Ice Skating Terms

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  1. 4. The sharpened part of a figure skate, most generally have two on each blade.
  2. 5. A leg position in which the free leg is extended behind the body in a straight line, this is also the leg position used for move “camel spin”.
  3. 8. A movement involving both feet where one in using the toe picks as a pivot point while the other travels around it
  4. 10. Skating on both edges at the same time. This method is less desirable to skating on one edge due to it being less efficient.
  5. 14. In figure skating, it is a move that requires a backwards takeoff and landing from the backwards inside of the edge of a skate.
  6. 15. A spin position during which the free leg is extended in the air in an arabesque position parallel to the ice, it is also one of the three basic figure skating spins.
  7. 16. In figure skating it is a step that is started close to the skating foot that doesn't cross in front or behind.
  8. 18. A fast contact sport played on an ice rink between two teams of six skaters, who attempt to drive a puck into the opposing team’s goal. It has been featured as a sport in the Olympics since the first Winter Olympics in 1924.
  9. 19. A form of skating that is characterized by the performance of various jumps, spins, and dance movements and formerly by the tracing of prescribed figures, which is featured as an Olympic Sport since the first Winter Olympics.
  10. 20. A fast dance performed by a pair of figure skaters side by side which was first performed in 1909.
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  1. 1. In ice skating, this refers to the leg that is not on the ice.
  2. 2. In figure skating, the act of performing four turns in a skating jump.
  3. 3. The part at the bottom of the ice skate that help the person skate on the ice
  4. 6. An Olympic sport where competitors race against each other on ice.
  5. 7. Crossing one foot over the other as a way of gaining speed and turning corners.
  6. 9. A set of teeth at the front of the blade of a skate which can assist skaters in jumps.
  7. 11. A jump in figure skating from the backward outside edge of one skate to the backward outside edge of the other, which involves one or more full turns in the air.
  8. 12. In figure skating, this term is referred to as a jump where the toe picks of the skate assist the jump and where the skater lands on the same back outside edge.
  9. 13. A pair of boots with blades attached to the bottom ; used for skating on ice. Scientist have found evidence to suggest they were invented in around 3000 B.C. in Finland.
  10. 17. A twisting or spinning movement on one skate.