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Free Foot
A Figure Skater Does an Extended One Foot Glide

In this photo, a figure skater's free foot is his left foot which is the foot that is not on the ice.

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"Free foot" is a figure skating term that is used to describe the skate that is off the ice. For example, when a figure skater glides on one foot, the foot that is on the ice is called the skating foot. The foot that is lifted is called the free foot.

It is common for figure skating coaches to ask a skater to turn out the free foot when a skater strokes.

In the above photo photo, a figure skater's free foot is his left foot which is the foot that is not on the ice.

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