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A The scoring abbreviation for the Axel jump [1] age-eligible Either "old enough" or "young enough" to compete internationally at a certain level. Skaters who have turned 13 but not yet 19 (21 for the man in pairs and ice dance) before the July 1 when a new season begins are eligible to compete in Junior-level events for the whole season.
With the aim to "decolonize figure skating terminology", Skate Canada officially changed the terms "Mohawk turn" to "C step" and "Choctaw turn" to "S step", named after the shape of their skating traces. [22] On English Wikipedia, both variations are accepted, but only one of them should be used consistently in an article. Ideally, the change ...
Sonja Morgenstern skates a compulsory figure.. Compulsory figures or school figures were formerly a segment of figure skating, and gave the sport its name.They are the "circular patterns which skaters trace on the ice to demonstrate skill in placing clean turns evenly on round circles". [1]
Figure skating is a complex sport and performing art with a long list of technical terms and competition rules. It is subject to continuous changes regarding performed elements, judging criteria, and scoring systems, which require a high degree of sensitivity and accuracy in wording.
Bracket turn diagram. A bracket turn is a kind of one-foot turn in figure skating. [1]The transition between edges during the turn is the same as for a three turn—for example, forward inside edge to back outside edge—but unlike a three turn, in which the cusp of the turn points into the curve of the arc on which it is skated, a bracket turn is counterrotated so that the cusp points outward.
Figure skating is a niche sport. “It’s not like basketball, where millions of people play,” Tom Zakrajsek, a coach at the Broadmoor Skating Club in Colorado Springs, where he has worked with ...
U.S. Figure Skating requires each skater to pass a "Moves in the Field" test, as well as a free skating or free dance test, in order to qualify for the various levels of competition. Skaters must perform each field move in the specified pattern while demonstrating adequate power, quickness, edge control, and extension throughout the pattern to ...
For many in the skating community, including Albright and Fleming, the tragedy immediately brought back memories of the last aviation disaster that hit the sport: A plane crash on Feb. 15, 1961 ...