Skating always ranks as one of the most popular sports during the winter olympics.
It combines elegance with athletic ability.
She is constantly in characters and convey emotionally
But underneath these moves, there is a whole lot of technical abilities
Marvellous Skating Skills, beautiful transition and footwork, Deep Edges | What do they actually mean?
Imagine what the skaters think when they are performing these moves?
When you're watching skating, there's a number of things that we look at..
One is the technical elements like the Axels..
Pcs scale covers five areas - choreography, skating skills, transition, execution and interpretation
Confused yet?
So how to watch the step sequence in a figure skating program?
Skate to music is one key. What else?
What were the Top 6 Step Sequence Performed Selected by the Figure Skating Fans? (Season 2019 / 2020)
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Figure skating Top Six Step sequences Stay till the end of the video to find out
Special Feature: Yuzuru Hanyu Skates to Nathan's music!
Figure Skating Fan Production | Step Sequences Types and Difficult Turns
For the difficult turns and steps, we have six different ones - rockers, counters, brackets, choctaws, loops, and twizzles.. (Confused now? No worries detailed explanation is coming up)
All the turns need to be executed on clean edges
No. 6: Rockers
Rockers is a one-foot turn with change of skating direction and without change of edge
I know you are confused now. Let our favorite skaters demo for you..
Basically there is one change of direction but no change of edge for the turn
No. 5: Counters
Counters is similar of rockers but when executing a counter the skater turns outward to the curve of the entry edge and exits on a curve in the same sense as the turn
Gosh how to differentiate counters and rockers? No worries. You just need to know both turns are super difficult
If you are truly interested, sign yourself up for some skating classes..
Or just watch Yuzu skates and appreciate his footwork
Difference between Rockers and Counters Demo
Difference lies in simply the direction of the turn
No. 4: Brackets
Brackets is a one foot turn with change of edge and skating direction.
A bracket turn is counter rotated so that the cusp points outward. The tracing of the turn on the ice resembles a curly bracket.
If you feel like they are drawing circles when skating, yes they are!
Figure Skating is named "Figure" for this reason. Because you are skating to "Figure"
No. 3: Choctaws
A Choctaw is a turn that goes from forwards to backwards or backwards to forwards where there's a change of foot and a change of the edges that you're on
Again, no worries if you are lost. Just appreciate the skaters and understand that none of these moves are easy
No. 2: Loops
Loops is a turn on one foot without change of edge and direction
This one is easy to recognize I guess? Just like drawing a loose circle
Notice Nathan actually used one foot kick to assist the turn of the loop? That might cause a deduction in GOE/PCS if caught by the judges..
The longer you could hold up with one foot, the harder it is..
Watch the "Eteri Girls" always perform loops with some extra steps such as swing, toe steps, etc..
No. 1: Twizzles
Twizzles is a multi-rotational one-foot turn that moves across the ice.
It's really hard for them to be executed perfectly. They're not difficult but they're difficult to execute well..
Twizzle is a compulsory move for Ice Dance. But for Single skating, it is just part of the step sequence. It will add to the dramatic effect of the program
Skaters normally perform longer series of twizzles in show but not in competitions because there is no point for that
The skater needs 11 difficult turns and steps for level 4 and they need to do five types of turns and steps in both directions
There are some other steps and turns do not affect the levels of difficulty of step sequences
but it can affect in regard of quality such as split jumps
Start appreciating skaters doing these moves because there is no "point" for these moves. They just add to the impression and presentation
Death drop
Toe steps
Cross rolls
Spread eagles
Lunges
Step Sequences used to be mundane but not anymore with skaters being creative in showcasing their moves
(Party with Yuzu anyone?) It was deafening in here I can't honestly remember it before
And some other moves..
The quality coming in and the transitions are superb for these skaters!
Coming up next! Top 6 Best Step Sequences voted by Figure Skating Fans (Season 2019 / 2020)
The judges give grades of execution (GOE) which are the number of points a judge adds to or subtracts from each move's base value depending on how well it was performed..
We have six positive bullets of the step sequence
and the first bullet - Deep Edges, Clean Steps and Turns
Featuring: Jason Brown (USA)
Jason: Good Choice! Jumps feature Nathan, Step Sequence features me of course!
I, Jason - King of Show
2nd bullet - element match with the music
Featuring: Evgenia Medvedeva (Russia)
Evgenia: Jason, I miss you and Toronto Cricket Club!
Fans to Evgenia: Get well soon Zhenya! (**She tested positive for COVID-19 at the point of this video making and fans wishing her to recover soon)
I, Zhenya - Geisha on Ice
3rd bullets: Effortless throughout with good energy, flow and execution
Featuring: Nathan Chen (USA)
Nathan: Sorry Jason, the fans love me not just for my jumps. They love my effortless swagger on the step sequence as well..
I, Nathan - The Quad King
Bullet No. 4: Creativity and Originality
Featuring; Rika Kihira (Japan)
Rika: I will let you guys focus on the drama while I quietly work my way up on my technical abilities..
Rika: I'm the Japanese hope to break the Russian ladies' winning streak after all..
I, Rika - The Japanese Ladies' Hope
Bullet No. 5: Excellent commitment and control of the whole body
Featuring: Mikhail Kolyada (Russia)
Mikhail: Never count the Russian men out! We were once the superpower in Figure Skating!
I, Mikail - The Russian Men's Hope
And the last bullet is good acceleration and deceleration
Featuring: Yuzuru Hanyu (Japan)
And the crowd just loving this. He's really turning it on!
Yuzu: I know you guys will put me last. Otherwise how could you make the audience stays till the end? ^^
I, Yuzuru Hanyu - That's all. Thank you very much (The GOAT needs no further introduction)
Bonus Round!
Yuzuru Hanyu Masterclass: How to skate to another skater's music (Featuring: Nathan Chen!)
Yuzu: Now watch me skate to Nathan's music! I can be the Rocket man too!
Nathan: Ok Yuzu! You are the new Rocket Man!
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