# Four Disciplines · Figure Skating Level 1: Beginner

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Four Disciplines in Figure Skating (Level 1: Beginner) on Insporta: 20 sourced facts behind 2 tests. Covers: what each discipline is.

Single skating, pair skating, ice dance and synchronized skating: what each is and which elements belong to it.

## Test 1: What each discipline is

- In single skating men and women compete individually; the other three disciplines put two or more skaters on the ice together. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5: Single Skating)
- Ice dance grew out of ballroom dancing, and its learners still start with dances such as the waltz, the tango and the blues. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 9: Ice Dance)
- Pair skating is two people moving in such harmony that they read as a genuine pair, not as two single skaters. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 7: Pair Skating)
- A synchronized team moves as a single flowing unit while it skates its footwork and elements. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 11: Synchronized Skating)
- A single skater's program is built from jumps, spins, step sequences and choreographic sequences; lifts belong to pairs, pattern dances to ice dance. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5: Single Skating)
- Progressives and swing rolls to waltz timing are the first steps of the ice dance badges. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 9.1: Waltz Badge 1)
- Stroking and crossovers in unison and side-by-side spins open the pair skating badges. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 7.1: Pairs Badge 1)
- From a two-foot glide the outside foot crosses over onto an inside edge; the foot left on the outside of the circle then lifts and comes back beside it. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 7.1: Pairs Badge 1)
- The two-foot spin starts from a slight wind-up the other way; once it turns, pulling the arms to the chest speeds it up. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 7.1: Pairs Badge 1)
- D shows a whole team moving together in one formation. A is a single skater, B and C show two skaters. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 11: Synchronized Skating)

## Test 2: Elements that belong to each discipline

- Lifts need a partner, so they belong to pairs (and, as dance lifts, to ice dance); spins, steps and jumps are single skating elements too. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 7: Pair Skating badges)
- Pairs meet their first lift, the bunny hop lift, in badge 3; the waltz jump lift follows in badge 4. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 7: Pairs Badge 3)
- The lifting partner stays on two feet for the whole lift; the other is lifted as the bunny hop is made and set down. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 7: Pairs Badge 3)
- The ice dance badges are built on the waltz, the tango and the rhythm blues. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 9: Ice Dance badges)
- Every ice dance level asks for two specified pattern dances skated to music. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 9: Ice Dance)
- The pairs badges ask for a pair spin in the Kilian hold, side by side and turning together. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 7: Pairs Badge 3)
- Besides the men's, women's, pairs and ice dance events, the Olympics hold a team event in which each nation's skaters score together. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview)
- On a six-beat swing roll the free leg is extended back for three beats, swings close past the skating foot and is held in front for three more. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 9.1: Waltz Badge 1)
- A six-beat progressive is timed two beats, one beat, then three beats. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 9.1: Waltz Badge 1)
- Panel B holds a lone figure, the way single skaters compete. Pairs or couples appear in A and D, and C is a team formation. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5: Single Skating)

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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