremes.

The MFSC is family oriented. We have safety rules and special equipment (harnesses and video cameras). Contract ice is available year-round. Through your membership, you receive a bi-monthly newsletter informing you of upcoming events, competitions, test and competition results, US Figure Skating rule changes and other interesting skating news in and around the world of figure skating. In addition to our annual competitions and Spring Show, we have a Holiday party, a Spring banquet, and participate in community parades, activities which both club members and Basic Skills skaters may participate in. There are numerous opportunities for parents and skaters to volunteer. In other words, we try to encourage our skaters to explore as much and as far into the figure skating world as they would like. When you choose the Maplewood Figure skating Club, we ask that you remember that the club is only as strong as the commitment of its members.

Want to become a member?? More information and forms are here.

Please don't hesitate to contact us for more information. 

Learn the basics of skating – program designed for hockey skills and figure skating skills

The classes are progressive levels of basic skills that teach forward and backward skating, stops, forwards and backward crossovers, with emphasis on control and proper use of edges.  This enables skaters to advance to higher levels of figure skating or to play hockey.

This program was created by the United States Figure Skating Association and is the most popular learn to skate program in the nation.  USA Hockey also has approved this program and suggests players start here!  Our instructors have many years of experience and their positive attitudes make our program rewarding and fun!!  With our program each skater will receive the following:

§  30 minute lesson

§  30 minutes of practice time,  in our supervised practice area

§  Certified instructors, student instructors and helpers

§  Official Record Book, USFS Membership card and patch, year patch

§  A colorful embroidered patch when each level is completed

WHO CAN JOIN??

EVERYONE!!  Boys and Girls - ages 3 to Adult

WHEN ARE CLASSES??

VADNAIS LOCATION:

§  Tuesday Evenings – 5:00-6:00 p.m.  – year round

                            Sessions offered- Summer I and II, Fall (Sept-Oct) Winter I (Nov-Dec) Winter II (Jan-Feb)  Spring (March-May)

§  Wednesday Daytime – 10:00-11:00 a.m. – during school year for pre-school, Home School, Adult

Other Skate School days and locations on our website – www.mfscskate.org

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST??

            Cost varies on the length of a session for example a 6 weeks session is $70, 7 week session is $80          

There is also an annual membership fee of $10 per skater

HOW CAN YOU SIGN UP??

Registrations forms are available on our website – www.mfscskate.org – click on “Skate School”

Contact Program Director Nikki Bennis with questions - 651- 501-3667 or adamnikki@comcast.net