Olympic Figure Skating: What’s a ‘twizzle?’
Two-time Olympian, British ice dancer Sinead Kerr explains spins, jumps, and twizzles and other figure skating moves we're watching at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics FOX News Channel...
A twizzle is a multirotational one-foot turn in figure skating. The twizzle is most commonly seen in ice dancing, where it appears in a number of Pattern Dances and is a required element of step sequences in the short dance, original dance and free dance. A twizzle is also common in synchronized skating where it is also a required element of step sequences.
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Element name: | Twizzle |
Scoring abbreviation: | STw |
A twizzle is a multirotational one-foot turn in figure skating. The twizzle is most commonly seen in ice dancing, where it appears in a number of Pattern Dances (originally called Compulsory Dance) and is a required element of step sequences in the short dance, original dance and free dance. A twizzle is also common in synchronized skating where it is also a required element of step sequences.
A twizzle differs from a figure skating spin in that it travels across the ice instead of being centered in one spot. Skaters can turn several revolutions on a twizzle, the number of which depends on the level at which they are skating or what is set in the specified steps of a Pattern Dance; as defined by the ISU Technical Committee of the relevant discipline.
Twizzles can be performed both forward and backward, on both inside and outside edges, and both clockwise and counterclockwise. Twizzles are most commonly performed in an upright position with the free foot held close to the skating leg, but other variants are possible as well, such as a twizzle in a sit spin position.
Speed, ice coverage i.e. distance, unison (couples), closeness (couples), variety and difficulty of positions, change of rotational direction (counter-clockwise, clockwise), and difficult entries are taken into consideration by the judges and technical specialists.
Two-time Olympian, British ice dancer Sinead Kerr explains spins, jumps, and twizzles and other figure skating moves we're watching at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics FOX News Channel...
This is an updated video of us showing you how to do forward inside Twizzles.
The Twizzle.
This one is by request. Twizzle only aired in the UK to my knowledge, so as an Aussie I have no recollection of it but I'm sure a large number of baby boomers . The Adventures of Twizzle was...
A short clip From a Very Early Gerry Anderson work and really quite odd and would be seen as improper today.