Spin Technique

The entrance must lead into the intended basic position within the first two revolutions of the spin.

Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

There should be a clear jump with a good air position; a step over is marked as a poor fly in the GOE.

Source: ISU Handbook for Referees & Judges, Single and Pair Skating 2026/27 · recall

The spin bullets include good speed, clear positions, effortlessness, a centred spin, creativity and the music; staying on the spot is the centring one.

Source: ISU Communication 2788, Levels of Difficulty and GOE Guidelines, Single & Pair Skating 2026/27 · applied

A spin that wanders from its centre is marked for travelling, one of the spin errors.

Source: ISU Communication 2788, Levels of Difficulty and GOE Guidelines, Single & Pair Skating 2026/27 · applied

For a flying camel the difficult fly is a clear butterfly entrance or an almost split position in the air.

Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

A difficult exit is any movement or jump that makes leaving the spin significantly harder, with a real effect on balance and control.

Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

Taking too long to reach a basic position is marked as a poor, weak or awkward position.

Source: ISU Handbook for Referees & Judges, Single and Pair Skating 2026/27 · applied

There is no rotation on the ice before the take-off; the butterfly flies, lands and settles into the camel quickly.

Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · applied

In a flying spin or a spin in one position the difficult exit must start from the basic position, not from a final wind-up.

Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · applied

D loops round on the ice before taking off, which flying spins do not allow. A, B and C glide in on a curve and jump straight off it.

Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27; ISU Handbook for Referees & Judges, Single and Pair Skating 2026/27 · applied

A change of foot by jump counts only when the skater reaches camel or sit within two revolutions; into upright it does not.

Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

A toe Arabian used as the change of foot counts as a change of foot executed by jump.

Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

In the sit position only the change from a backward inside to a forward outside edge is counted.

Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

Spinning in both directions needs at least three revolutions each way, with the position held two revolutions on either side of the change.

Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

Speeding up counts once the position is established; speeding up while moving from one basic position to another does not.

Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

The skater uses the blade in a way that clearly affects balance, for example spinning on the heel or the toe of the blade.

Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

Each windmill in the row must reach close to a split, at least 135 degrees, and no hand may touch the ice.

Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

On the same foot one turn or one change of edge is allowed while the direction changes.

Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · applied

A clear change of edge needs at least two continuous revolutions on each edge, in the same position.

Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · applied

A turns three times one way and three the other. B has only two the first way, C never changes, D only two the second way.

Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · applied