1. Home
  2. Sports
  3. Figure Skating
photo of Jo Ann Schneider Farris

Jo Ann's Figure Skating Blog

By Jo Ann Schneider Farris, About.com Guide to Figure Skating

Centering Figure Skating Spins

Tuesday December 23, 2008
A Centered Figure Skating Spin
Centering is the most important part of figure skating spins. In fact, at ice skating competitions, deductions are made if a figure skater does not center a spin. The key to stopping spins from traveling is practice. The more you practice spinning, the better your spins will get.


A Centered Figure Skating Spin - Illustration by Larisa Gendernalik

Comments

No comments yet. Leave a Comment

Leave a Comment

Line and paragraph breaks are automatic. Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title="">, <b>, <i>, <strike>

Explore Figure Skating

About.com Special Features

Learn to Pitch

Strike out the competition with these step-by-step pictorials. More >

Introduction to Pilates

Learning Pilates fundamentals can help you get the most out of your exercise regime. More >

  1. Home
  2. Sports
  3. Figure Skating

©2009 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.