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Figure Skating · Level 2: Elementary · Sub-level 2.1

Stroking and Stopping

2 tests · 20 facts · updated 20 October 2026 · markdown

Backward stroking, the T-stop, the hockey stop, the forward pivot and the order in which stops are learned.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Backward stroking and the T-stopTake a test

  1. Backward strokes come from a half swizzle: the weight goes onto one foot while the other pushes out on its inside edge.

    Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.7: Badge 7 · recall

  2. The pushing foot comes back down parallel to the other skate; the weight transfers and the other foot pushes.

    Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.7: Badge 7 · recall

  3. Backward stroking keeps the arms slightly forward and the head and chest up, in line with the hips.

    Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.7: Badge 7 · recall

  4. The back foot is set behind the gliding foot on its outside edge and pressed to skid.

    Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.7: Badge 7 · recall

  5. Whichever foot forms the top of the T behind, the same arm is held forward.

    Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.7: Badge 7 · recall

  6. Placing the back blade softly on its outside edge, right by the gliding foot, gives a clean skid instead of a catch.

    Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.7: Badge 7 · applied

  7. From a backward two-foot glide the weight shifts to one foot, balanced on its ball, with the other skate lifted to ankle height.

    Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.6: Badge 6 · recall

  8. A backward stroke is a half swizzle out, a lift in front of the skating foot, and a set-down parallel before the next push.

    Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.7: Badge 7 · applied

  9. From the T-position the skater pushes into a one-foot glide, places the back foot behind on its outside edge and presses it into a skid.

    Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.7: Badge 7 · applied

  10. In B one blade glides straight on while the other skids crosswise behind it, forming a T. A ends in a two-blade sideways skid, C fans out to one side, D keeps gliding.

    Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.7: Badge 7 · applied

Test 2The hockey stop and the order of stopsTake a test

  1. The skater keeps the upper body facing ahead and turns both feet quickly about 90 degrees the same way.

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

  2. Only the feet turn: the upper body keeps facing straight ahead while the blades shave the ice.

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

  3. The skid comes from the inside edge of the forward skate and the outside edge of the rear one.

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

  4. The harder the skater presses down, the quicker the shaving action stops the skate.

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

  5. Begin the stop as a snowplow and then bring the back foot up to it, using its outside edge.

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

  6. In a forward pivot one toe pick stays in the ice while the other foot pumps the skater round on an inside edge.

    Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.6: Badge 6 · recall

  7. Pumping with the free foot, the skater travels forward round the toe pick for one to one and a half revolutions.

    Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.6: Badge 6 · recall

  8. The snowplow stop comes in badge 4, the T-stop in badge 7 and the hockey stop in badge 10.

    Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.4, 5.7, 5.10 · applied

  9. From a two-foot glide the feet turn together while the body faces ahead, and pressing down makes the skid.

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

  10. In A both lines end in a broad sideways skid, both blades turned across together. B ends in a T, C fans out from one blade, D keeps gliding.

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

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.

  • Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.7: Badge 79
  • Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.10: Badge 107
  • Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.6: Badge 63
  • Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5.4, 5.7, 5.101