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2. Powerslide (inline skating) - Wikipedia

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   The powerslide is a braking method used in inline skating where both skates are quickly moved into a position perpendicular to the moving direction of the skater. Whereas braking this way is quite common in ice skating (where it is called a hockey stop), any irregularity on the surface can make a novice roller skater easily lose balance and fall.

3. Offside (ice hockey) - Wikipedia

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   In ice hockey, a play is offside if a player on the attacking team does not control the puck and is in the offensive zone when a different attacking player causes the puck to enter the offensive zone, until either the puck or all attacking players leave the offensive zone. Simply put, the puck must enter the attacking zone before attacking players.

4. Moves in the field - Wikipedia

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   Similar concepts are called field moves in the United Kingdom and skating skills in Canada. Following the abolition of compulsory figures from international competition in 1990, figure skating federations in several countries developed these drills to teach the same elements as compulsory figures within a free skating format. [ 2 ]

5. Three-turn - Wikipedia

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   Three turn diagram. A three-turn is a figure skating element which involves both a change in direction and a change in edge. For example, when a skater executes a forward outside three-turn, the skater begins on a forward outside edge and finishes on a backwards inside edge. [1]

6. Mohawk turn - Wikipedia

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   A mohawk is a figure skating turn that involves a change of skating foot but not a change of edge.It is a turn from one foot to the other, from forward to backwards (or backwards to forwards) in which the entry and exit curves are continuous and of equal depth (e.g. where each edge forms part of the same curve).

7. Forecheck - Wikipedia

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   Forechecking is an essential part of the game of ice hockey, and often involves one of several strategies. [5]Since forechecking is meant to be an aggressive style of defensive play, it is more common to be applied in a man-to-man fashion than in a zonal style of marking, although both do exist.