Training

Training Schedule

Club training takes place indoors and outdoors across most days of the week, depending on your level. School holidays times and dates vary so please check with Coaching team.

Monday night (INDOOR) Skaterz Eltham
6.00pm - 7.00pm - Combined Beginner/Intermediate Junior

7.00pm - 8.00pm - Combined Beginner/Intermediate Senior

Tuesday night (OUTDOOR)

7.00pm - Advanced

Wednesday night (OUTDOOR)
7:00pm - Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced.

Thursday night (INDOOR) Skaterz Eltham

5:30pm - 6:30pm - Beginner all ages

6:30pm - 7:30pm - Intermediate all ages

7:30pm - 9:00pm - Advanced

For information about Advanced Speed Coaching please click here.

BONT Junior Series

The Skate Victoria Speed Branch has a junior development program running for ‘Junior’ members, under the age of 15 years. This program caters for children who are proficient in general skating skills and wish to progress into racing. Our club coaches run the sessions at Skaterz rink, 27 Susan Street, Eltham.  Bayside Blades has been kindly supporting this program for 10 years. Please click here for the 2023 program.

Indoor Practice

Indoor Practice generally takes place at a purpose-built skating rink or multi-sports hall (such as an indoor basketball or netball facility), where facilities accommodate a 100 metre regulation (or scaled-down version) skating floor. Indoor Practices can include aerobic and anaerobic conditioning work, specific technique drills, skill-development exercises, race simulations and other training methods.  Corners are the major feature of Indoor Skating and Indoor Practices are where much of the skill-development for corner skating take place. At Speed Skaterz, our home rink is Skaterz in Eltham.

Outdoor Practice

Outdoor Practice can take place at a range of venues – generally large concrete or asphalt-surfaced circuits or areas that allow for a practice circuit of up to 300 metres. Outdoor Practices also include a range of training methods to develop the Speed Skater, but lend themselves to practising the longer distances experienced in Outdoor Competition.  Straight-aways are the major feature of Outdoor Skating. Outdoor Practices are where much of the straight-line stroke development, straight-line strength and speed training take place.