Figure Skating
Figure Skating on Insporta: what the tests cover
Figure Skating on Insporta: 10 published levels, 294 tests and 2940 sourced facts. The ISU rules of single, pair, ice dance and synchronized skating.
Levels
Level 1BeginnerLevel 1 takes a newcomer from knowing nothing to the first session: the four disciplines and their elements, boots and blades and how to care for them, the first skills on the ice, warming up and dressing for the…5 sub-levels · 16 tests · 160 factsLevel 2ElementaryLevel 2 follows a skater through learning to skate: backward stroking and the T-stop and hockey stop, crossovers and edges on a circle, the first turns, the first jumps and spins, spirals and lunges, and the badge…5 sub-levels · 14 tests · 140 factsLevel 3Pre-IntermediateLevel 3 is about jumps: the six jumps and their two families, how each one takes off and lands, the Axel's extra half turn, missing rotation and wrong edges, popped and attempted jumps, and how jumps are written and…5 sub-levels · 10 tests · 100 factsLevel 4IntermediateLevel 4 is about spins, steps and skating skills: spin names, codes, positions and variations, how spins are entered, centred and left, turns and steps in a step sequence, moves on one and two feet, and what good…5 sub-levels · 10 tests · 100 factsLevel 5Upper-IntermediateLevel 5 is about pair skating: skating as one, lifts and how lasso lifts are told apart, twist lifts and throw jumps, death spirals and pair spins, and how pairs are formed and trained safely.5 sub-levels · 10 tests · 100 factsLevel 6AdvancedLevel 6 is about ice dance and synchronized skating as crafts: what judges look for in a dance couple, the first waltz, tango and blues steps, how a dance is called and judged, and how a synchro team's errors,…5 sub-levels · 10 tests · 100 factsLevel 7Upper-AdvancedLevel 7 is about choreography, music and performance: what a skating program is, phrase and form in the music, expressing and projecting a program alone and together, how judges mark the components, and exhibitions…5 sub-levels · 10 tests · 100 factsLevel 8ExpertLevel 8 is about the skater's world: matching and mounting boots and blades, goals and motivation, planning a season and a training session, the U.S. test structure, and the Grand Prix season.5 sub-levels · 10 tests · 100 factsLevel 9MasterLevel 9 is about history: the founding of the ISU and the named jumps, the great champions of the early era, figure skating at the Olympic Games, the age of compulsory figures, and the road from 6.0 to points.5 sub-levels · 10 tests · 100 factsLevel 10ProfessionalLevel 10 is about the modern sport: the jumping firsts from the double Axel to the quadruple Axel, great Olympic champions, Rodnina and Virtue and Moir, where champions came from, and the Olympic team event.5 sub-levels · 10 tests · 100 factsSport RulesRules of Figure SkatingOne guide per Law in each of 5 books: General Rules, Single Skating Rules, Pair Skating Rules, Ice Dance Rules, Synchronized Skating Rules. Written from the ISU Sports Rules.36 Laws · 84 testsChaptersInteresting Facts10 chapters of figure skating history and records, each one a set of sourced facts.10 chapters · 100 tests