Youth Programs

Build fundamental basketball skills and teamwork through Stowe Parks and Recreation youth basketball programs! Kids in grades Kindergarten through 2nd grade will learn and develop basketball skills, team play, sportsmanship and a greater appreciation for the game in a safe and fun environment. This is a non-competitive program with the main emphasis on having FUN! […]

Before skaters can learn to jump or spin on the ice, they need to master the basics. Beginners start by learning how to fall and get back up and how to find their balance on the ice; skills include marches, forward swizzles, backward wiggles, two-foot glides, and beginning snowplow stops. This program will focus on […]

Skaters who have mastered the basics can progress to more advanced and challenging skating skills. Skaters in this group learn how to turn "swizzles" into correct forward stroking; skills include one-foot glides, two-foot turns, slaloms, forward edges on the circle, and beginning forward crossovers. Helmets or thick hats and mittens/gloves are recommended. Skate rentals are included […]