Join the team! Starfire 2026 - 2027 Season
Be a part of Starfire for the upcoming 2026 - 2027 season!
- Levels: Basic 4 and up.
- Clinics and Tryouts
- Clinics and Tryouts will occur between March 7th and March 21st, 2026.
- See the flyer with all the information here.
- Register for Starfire Clinics & Tryouts!
- Please read the flyer first to determine the Clinic & Tryout group that best fits your skater's level & experience.
- Tryouts are required.
Please email michelle@rocketice.com and skating@rocketice.com with any questions.
See our Instagram page and the fun from the 2025-2026 Season Here!
The Ultimate Team Experience: Why Synchronized Ice Skating is Different
- You must have complete trust in your teammates.
- There is a lot to consider while performing.
- Engaging the audience through use of facial expressions and energy is just one component of the routine.
- Every ice skater holds equal importance to the team.
- There is no individual scoring, judging is based on the synchronized ice skating team’s performance as a whole.
- Communication and teamwork is essential to success.
Synchronized Ice Skating History
Synchronized ice skating is a popular discipline both within U.S. Figure Skating and around the world. U.S. Figure Skating held the first U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships in 1984 and also hosted the first World Synchronized Skating Championships in 2000. There are approximately 525 synchronized ice skating teams registered with U.S. Figure Skating, and nearly 5,000 athletes participate annually in the Synchronized Skating Sectional Championships.
Interested in Joining the fun of being on a Synchronized Skating Team?
Simply send us an email at office@rocketice.com and we will provide you with the information you need.
Synchronized Ice Skating in College
Ice skating does not have to end when college begins! Each year, approximately 35 colleges participate in U.S. Figure Skating’s Synchronized Skating Sectional Championships, entering the Open Collegiate, Collegiate, Junior and Senior levels. There are many Universities in the Midwest that have a Synchronized Ice Skating program such as:
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Northwestern University
- University of Notre Dame
- Illinois State University
- University of Michigan
- Michigan State University
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Indiana University
- Central Michigan University
- Miami University of Ohio
- Ohio State University
- Robert Morris University
- Western Michigan University.
For a list of all colleges with figure skating, go to the list of colleges on U.S. Figure Skating’s Collegiate Skating page: http://www.usfigureskating.org/Content/colleges.pdf
What about the Olympics?
Although not currently an Olympic sport, fans and participants of this fast-growing discipline have begun to strive for recognition by the rest of the skating and athletic world. In 2007 synchronized skating took one step closer to Olympic contention when it was selected to be part of the World University Games as a demonstration sport.
(Much of this information is from US Figure Skating’s website. Please visit https://www.usfigureskating.org/skate/skating-opportunities/synchronized-skating for more details.)
