Demystifying Figure Skating

This Deck talk about figure skating, a little about history of figure skating and the different disciplines.

Transcript

1. Demystifying Figure Skating
2. What is figure skating ?
5. History
6. History • Earliest ice skating in southern Finland 3000 years ago • Edges to Ice Skate 13th ~ 14th century • 1st organised skating club was formed in 1740s • Ice skating was limited to member of the upper classes • First instructional book - 1772 (Figure / circles) • National Skating Association - 1879
7. History • Jackson Haines is the founder of modern figure skating ◦ Incorporate ballet and dance movement into skating ◦ Invented sit spin ◦ Developed a shorted, curved blade that allowed for easier turns. ◦ Blade permally attached to boot
8. History
9. DEBATE : Sport or discipline ?
10. Sport
11. Discipline
12. RESPONSE It’s a SPORT ! • Def: an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
13. It was the first WINTER SPORT included in the Olympics, in 1908
14. Dangerous
16. Technical
17. WHY FIGURE SKATE HAVE TOE PICKS ?
20. Category
21. SINGLE SKATING • Jump • Spins • Choreography • Skills • Arabesque
22. PAIR SKATING • Overhead lifts • Twist lifts • Death spirales • Throw jumps • Synchronization
23. DANCE • Dance • Couple must perform spins as a team in a dance hold • Lift ( Prohibiting the man from extending his hands above his head)
24. SKILL (Figure) • Evaluated the precision of doing figure on ice
25. SYNCHRONIZED SKATING • Synchronized • Lyft • Formation
26. JUDGMENT (SCORE)
27. PREVIOUS JUDGMENT • Figure skating was judged on a 6.0 scale • Skater was judge on : ◦ Technical merit ◦ Required element ◦ Presentation SCANDAL OLYMPICS 2002
28. ISU Judging System • Technical marks are awarded individually for each skating element. • Judging panel is composed of nine judges • Judge the execution of element -3 to 3
29. Thanks