Short Track Speed Skating Rink

This course will put you on the fast track to recreational or even competitive short track speed skating.

Short track speed skating rink. A standard long track speed skating track is according to the regulations of the international skating union isu a double laned track with two curved ends each of 180 in which the radius of the inner curve is not less than 25 metres and not more than 26 metres. Short track speed skating this is a fast paced sport skaters race against each other to the finishing line jockeying for the position while also maintaining speed and balance. Advance learn to skate speed skating is suitable for adults and kids aged 6 years old and above. The width of the competition lanes is 4 metres.

Our short track speed skating programme offers systematic training for students aged 5 or above. The lack of 400m long tracks led many north american skaters to practice on ice rinks. Short track or indoor speed skating began in canada and the united states of america were they held mass start competitions on an oval track as early as 1905 06. The richmond olympic oval and the sport und koncert komplex winter stadium are the only venues to have been dismantled as a speed skating rink in 2010 and 1992 respectively.

The lack of 400m long tracks led many north american skaters to practice on ice rinks. The rink itself is 60 metres 200 ft long by 30 metres 98 ft wide which is the same size as an olympic sized figure skating rink and an international sized ice hockey rink. The first indoor artificial speed skating oval was the sportforum hohenschönhausen in east berlin germany in 1985. If you get an adrenaline rush from speed speed skating is the right sport for you.

Short track speed skating is the sister sport to long track speed skating and the cousin sport to inline speed skating.