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Show Judges award marks to each skater ranging 0.0 to 6.0 based on the 1 fallowing scale: , When you see the judges' marks posted in the arena, you are seeing them 0- not skated 3-average 5-excellent Factor "h00(n,a'y" ,0 ?ne skarIYou ,muSt l00k fh a" ' ,he fkS "Mlf 10 366 the udQeS' 1- hacl verv Door 4-noori 6-nertert Event Value Percent j marks for the skaters in relation to one another i twu veiy puui h yuuu o peneu I Following each event, the placement that a skater earns in that event is multiplied po oWfaLti by a percenage which is determined according to the value ol the event In fiqure skating there is Decimal Pin,s afe used ,0f exact P'acements, such as 4.8 or 5.3. In skating, the Uompu sory hgure U.4 o Tq contnue (he exampjei ,he skaers wou,d be scored as shQwn be!ow Their alwavs an odd number o! lodges- hl9h antj low marks are not drPPed and a!l ol ,he P'n,s are not added t09ether as some , ri9p Qram w placement in each event is multiplied by the factor tor that event. The resulting number is usually b 1 or 9-m order to PePle believe Long Program U puo) ordina, The 0fdjnas are then added ,ogether 0 delefrTline the final scores The av0ld hps Each fudge's mark is actually converted into places 1st. 2nd, 3rd, etc. The skater pairs skater with the lowest score wins. who receives the majority of first placements wins that event Original Program 0.5 (33.3) The following chart illustrates how placements would be determined in the Long Program 1 0 (66 7) Compulsory Figures Original Program Long Program Total Place compulsory figures event of a singles competition ,.r...,,r A:1;X..4; ;0 4; 3X6 18 2X10 20 42 2nd ICE DANCE B:3: X :4: ;1.2: 2 X 6 1 2 1 X 1 0 1 0 34 1st Judges Compulsory Dance 0.4 (20) c;2 : x ;4; ;08; 1 X 6 06 3 X 1 0 3.0 4.4 3rd 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PLACEMENT 0SP 06 (30) :p: :f. :Q: Free Dance 1 0 (50) w A 59 58 58 58 53 57 56 1st 'P-Placement, F-Factor, 0-Odmal jj B 54 55 55 54 50 53 53 3rd Skater A was ahead after figures, with a 0 4 score. Skater C was ahead alter the t5Q57 55 56 57 51 55 54 2nd f Original Program with a combined 1.4 score (0 8 after compulsory plus 0 6 from Original T f Program) But skater B won the competition with a 3 4 total factored score (1 2 1 2 1 0) Following skater A's performance you would see 5.9, 5 8, 5 8, 5 8, 5 3, 5 7. and 5.6 " Remember, when you are watching the Long Program in singles skating, 50 of appear on the scoreboard By simply looking at the scoreboard, it would upper that judge V i ,he 0vera" SCOres h3ve already been awafded You muSl keep ,fack 01 the Placemen,s oi 5 placed skate? Avery low However, if you look at the mark judge 5 gave to skater A in I each of the skaters in each event to know their actual standings relation to those he gave to skater B and C. you would find that Judge 5 actually awarded j skater A the highest mark of the three, therefore giving skater A one "first placement-" C-- The other six judges also gave skater A their highest marks, earning the skater a total of s' - C 7 first placements. f 1 AXEi The easies jump !o recognize because it is the only jump taken off from a forward UFTS AnV move lf1 wnicn the man in Paif or ,ce dancinQ llfls tne female Par,ner o(f tne ice I position The skater glides forward on one foot, takes off from a forward outside edge, rotates ln Paif skating, the man lifts his partner overhead with arms fully extended. In dance, only I (1W revolutions tor a single axel, 2 for f. f sma" li,,s afe a,owed and a man may not lift his partner above his shoulders. I a double and 3Vfe tor a tnpie) and lands f . i nnn on the opposite loot skating backward. J L A D,ck Button is thP ontv American The oop is taken off and landed on the same foot and edge At the point of take I Mimed tnr itc .nypntnr AkpI Panlwn fi f Only American 0, hfi skaef.s fee m QQk h Named for its inventor Axel Paulsen. f to ever w,n two Olympv gold are together. The free leg ,s then thrown f A M 4 j medals in figure skating. He also sideways and upward in the direction ol Aj V. 4-1 Saint Lidwina (orbdwila) is the I ' won the World title five times and (he ump f r X patron Saint of skating. Born in DEATH SPIRAL This is a required move in pair skating m which the man spins in a pivot as the European, North Amen- N f j 1380, she became an invalid after I position while holding one hand of the lady who is spinning m a horizontal position on one can and United States Champion. j! a fall' while skating. Many mira- edge of the skate with her body parallel to the ice Wpc wwp attributed to her before I 0ne of the few umps ,tiat Iakes off coun,er ,0 ,ne na,ural rotation of the edge. The sZfL in iaii ch ran t Theresa mid Blanchard won the skater usually approaches in a long curve, takes oft from the left back outside edge with oSSJT It v Js'i V skatmg-a bronzed the US. in counter clockwise, landing on the out- S Samt of skating ,n ism. XlTlW IT'JvJ ( 1920, in Antwerp, Belguim. Since side back edge of the right loot. Named "T f J Vfe i ?! then, American skaters have won for Austrian skater Alois Lutz. & medals in every Olympics, except I h 1936. In 1988, American figure A I I FUP A toe-assisted jump, taken off from the left foot going backward and landed on the skaters won 50 of all medals I right foot. The skater will usually push . awarded to the United States in SALCHOW A jump with a wide leg swing. At the moment before take off, the back inside I with the right foot going into this jump. 9 tL f the Winter Olympics in Calgary edQe of ,ne ska,in9 ,00t curves snarP,v and lne ,ree le9 is brought forward to initiate I M I'm. rotation. The skater lands on the back I, 9 I f If outside edge of the opposite toot of ,A f"- f i 7 1 z L ,akeoff Named fr sedish skaier uirich ( F Salchow, nine-time Vfarld Champion. J ft ' 4 CONTINUED ON PG. 2 A 4 t Terms defined in ice skating glossary CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 SPIN A spin is the rotation of the body in one spot on one foot. There are many different kinds of spins, some named for the body position during the spin: such as a sit spin, a layback spin, or a cross-foot spin. A camel spin, originally called a parallel spin, has the When the early Dutch and English free leg extended fully behind the skater parallel to the ice. A very, very fast spin is usually a settlers first came to the New scratch spin, or blur spin, since the skater spins so fast heshe appears blurred to World, they brought with them the vision. their cast iron skates which were If a skater leaps into the air before coming down into the spin, it is usually called a used for transportation on the jump or a flying spin, such as a flying camel or flying sit spin. frozen lakes and rivers of the SPLIT JUMP A flashy move seen in single skating, in which the skater jumps into the air Northeast. an(j performs a split in mid-air with the hands touching the ankles or toes. It is also sometimes called a "Russian Split" When a half-revolution is added after touching the The World Figure Skating Hall of toes' the iumP IS referred t0 as a "sPil FP" Fame and Museum is located in THREE TURN A turn on one foot from forward to backward or backward to forward (from Colorado Springs, Colorado, adja- outside to inside edge or inside to outside edge). cent to the USFSA National Head- THROw JUMPS Seen in pair skating; the male partner assists the lady into the air into quarters. Here the history of the sport is preserved in art and arti- Ul J . , T facts, memorabilia, and the world's T0E i00P Rarey performed as a single jump but very popular as a double and triple. The largest reference library of figure ska,er takes off fram tne Dack outside edge, strikes the toe of the free foot into the ice, skating books, films and videos. It lurn$ in the air and lands on the origi- f is open all year, free to the public. nal back outside edge. 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