Law 2: Spins and step sequences

There are three basic positions: camel, sit and upright. Layback, Biellmann and similar variations count as upright spins.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · recall

A camel has the free leg backwards with the knee higher than the hip; any position with the skating leg straight or slightly bent that is not a camel is upright.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · applied

Layback, Biellmann and similar variations are still considered upright spins, even with the free leg high behind.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · applied

The minimum in a position is two revolutions without interruption; with fewer the position is not counted.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · recall

A spin with fewer than three rotations is considered a skating movement and not a spin at all.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · recall

A spin with no basic position held for two revolutions gets no level and no value.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · applied

A layback is an upright spin leaning head and shoulders backward with the back arched; leaning sideways makes it a sideways leaning spin. In both the free leg is free.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · recall

After a fall when entering a spin, or after any failed spin, a spin or spinning movement is allowed straight away to fill the time; it is not counted as an element.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · applied

When a spin begins with a jump, no rotation on the ice is permitted before the take-off, and the judges reflect a step over in the GOE.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · applied

A sit position needs the upper part of the skating leg at least parallel to the ice. Only C's thigh is level; A, B and D stay above that line.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · applied

A spin combination needs at least two different basic positions with two revolutions in each, anywhere in the spin.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · recall

Two basic positions make a spin combination; to receive full value it must include all three: camel, sit and upright.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · recall

Revolutions in non-basic positions are counted in the total number of revolutions, though changing to a non-basic position is not a change of position.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · recall

A change of foot may be a step over or a jump, and it may come together with the change of position or separately.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · recall

When the centres are too far apart and the criteria of two spins are met, only the part before the change of foot is called and considered for levels.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · applied

Only a change between basic positions is a change of position; moving into a non-basic one is not, even though its revolutions count in the total.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · applied

Step sequences follow the character of the music, and short stops in keeping with it are permitted; turns and steps should be spread evenly through the sequence.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · recall

Any change of foot in a spin must be preceded and followed by a spin position with at least three revolutions.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · applied

In a spin in one position or a flying spin, the concluding upright wind-up does not count as another position, however many turns it has, as long as no extra feature is done in it.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · applied

Step sequences must fully utilise the ice surface. B runs the whole length; A stays in one corner, C circles in the middle, D stops halfway.

Source: ISU Sports Rules S&P/ID 2026, Rule 610 · applied