Partnering

For pair jump elements unison comes first; in singles the first jump bullet is height and length.

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

A solo spin skated with a significant distance between the partners is marked down for big distance between partners.

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

The pair stays together without breaks for at least half the sequence; a brief gap while changing holds is allowed.

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

A combination of difficult turns may hold different turns for man and woman, but the partners must do them at the same time.

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

Of the two combinations of difficult turns, one must be executed in a hold.

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

The pair team is awarded the lower level achieved by the partners.

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

The pair choreographic sequence lists oneness where the singles list has good clarity and precision.

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

The turns follow on from each other edge to edge, by both partners at the same time, with continuous flow.

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

Pairs need at least 5, 7 and 9 difficult turns and steps; complexity does not apply in pair skating.

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

In D the two spins are far apart across the ice; A, B and C keep them close together.

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

Pair skating is two people skating in unison, in such harmony that it looks like genuine pair skating, not two singles.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021) · recall

The guide's pair team is one woman and one man, two women or two men.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021) · recall

For trouble synchronizing, the guide has one athlete count out loud.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021) · recall

Weak arm positions are fixed by keeping a firm position in the connecting holds.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021) · recall

Uneven spirals are worked on by stretching in the spiral position off the ice and practising.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021) · recall

The badge 3 step sequence is a smooth combination of learned turns and steps over half the length of the ice.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021) · recall

At the end of the Kilian pair spin both skaters push out onto a back outside edge.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021) · recall

The skaters start apart with arms extended, cross back, step towards each other and take the Kilian hold.

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021) · applied

The pair badges go from a side-by-side two-foot spin (1) and a two-foot pair spin (2) to the Kilian pair spin (3) and a side-by-side sit spin (4).

Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021) · applied

B stays together without a break for more than half of the sequence. A, C and D never stay together that long in one stretch.

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