Skating skills | Intermediate
PROGRESSIVE or RUN [Pr]
Figure 36 Cross cut, Cross overs, Progressive, Run
A step or sequence of steps in which the free foot passes the skating foot before is it placed on the ice, thereby bringing the new free foot off the ice trailing the new skating foot.
Crossed Step (X)
CROSSED STEP FORWARD [XF]
Figure 37 Explained: CROSSED STEP FORWARD
A step in which the free foot is placed on the ice on the outer edge side of the skating foot with the free leg crossed in front of the skating leg. (Note - legs cross below the knees.)
CROSSED STEP BEHIND [XB]
Figure 38 CROSSED STEP BEHIND [XB]
A step in which the free foot is placed on the ice on the outer edge side of the skating foot with the free leg crossed behind the skating leg. (Note - the legs cross below the knees.)
Cross Cut [Xcut]
Figure 39 Cross cut, Cross overs, Progressive, Run
CHASSÉ [Ch]
Figure 40 Foward Chasses
Figure 41 Chasse
SIMPLE CHASSÉ
A series of two edges (usually outside, inside) in which on the second edge the free foot is placed on the ice beside the skating foot, but not ahead of it, and the free foot is lifted with the blade parallel to the ice.
CROSSED CHASSÉ
The same except that on the second step the free foot crosses the skating foot (crossed behind the skating foot when skating forward or crossed in front when skating backward).
SLIDE CHASSÉ [slCh]
The same except that on the second step the free foot slides off the ice in front when the skater is skating forward and behind when the skater is skating backward (e.g. The man’s step 32 in the Starlight Waltz).
SLIP STEP
A step skated in a straight line with the blades of both skates being held flat on the ice. The weight is over the skating leg that may be well bent or straight while the free foot slides forward on the ice to full extension.
TOE STEP
A step where the skater steps from one toe to the other without jumping.
ROLL [R]
A short or long, forward or backward edge.
Figure 49Explanation: Roll, Cross Roll, Swing Roll
CROSS ROLL [CR]
Figure 50: Forward Cross Rolls
Figure 51 Backward Cross Rolls
A roll started with the action of the free foot approaching the skating foot from the side so as to strike the ice almost at right-angles to the skating foot, started forward with the feet crossed in front or backward with the feet crossed behind. The impetus is gained from the outside edge of the skating foot as it becomes the new skating foot. In this case, the change of lean to the curve in the opposite direction creates a “rolling movement”.
SWING ROLL [SwR]
Figure 52 Outside Swing Rolls
A roll held for several beats of music during which, when skating backward, the free leg lifts and then first swings forward, then backward past the skating foot, then back beside to skate the next step. When skating forward, the free leg first swings backward, then forward and then back beside to skate the next step. The swing of the leg gives the sense of a “rolling movement”.