Two-foot turn

Both blades on the ice, turning through a half circle from forwards to backwards.

Also called two foot turn or forward to backward two-foot turn. Other names.

basic

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.

shoulder to hip —on the —

both blades skidding · the body turning through a half circle, forwards to backwards. Negative twist means the shoulders are held back against the hips, which stores rotation before a takeoff and checks it on a landing.

Both feet stay on the ice and the body turns through a half turn, so that facing forwards you finish facing backwards on the same two blades. All three programmes teach it in place first and then on the move. Learn to Skate USA asks for it in place at its second level and on a circle at its third; Ice Skating Australia standing still, then on a curve with about a metre of glide into and out of the turn; New Zealand in place, then on a curve.

Ice Skating Australia’s description gives the upper body the work. The arm opposite the turning direction is in front as you turn, and the turn finishes with a checking motion that stops the rotation. Both directions are asked for at every stage, so a skater learns it turning each way.

Leads to

10 elements in the guide are built on this one.

Backward two-foot turnThe same half turn the other way, from backwards to forwards. Ice Skating Australia teaches it after the forward turn, on a curve.
Left forward inside mohawk, Left forward outside mohawk, Right forward inside mohawk, Right forward outside mohawkBoth turn from forwards to backwards, and the mohawk changes feet as it turns. Ice Skating Australia teaches its forward inside mohawk after the two-foot turns.
Left forward inside three turn, Left forward outside three turn, Right forward inside three turn, Right forward outside three turnBoth turn from forwards to backwards, and the three turn does it on one foot. Ice Skating Australia teaches the two-foot turn first.
Two-foot spinBoth turn on two blades. Learn to Skate USA teaches two-foot turns at its second and third levels and the two-foot spin at its fourth.

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No test syllabus recorded yet.

Where it sits in one country's grades is on that country's copy of this page: UK, USA, Australia or New Zealand.