First Jumps, Spins and Positions

Gliding on one bent leg, the skater swings the free leg forward and pushes off the skating knee.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.9: Badge 9 · recall

The skater lands on the toe pick of the free foot and then glides forward on the flat of the jumping foot.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.9: Badge 9 · recall

Bring the free foot past the skating foot and point the toe for the landing.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.9: Badge 9 · applied

A strong stroke onto the forward outside edge of the bent jumping leg starts the waltz jump.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.12: Badge 12 · recall

The waltz jump makes half a turn in the air and lands backward.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.12: Badge 12 · recall

The skater lands on the leg that was free, gliding away on a back outside edge.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.12: Badge 12 · recall

Rotate the hips a half revolution and move the weight to the landing foot as the jump begins.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.12: Badge 12 · applied

From a T the skater strokes onto a forward outside edge, swings the free leg up, turns half way in the air and lands backward on the other leg.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.12: Badge 12 · applied

The two-foot jump is badge 4, the bunny hop badge 9 and the waltz jump badge 12.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.4, 5.9, 5.12 · applied

C breaks off for the hop, shows the toe-pick dot of the landing and carries on. A never leaves the ice, B ends in a stop, D changes to backward.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.9: Badge 9 · applied

The two-foot spin starts with the toes pointed slightly inward and the feet hip-width apart.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.8: Badge 8 · recall

The two-foot spin may start from a standstill, from a pivot or from a moving curve.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.8: Badge 8 · recall

Once the spin rotates, pulling the arms in to the chest increases its speed.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.8: Badge 8 · recall

The one-foot spin of badge 12 needs a minimum of three revolutions.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.12: Badge 12 · recall

The skater pushes onto a tight forward outside edge and turns a forward outside three-turn into the spin.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.12: Badge 12 · recall

The spin turns on the ball of the foot and the bottom toe pick; spinning elsewhere is the common error.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.12: Badge 12 · recall

The spin ends by putting the free leg on the ice and pushing onto a backward outside edge.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.12: Badge 12 · recall

A wind-up from the T, a tight outside edge and a three-turn start the spin; arms pulled in speed it up before the exit.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.12: Badge 12 · applied

The two-foot spin is badge 8, the one-foot spin badge 12, and the sit spin first comes in the Level IV Short Program.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.8, 5.12, 6: Level IV · applied

B is a tight knot of small circles on one spot: a centred spin. A's loops travel along the ice, C is a large circle, D a figure eight.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.12: Badge 12 · applied

The free leg is raised so that the knee and foot are as high as the hip, the upper body parallel to the ice.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.10: Badge 10 · recall

Badge 10 asks for a forward spiral held for three times the length of the body.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.10: Badge 10 · recall

Lift the free leg into the spiral and press down with the skating heel, arms back, chest up and chin out.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.10: Badge 10 · applied

From a knee dip the skater extends one leg forward, parallel to the ice, then returns to the dip and stands.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.9: Badge 9 · recall

The free foot drags along the ice on the side of the boot, the leg extended behind.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.9: Badge 9 · recall

Opening the lunging foot farther lets the boot, not the toe pick, slide on the ice.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.9: Badge 9 · applied

The hips lower to the height of the skating knee, back straight and the free leg extended behind.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.9: Badge 9 · recall

From a glide one leg extends back, the upper body bends forward until parallel to the ice, and the leg rises to hip height.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.10: Badge 10 · applied

From a forward glide the skater dips, stretches one leg forward parallel to the ice, then comes back to the dip and up.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.9: Badge 9 · applied

A reaches three body lengths, the badge 10 minimum. B and C stop at one and two lengths, D only half of one.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.10: Badge 10 · applied