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Glossary of figure skating terms

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Glossary of figure skating terms

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The following is a glossary of figure skating terms, sorted alphabetically.

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A [[3 turn

three turn

six system

A

axel The only counted as a jump that starts with a forward approach. An Axel jump has an extra half rotation (180 degrees), and is landed with the skater gliding backwards (as is the case with all rotational jumps). It was named after Axel Paulsen. You can see it performed in this video by USA Olympian, Jason Brown.}}

B

Biellmann spin

Main article: Backflip (figure skating)

biellmann

C

A cantilever with the hands extended
A camel position

candlestick spiral

code of Points

A [[counter turn

D

A death spiral with the woman on a back inside edge
Death drop

E

A male ice dancer achieves a ''deep outside edge'' while performing a lift.

F

A fan spiral (side view)
A flying sit spin in mid-air

free foot

free skate

G

grade Of Execution

grand Prix

H

Hydroblading

I

Ina Bauer
An I-spin position

international Skating Union

iSU Judging System

J

junior Grand Prix

junior level

World Juniors

K

Killian position

L

Layback spin with catchfoot
A leg wrap position in midair
A lunge

M

N

novice

O

P

pairs

Q

R

A Russian split jump
A [[rocker turn

S

A basic sit spin in a shoot-the-duck position
Side-by-side shotgun spins
Parallel spread eagles with the male on an inside edge and the female on an outside edge.

salchow

singles

skating leg

T

A throw jump in mid-air
Twizzles

U

Upright spin

W

Junior Worlds

world Standings

Y

A Y-spin position

Z

Zayak rule

Zagitova rule

References

References

  1. Abad-Santos, Alexander. (5 February 2014). "A GIF Guide to Figure Skaters' Jumps at the Olympics". [[The Atlantic]].
  2. Walker, Elvin. (3 October 2024). "The Backflip is Well, Back…".
  3. (June 2014). "ISU Judging System - abbreviations for elements".
  4. Abad-Santos, Alex. (14 February 2018). "Winter Olympics 2018: figure skating scoring explained for people who don't follow figure skating".
  5. (30 July 2020). "ISU Judging System: Handbook for Referees and Judges, Ice Dance".
  6. (20 July 2020). "ISU Judging System: Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2020/2021".
  7. (June 2018). "ISU Special Regulations & Technical Rules, Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance 2018".
  8. Pavitt, Michael. (7 June 2018). "Repetition of quad jumps limited as ISU approve package of technical rules".
  9. Bondy, Filip. (16 May 1993). "FIGURE SKATING; Zayak's Biggest Jump: A Leap Into the Past". The New York Times.
  10. Hersh, Philip. (4 January 2019). "Remembering the attack on Nancy Kerrigan at the figure skating national championships 25 years ago".
  11. (June 2018). "ISU Special Regulations & Technical Rules, Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance 2018".
  12. Walker, Elvin. (19 September 2018). "New Season New Rules".
  13. (5 September 2019). "Everything you need to know about 2019/20 figure skating season".
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