# The Learning Path · Figure Skating Level 2: Elementary

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The Learning Path in Figure Skating (Level 2: Elementary) on Insporta: 30 sourced facts behind 3 tests. Covers: badges and levels; elements by level.

Badges and levels, the elements each level asks for, and the paths into pairs, ice dance and synchro.

## Test 1: Badges and levels

- The single skating badge programme has twelve badges, each a step in a progressive order. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5: Badge Program)
- Level I uses badges 1 to 5, Level II badges 6 to 9 and Level III badges 10 to 12. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5: Badge Program)
- Skaters who complete the badges are prepared to move into the existing badge programmes at local skating rinks. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), Understanding Figure Skating)
- Levels I to III skate a free program only; Levels IV to VI add a Short Program. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 2.1: Rules for Competition)
- Level I, a beginner free skate, has six elements chosen from badges 1 to 5. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 6: Level I)
- A cheat sheet checks whether the skater can already do all the level's elements and helps draw and plan the program. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 6: Coaches Cheat Sheet)
- Each level lists its elements, and they can be performed in any order. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 6: Levels)
- Level I draws on badges 1 to 5, Level II on badges 1 to 9 and Level III on all twelve. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 6: Levels)
- Each block of badges opens the matching level: badges 1 to 5 for Level I, 6 to 9 for Level II. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5: Badge Program)
- B groups badges 1-5, 6-9 and 10-12, as the guide does. A, C and D draw the lines in the wrong places. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 5: Badge Program)

## Test 2: Elements by level

- Level II, an advanced beginner free skate, includes the bunny hop, the T-stop and a two-foot spin. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 6: Level II)
- Level III brings the waltz jump, with the forward spiral and the one-foot upright spin. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 6: Level III)
- The Level III step sequence, built from badge 9-12 steps and turns, covers at least half of the ice. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 6: Level III)
- The Level IV Short Program asks for a single Salchow or a single toe loop, a sit spin and a skating skills sequence. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 6: Level IV)
- Level VI, the most advanced, starts its Short Program with a single Axel. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 6: Level VI)
- The choreographic sequence covers the whole ice surface and includes steps, turns and at least one spiral position. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 6: Levels IV-VI)
- A spiral position is a required part of every choreographic sequence at these levels. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 6: Levels IV-VI)
- The waltz jump comes at Level III, the Salchow at Level IV, the Lutz at Level V and the Axel at Level VI. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 6: Levels III-VI)
- Level I has six elements, Level IV nine, Level V ten and Level VI eleven. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 6: Levels)
- A allows W, 1S, 1T and 1Lo, the Level IV list. B adds 1F and 1Lz, as in Level V; C lists doubles; D the first beginner jumps. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 6: Level IV)

## Test 3: Other disciplines and the content sheet

- Synchronized skating has two levels, each skating one segment, the free skating. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 11: Synchronized Skating)
- At Level I the line, circle, bloc, wheel and intersection are skated forward only; Level II brings backward skating. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 11: Synchronized Skating)
- At Level II the circle may go forward or backward and must include a change of direction. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 11: Synchronized Skating)
- Level II adds backward skating, backward one-foot glides, three-turns and mohawks to the transitional moves. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 11: Synchronized Skating)
- In pairs the Short Program arrives at Level III; the first two pair levels have one free program. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 7: Pair Skating)
- Every skater, pair or couple hands in a content sheet for each segment except pattern dances. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 6: Program Content Sheet)
- The content sheet lists the planned elements for the segment, filled in with the right abbreviations. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 6: Program Content Sheet)
- The ice dance badges run from the waltz badges to the tango badges and then the rhythm blues badges. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 9: Ice Dance badges)
- Pairs badge 1 is stroking and crossovers in unison; badge 3 brings the bunny hop lift and the Kilian spin; badge 4 the waltz jump lift and a modified death spiral. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 7: Pairs badges)
- In D the skaters face away from the way the line travels, so they skate backward, which Level I does not allow. A, B and C skate forward. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021), 11: Synchronized Skating)

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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