SVFSC's Advanced Program includes instruction and testing in Singles (Free Skate), Skating Skills (Moves in the Field), and Dance in accordance with U.S. Figure Skating guidelines and disciplines. 

Before members can skate in the Advanced Program, they must pass Free Skate 2. 

Advanced Members are required to take private lessons. SVFSC also offers  Advance group lessons, these are encouraged but not required. Coaches that offer Advanced Private Lessons can be found on our SVFSC Coaches page. 

Often sessions at rinks are divided by the skaters’ test levels, and skaters registering for a camp or clinic are divided by test level.  Each U.S. Figure Skating test that you pass goes on your permanent record, and is an achievement you always carry with you.  In fact, your tests passed and your placement at qualifying competitions are the ONLY things on your U.S. Figure Skating record.  

U.S. Figure Skating tests are offered in the following tracks:

• Skating Skills
• Singles
• Pattern Dance or Solo Pattern Dance
• Free Dance or Solo Free Dance
• Pairs 

A skater may choose to go into any discipline of figure skating with the USFSA test tracks.  A skater can continue to test through Gold Skating Skills and Dance without the equivalent of the singles test.   A singles test can only be taken however after a Skating Skills test of equivalent level is passed.  At this time Southern Valley does not offer Pairs.

When an athlete passes their senior or gold test, it is a huge accomplishment, marking many years of dedication to the sport, and their mastery of that discipline.  The athlete earns the title, “U.S. Figure Skating Gold Medalist,” they receive a gold pin from U.S. Figure Skating, may purchase a Gold Medalist jacket, and most importantly they may put the accomplishment on a skating resume, college application or even a job application.  A skater passing a senior or gold test in two disciplines becomes a “U.S. Figure Skating Double Gold Medalist.”

U.S. Figure Skating Tests

• All tests offer an equivalent Skate United test for athletes that have physical disabilities. In the pattern dance track, there are four categories.
  Athletes may choose which track they prefer. Lead steps are those that have traditionally been skated by the male partner; follow steps are
  those that have traditionally been skated by the female partner

U.S. Figure Skating Adult Tests