Glossary of figure skating terms

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Template:Short description The following is a glossary of figure skating terms, sorted alphabetically.

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File:Biellmann-spin svg.svg

Biellmann spin

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File:Lubov Iliushechkina EX 2008-2009 JGPF.jpg

A cantilever with the hands extended

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A camel position

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File:McLaughlin Brubaker Death Spiral.jpg

A death spiral with the woman on a back inside edge

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Death drop

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File:Trina Pratt & Todd Gilles Lift - 2006 Skate Canada.jpg

A male ice dancer achieves a deep outside edge while performing a lift.

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File:Mao Asada Spiral Grand Prix Final 2008.jpg

A fan spiral (side view)

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A flying sit spin in mid-air

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File:Grapevine Figures (Art of Skating).jpg

Illustration of the ice tracings of various grapevine figures

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File:2011 WFSC 4d 002 Kim Lucine.JPG

Hydroblading

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File:Tugba Karademir Ina Bauer - 2006 Skate Canada.jpg

Ina Bauer

File:Sasha Cohen Spin 2009 SOI.jpg

An I-spin position

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File:2012 WFSC 07d 843 Polina Korobeynikova.JPG

Layback spin with catchfoot

File:Yukari Nakano jump.jpg

A leg wrap position in midair

File:Jeffrey Buttle 2007 Skate Canada.jpg

A lunge

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<dt id="Script error: No such module "delink"." >OD Template:Defn <dt id="Script error: No such module "delink"." >open stroke Template:Defn <dt id="Script error: No such module "delink"." >ordinal Template:Defn <dt id="Script error: No such module "delink"." >original dance Template:Defn <dt id="Script error: No such module "delink"." >outside edge Template:Defn <dt id="Script error: No such module "delink"." >over-rotated Template:Defn

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Pearl spin (Caroline Zhang)

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Pivot (Chloe Ing)

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<dt id="Script error: No such module "delink"." >quad Template:Defn <dt id="Script error: No such module "delink"." >quadruple jump Template:Defn <dt id="Script error: No such module "delink"." >qualifying round Template:Defn

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File:Sasha Cohen Split Jump.jpg

A Russian split jump

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File:Sergei Davydov - piruet 2.JPG

A basic sit spin in a shoot-the-duck position

File:Vise & Trent Spin - 2006 Skate Canada.jpg

Side-by-side shotgun spins

File:Kristina Gorshkova & Vitali Butikov 2005 Croatia Cup.jpg

Parallel spread eagles with the male on an inside edge and the female on an outside edge.

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Sheep jump (Kurt Weilert)

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File:Jessica Miller & Ian Moram Throw Jump - 2006 Skate Canada.jpg

A throw jump in mid-air

File:2011 WFSC 2d 259 Siobhan Heekin-Canedy Alexander Shakalov.JPG

Twizzles

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File:Elena Sokolova 04 NHK 2.jpg

Upright spin

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File:Shawn Sawyer Spin - 2006 Skate Canada.jpg

A Y-spin position

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References

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External links

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