# Building a Synchro Team · Figure Skating Level 6: Advanced

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Building a Synchro Team in Figure Skating (Level 6: Advanced) on Insporta: 20 sourced facts behind 2 tests. Covers: building a synchro team.

Team size, Special Olympics synchro levels, holds, unity and the components.

## Test 1: Building a synchro team

- Synchronized skating is between six and 16 skaters performing together as a team. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021))
- Level I has a line, a circle (both ways), a bloc, a wheel and an intersection, all forward. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021))
- Backward swizzles are allowed as transitions at Level I, a maximum of two in a row. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021))
- At Level II the circle may go forward or backward and must have a change of direction. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021))
- At Level II the wheel includes backward skating; at Level I it is forward only. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021))
- A good program links elements harmoniously with varied connections and a minimum of two-footed skating. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Synchronized Skating (2026))
- Synchronized skating refers to quality of skating, unison, the accuracy of formations and the team's preciseness. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Synchronized Skating (2026))
- Level II lists the line (can be diagonal), circle (change of direction), bloc (change of axis) and wheel (backward). (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021))
- Each skater skates towards the new place and the line stays a line; slowing down to let others pass does not count. (Source: ISU Handbook for Technical Panels, Synchronized Skating 2025/26)
- C, twelve skaters, is between six and sixteen. A and B are too small, D too large. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021))

## Test 2: Holds and unity

- In the basic position partners face each other directly, one skating forward and the other backward, both hands held. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021))
- In the face-to-face cross arm position the skaters cross arms and hold the same hands. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021))
- One partner's hand is held by one hand of the other with the arms comfortably extended. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021))
- Composition criteria include multidimensional movement, connections, musical phrase, pattern and unity. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Synchronized Skating (2026))
- Presentation looks at expressiveness, variety and contrast, musical sensitivity, and oneness and awareness of space. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Synchronized Skating (2026))
- The first Composition criterion is multidimensional movements and use of space. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Synchronized Skating (2026))
- At both Special Olympics synchro levels the hand holding is optional. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021))
- The rules list Composition, Presentation and Skating Skills, each to be shown equally by all skaters. (Source: ISU Sports Rules, Synchronized Skating (2026))
- Facing each other, one goes forward and the other backward, right hand to left and left to right. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021))
- In A the two face each other, one going forward and one backward. B is side by side, C one behind the other, D back to back. (Source: Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021))

Sources: ISU Ice Dance Handbook for Referees & Judges 2026/27; ISU Ice Dance Technical Panel Handbook 2026/27; ISU Handbook for Technical Panels, Synchronized Skating 2025/26 (the 2026/27 edition was not yet published); ISU Sports Rules, Synchronized Skating (2026); Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021). Original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Dance and synchro rules belong to the rules categories; season requirements are not keyed.

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