The Technical Panel: One Foot Step Sequence - Explaining the Turns

[thvu]

Back Again! Here's Part 1 for explaining One Foot Step Sequences. This video focuses on the turns, and how to recognize them. The next video will focus on calling the levels. Thanks again everyone!

 

[escaflowne9282]

Thank you for this video! It took me forever as a fan to figure out all of the different turns in skating. I still can't identify them all in real time. I usually have to slo-mo / break things down These videos really are a wonderful tool for anyone wanting to learn about ice dance.

 

[VGThuy]

Thank you for this video! It took me forever as a fan to figure out all of the different turns in skating. I still can't identify them all in real time. I usually have to slo-mo / break things down These videos really are a wonderful tool for anyone wanting to learn about ice dance.

I always felt like my inability to call turns and steps in real time would forever prevent me from being a “real” skating fan, but videos like these help immensely.

 

[bcash]

Short and informative. Thank you so much! Exactly the type of videos I can send to friends who might want to understand Ice Dance a bit more.

 

[~tapdancer~]

Thanks, thvu, for another great vid! Watching the ice dance at US nationals, I loved Hawayak/Baker's one foot step sequence in the FD, so clean. Deserving of the Level 4 they got!

 

[Braulio]

IF only the ISU, USFSA came up with something like these so effective yet familiar approach for the fans to understand figure skating/ice dance...

Instead they are so short sight with youtube, turning their eyes and focusing in shutting down channels who share videos

Once again THANK YOU SO MUCH

 

[thvu]

Thank you @Braulio for everything you do for all of us! They make it so hard for us to just enjoy the sport.

 

[BittyBug]

Excellent work here, @thvu! I'm curious - did you skate or did you learn all of this as a fan?

 

[thvu]

@BittyBug I only skated as a kid recreational. I knew kids that took lessons and would try to show me stuff, but my parents couldn’t afford the cost to do anything beyond just rec skating. I would totally skate now since I can afford it, but there’s no ice rinks where I live. So, most of this is just me learning as a fan. When I go to events, I try to sit where the officials sit and the nice ones are always talkative and curious.

I still remember at 2016 Worlds how nice Marie Boweness was. She told me a lot about what she looks for as a caller, and how for a lot of them, calling is instinctual, that she has enough innate knowledge to just “see” things like an unclear edge on a turn. So, what you would expect for an expert in her field with alot of experience. I’ll probably never be near that level of understanding, but beyond that, it’s just me nerding out and studying.

 

[BittyBug]

I'm really impressed, @thvu. I hope that one day you'll make it to the ice and can some of these turns. Half of being able to do them is being able to visualize them, so you're well on your way.