Figure Skating Steps/Turns
I’ve made a guide to the ISU classified difficult steps/turns. For ice dance, the 6 difficult steps/turns are rocker, counter, bracket, choctaw, outside mohawk, and twizzle. For singles/pairs, the 6 difficult steps/turns are rocker, counter, bracket, choctaw, twizzle, and loop. For 3 of the difficult one foot turns (rocker, counter, bracket), I’ve also included examples from each of the 8 entry edges because in my opinion, they are the hardest to tell apart of the steps/turns. This is especially true for rockers and counters since skaters maintain the same entry and exit edge (inside to inside or outside to outside) in both. In singles skating, the direction of the step/turn (clockwise or counter-clockwise) is important because a skater must have 5 types of difficult steps/turns in both directions to achieve level 4 on their step sequence, so I will also separate them by their direction.
UPDATE: I now have a video guide to go along with this post/gif guide!!! This is the complete 20 minute guide.
Individual videos of each difficult step/turn: Loop: https://youtu.be/x3xAkP57wMk Choctaw: https://youtu.be/w6O-KpGNNU0 Bracket: https://youtu.be/i-ovZMy5CbQ Counter: https://youtu.be/oGHWd4qATyk Mohawk: https://youtu.be/Daf3c76gVxg Rocker: https://youtu.be/PpLRtsHEU0Q Twizzle: https://youtu.be/_XWfAesBijE
I now have examples of choctaws, outside mohawks, twizzles, and loops from every entry edge, meaning I now have examples of every difficult step/turn from every entry edge! I also now have examples of non-difficult (ie. those that don’t count for levels in step sequences) steps/turns (three turn, inside mohawk, toe steps, chasse, change of edge, cross roll, crossed step in front, crossed step behind, slip steps, swing roll, progressive, illusion). For three turn and inside mohawk I have examples from every entry edge as well. See twitter thread version of this post here
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