A Basic Figure Skating Spin Is the Forward Scratch Spin
Saturday June 20, 2009
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it’s called a forward spin on ice because the entry is a forward outside edge, but in reality one does a 3-turn before spinning on a back inside edge.
Roller edges are much more pronounced and one can easily see the quick change from fo to bi spin. Similarly in camels and sitsspins.
What I do not see anymore is not the scratch spin but the El spin for 3 rotatiosn and drop the free leg into a crossfoot spin. Xfoots are usually done on back outside edges on Ice.