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What would you say is roughly the Freestyle level of moves like the Biellmann spin or the easier haircutter spin?
ISI outlines their Freestyle levels here: http://www.skateisi.com/site/sub.cfm?content=testing_requirements and it does a good job of listing all the jumps, but not the spins.
I wish there was some "mega-guide" to the level of difficulty for every single move in figure skating.
Also, I think its probably possible for me to land single axel and a few double jumps at my age in a few years. But what about spins? How far can people go in spin levels? Is Biellmann considered the toughest spin because of flexibility?
Can anyone give me a list of all spins in-order-of-difficulty? What level are they?
I'm guessing its something like this:
two-foot-spin
one-foot-spin
scratch-spin
back-scratch-spin
sit-spin
camel-spin
layback spin
back-sit-spin
back-camel-spin
cannonball, donut?
flying camel?
haircutter spin?
biellmann spin?
I skated and took private lessons for one year at 14 years old and worked my way up to Freestyle lvl 4 in just one year. (aka sit spins, very poor camel spins, loop jump, flip jump, etc.)
I made sure not to lose any of my skills these past 12 years, so I'm starting exactly where I left off in lvl 4. I started taking private lessons two weeks ago and I'm 26 years old now, but still lean, thanks to my HCLF vegan diet. I'm working on building up some muscle in the gym to get my sit spins lower etc.
So that's why I'm hoping in a few years, axel and some double jumps may be possible. But I've always liked spins more than jumps (because I get to keep at least one foot on the ground haha). What's the highest I'm likely to get in spins? I don't even have the flexibility to do a serious haircutter position on dry land (I'm very tall at 5'9), but maybe if I train hard for flexibility off ice...
ISI outlines their Freestyle levels here: http://www.skateisi.com/site/sub.cfm?content=testing_requirements and it does a good job of listing all the jumps, but not the spins.
I wish there was some "mega-guide" to the level of difficulty for every single move in figure skating.
Also, I think its probably possible for me to land single axel and a few double jumps at my age in a few years. But what about spins? How far can people go in spin levels? Is Biellmann considered the toughest spin because of flexibility?
Can anyone give me a list of all spins in-order-of-difficulty? What level are they?
I'm guessing its something like this:
two-foot-spin
one-foot-spin
scratch-spin
back-scratch-spin
sit-spin
camel-spin
layback spin
back-sit-spin
back-camel-spin
cannonball, donut?
flying camel?
haircutter spin?
biellmann spin?
I skated and took private lessons for one year at 14 years old and worked my way up to Freestyle lvl 4 in just one year. (aka sit spins, very poor camel spins, loop jump, flip jump, etc.)
I made sure not to lose any of my skills these past 12 years, so I'm starting exactly where I left off in lvl 4. I started taking private lessons two weeks ago and I'm 26 years old now, but still lean, thanks to my HCLF vegan diet. I'm working on building up some muscle in the gym to get my sit spins lower etc.
So that's why I'm hoping in a few years, axel and some double jumps may be possible. But I've always liked spins more than jumps (because I get to keep at least one foot on the ground haha). What's the highest I'm likely to get in spins? I don't even have the flexibility to do a serious haircutter position on dry land (I'm very tall at 5'9), but maybe if I train hard for flexibility off ice...