# Etiquette on the Ice · Figure Skating Level 1: Beginner

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Etiquette on the Ice in Figure Skating (Level 1: Beginner) on Insporta: 30 sourced facts behind 3 tests. Covers: sharing the ice; rink rules.

Sharing the ice at a session, rink rules and sportsmanship.

## Test 1: Sharing the ice

- The skater performing to music has the right of way; others keep clear of that skater's pattern. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)
- The skater whose music is on wears a bright vest or belt so the others can see whose routine it is. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)
- Skaters taking a lesson have priority over general skaters in the session. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)
- When the resurfacer horn sounds, routines stop, the music goes off and everyone clears the ice. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)
- Skaters should not stop in the jumping corners, where others land at speed. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)
- During practice skaters are courteous and give way to other skaters. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 2.4: Protocol & Etiquette)
- Music runs in rotation on the honour system, but coaches may move their pupil's music ahead. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)
- The skater performing to music comes first, a skater in a lesson next, and general skaters give way to both. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)
- At the horn routines stop, music goes off and everyone, coaches too, leaves before the machine comes on. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)
- B wears the vest, so B is skating a routine to music and has the right of way. The others give way to B. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)

## Test 2: Rink rules

- Food and drinks are not allowed except water in a shatterproof container. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)
- Kicking, digging holes, scraping or stomping the ice is prohibited. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)
- Parents and spectators should not interact with skaters during a session. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)
- Coaches leave the ice immediately when the horn sounds, as skaters do. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)
- Skaters pick up everything they brought at the end of each session. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)
- No sitting on barriers is one of the rink's rules. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)
- Lessons should not run over two sessions unless the skater is registered for both. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)
- Come prepared and in time, go on the ice only when assigned and cleared, and congratulate the others whatever the result. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 2.4-2.5)
- Music runs in rotation through the session; at the horn routines stop and skaters and coaches clear the ice. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)
- In C every skater has left through the gate. In A skaters keep skating, in B they wait in the centre, in D they line the barrier on the ice. (Source: BGSU Ice Arena, figure skating session rules)

## Test 3: Sportsmanship

- Competitive effort means continuing the routine after a fall or a mistake. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 2.5: Sportsmanship)
- Skills are practised with the same intensity as they would be performed in competition. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 2.5: Sportsmanship)
- Coaches instruct skaters to congratulate fellow skaters after competition, regardless of the results. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 2.5: Sportsmanship)
- Skaters do not retaliate, verbally or physically, if others behave poorly. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 2.5: Sportsmanship)
- Coaches respect the officials' judgment, abide by the rules and do nothing that could stir up the fans. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 2.5: Sportsmanship)
- Skaters do not intentionally obstruct the skating route of others. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 2.5: Sportsmanship)
- Sportsmanship is a commitment to fair play, ethical behaviour and integrity, shown on and off the ice. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 2.5: Sportsmanship)
- Get up, keep going, finish the program and congratulate the others, whatever the result. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 2.5: Sportsmanship)
- The guide sets goals as short-term, intermediate and long-term stepping stones, accepted by the skater and measurable. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 1.1: Goal Setting)
- A turns aside out of the ringed skater's path. B and C cut straight across it, and D stops right in front. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 2.4: Protocol & Etiquette)

Sources: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), Riedell's blade, fitting and care guides, a skate technician's blade-care advice, a rink's session rules and Olympedia; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered ISU rules belong to the rules categories.

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