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Hines calls the 6.0 system "age-old" and "unique to figure skating and deeply entrenched". [6] He says that it was a tradition understood and appreciated by skaters, judges, officials, and fans [6] and that fans found it easy to relate to the 6.0 system, which "represented skating perfection and served as every skater's goal". [7]
The Technical Panel sends the element codes to the judges' computers for marking. For each element, all of the judges award a mark for Grade of Execution (GOE) that is an integer between –5 and +5. The GOE mark is then translated into a value using the Scale of Value (SOV) table which is published regularly by ISU Communications. [7]
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]
During the 2006 Winter Olympics, this ice rink was used for figure skating and short track speed skating. A figure skating rink is an ice rink intended for or compatible with the practice of figure skating. In many locations, it is shared with other sports—typically ice hockey and/or short track speed skating.
Starting with the 2022-23 season, only the top two Senior skaters per sectional in men's singles and in women's singles have been guaranteed to advance to U.S. Figure Skating Championships; next-best sectional scores nationwide (across all sections, in other words) have become necessary for other Senior singles competitors to advance. [6] [7]
A reverse somersault in the air. Backflips were banned in competition until 2024. [3]backspin A spin performed on a back outside edge base value A part of the ISU Judging System – a numeric value assigned to each technical element in a skater's program, designed to standardize the elements' potential scores in an attempt to make judging more impartial [4]
[1] [2] Compulsory figures, which is defined as the "circular patterns which skaters trace on the ice to demonstrate skill in placing clean turns evenly on round circles", [3] dominated figure skating for the first 50 years of the sport, although they progressively declined in importance. Skaters would train for hours to learn and execute them ...
Jump vs. jump element In figure skating, a "jump element" can consist of one or multiple jumps. Example: The "triple Lutz" is both a jump and jump element, while a "triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination" is a jump element consisting of two jumps. " A triple loop-triple loop jump" is incorrect. It has to be either "jump element" or "combination".