Topic > Figure Skating and Ice Skating - 796

Ice skating is where an individual skates on ice, which in turn can be turned into a sport or hobby. Such sports include: hockey, figure skating and ice dancing. In terms of figure skating, skaters are evaluated on their ability to execute certain moves and techniques during competitions. Figure skaters compete at various levels, from beginner up to Olympic level, in local, national and international competitions. At the Olympics, they are classified into: men's singles, women's singles, pairs skating and fours skating. The International Skating Union regulates the Winter Olympics, World Championships, World Junior Championships, European Championships, Four Continents Championships and the Grand Pix series (which consists of seniors and juniors). During these competitions, skaters are expected to spin with great momentum to demonstrate their excellence in the sport by performing movements such as: sit-spins, camel spins, vertical spins, death drops and an imaginative display of ordinary "spins" such as the so-called Biellman spin. Not only are they expected to spin at high speed for display, but they are also examined for jumps performed while ice skating such as: salchows, loops, axels and/or transitions, salient jumps such as one-foot Axel, walley jump and Russian split. .But these are just the basics of figure skating. Skaters have the ability to transform their performances into something completely their own. Skaters incorporate lifts into pairs skating and ice dancing. Pair lifts are generally overhead. Some holds performed during these performances are: waist holds, hand-to-side holds and body-to-body lifts. Body-to-body lifts are divided into two types: press lifts, lasso lifts. They also do twist lifts, dance... in the center of the card... out of stop. Considering the training of both body and brain, skaters also learn how to create an illusion to mask the dizzying imbalance caused by the judges. There are two cases in particular where spinning can cause dizziness: at the beginning of the spin, when skaters are not yet accustomed to the sensation, and at the end when they have to get their senses back together to adjust to their normal state of mind. Skaters often fill these “gaps” in their routines and compensate for post-spin dizziness by integrating a small dance move into their practices before a jump. This step allows them to regain balance. With all the dynamic rotations, jumps, spins, lifts and twirls, somehow there must be some sort of mechanism that can help further define the laws of physics that are applied as these ice skaters spin. and high-speed skating.