Change of foot spin

A spin that transfers from one foot to the other without leaving its centre, holding at least three revolutions on each.

Also called spin with change of foot. Other names.

Not checked yet. The mechanics on this page are a first draft by a non-expert, and no coach has seen them yet. Read them as a starting point and check them with a coach. Corrections are very welcome.

You step from one foot to the other without going anywhere. The blade you leave and the blade you arrive on curve the same way, so the circle carries on unbroken and the body never stops turning about the same line.

That is the whole difficulty. A step over costs you speed, and it costs you your centre if the new blade lands anywhere but under the axis you were already turning about. Judges look for exactly that: two centres far enough apart and only the first half of the spin counts. The rule asking three revolutions each side is what stops it being a spin, a step, and another spin.

Expect to be slower after the change than before it, and to make the speed back in the wind-up.

Derived

Build on

• Upright spinThree or more revolutions on one back inside edge with the skating leg straight.
• Backward one-foot glideIce Skating Australia's two-foot spin exits on a back outside edge, and its first one-foot spin carries the free foot at the side of the knee, as this glide does.

From LBI

• Left backward inside edgethe plain edge, with no turn on it
• Left backward inside push backexits RBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside step wideexits RBI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside change of edgeexits LBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside three turnexits LFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside rockerexits LFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside bracketexits LFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside loopexits LBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside choctawexits RFO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside counterexits LFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside mohawkexits RFI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues

Clusters from LBI

• Left backward inside double threeLBI → LFO → LBI
• Left backward inside counter-mohawkLBI → LFI → RBI
• Left backward inside rocker-mohawkLBI → LFI → RBI
• Left backward inside rocker-choctawLBI → LFI → RBO
• Left backward inside counter-2½ twizzleLBI → LFI → LBO
• Left backward inside bracket-cross rollLBI → LFO → RFO
• Left backward inside bracket-counterLBI → LFO → LBO
• Left backward inside counter-threeLBI → LFI → LBO
• Left backward inside rocker-counterLBI → LFI → LBI
• Left backward inside three-mohawkLBI → LFO → RBO
• Left backward inside choctaw-three-rockerLBI → RFO → RBI → RFI
• Left backward inside double three-mohawkLBI → LFO → LBI → RFI
• Left backward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleLBI → LFI → LBI → LBI
• Left backward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLBI → LFO → LFI → LFI
• Left backward inside triple threeLBI → LFO → LBI → LFO

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