Scooter pushes

One foot glides while the other pushes, two or three times in a row, before the feet change roles.

Also called scooter push. Other names.

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One foot glides while the other pushes, two or three times in a row, the way a child rides a scooter, and then the feet change roles. Learn to Skate USA asks for two or three on each foot at its second level, and New Zealand’s KiwiSkate assesses scooter pushes at Tiny Tots 2. Neither describes the push beyond its name and its count.

Ice Skating Australia’s nearest skill is described: the T push. Standing in a T, the front foot facing forwards and the other at right angles behind it, the skater bends both knees, pushes with the blade and not the toe, glides on the front foot, then brings the feet together. A scooter push repeats that push from a glide. Forward stroking, a level later in Learn to Skate USA, alternates it between the feet.

Build on

• Two-foot glideA scooter push glides on one foot after each push; the two-foot glide comes first in every programme.

Leads to

One element in the guide is built on this one.

• Forward strokingA scooter push repeats one push from a glide; forward stroking, a level later in Learn to Skate USA, alternates it between the feet.

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