as you can above your head. For the camel
dance. About the tricks for the program
spin, it is like the catch spiral spin. What you
do is you lift up your foot but you do not use
your hand. If you know what a spiral is , you
will know what I am talking about. Because
you lift up your foot and spin. If you do not
people who are in higher levels like the people
who goes in Olympics, usually they use axels,
and others to get high scores. Well, for
example some people use sit spin to get
points. They practice more than a hundred
know what a spiral is, you just you lift up your
foot. That is all. For the last spin it is the V
shaped spin. You lift your foot straight up,
next to your head, and spin as hard and fast as
you can. For every spin you will have to
times until they be perfect, and be ready. the
points work it like this:
• 1.0 means not skated
• 2.0 means bad, very poor
• 3.0 means poor
squeeze yourself so, you can spin faster. And
that is not you all have to do you have to
straighten yourself up.
•
•
•
•
4.0means average not bad
5.0 means good
6.0 means excellent
7.0 means perfect
Now you know all about the skating tricks.
Some people may like skating a lot because
you can speed up and it may feel like you are
flying. Go to the ice rink and see what people
do awesome tricks. There are other awesome
tricks.
Program
There are programs. What a programs is, your
coach or you pick a song and put tricks in it.
There are fast songs, slow songs, slow to fast
songs, and others.
For the program
there are
competitions.
For example,
you use a
program for
ballet. Also it
would be a little
boring if just see
them skate, and
40
That is how they score the points. When you
get higher it will show you points, and score
when you go to the level Juvenile. Juvenile is
a good level to show points. So for the level,
there is basic 1 – basic 8 and after that there is
freestyle1-freestyle 7. This is the levels. There
are Pre-Preliminary, Preliminary, PreJuvenile, Juvenile, Intermediate, Novice,
Junior, and Senior. The Senior is the highest
level of all. Some go to the Olympics. Also, the
higher level you get, the longer the program
gets. Laura Nieman a vice president for
skating also a collage skater says,”The way a
skater can get high points in a competition is
by doing difficult jumps, spins, and footwork.
You also get more points if you do your jumps,
spins, and footwork well. Additionally, if you
have good artistry and presentation you get
more points.”
Sports