# First Jumps, Spins and Positions · Figure Skating Level 2: Elementary

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First Jumps, Spins and Positions in Figure Skating (Level 2: Elementary) on Insporta: 30 sourced facts behind 3 tests. Covers: the bunny hop and the w.

The bunny hop and the waltz jump, two-foot and one-foot spins, spirals, lunges and the shoot the duck.

## Test 1: The bunny hop and the waltz jump

- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)

## Test 2: Spins

- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)

## Test 3: Spirals, lunges and positions

- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)

Sources: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), badges 6-12 and the competition levels; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered ISU rules belong to the rules categories.

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