“What’s one of the most important part of figure skating.”
Many people have asked this question and there is many other important things about skating. But skating wouldn’t be skating without a routine.
Some of the basic routines are:
- long program
- short program
- artistic
- compulsory
- jumps and spins
youtube.com/watch Jadah Torbenson,this link shows what a compulsory, artistic, and short program are like ( these are the ones that I compete in)
Long program is about 3-4 minuets long and has all the required jumps that you need. scoring for these are based off 0 points. To get points in this program, the jumps or spins need to be a good height, air position and more. If the judges think that it’s well executed then, there will be a point added to your score, but if not, then -1
While with short program/ lower level, it’s based off what place the judges think the place you should get. This pictures shows the places of what each skater got.
Also with programs are music, most of the music skaters use is either:
- their favorite song
made with different songs
- found on YouTube
When looking for a song also most coaches and skaters lean more towards orchestra and without words because the judges prefer that. On the other hand some skaters care to skate to something that is more rock and roll, not the judges style.
youtube.com/watch Kevin Reynolds AC/DC
While Artistic on the other hand is more of “acting on ice” this is personally my favorite and in other peoples opinions, it is too.
Artistic is one of my favorites because I can do two things I love at once; Figure skate and act.
Some of the song inspirations come from Disney movies or musicals. Every skater who does Artistic dresses up as the “theme” of their song. For example flapper era, someone would dress in a flapper dress or something similar to this era.
Also with the Artistic, most of this is based on acting skills and some skating skills, but mostly acting. Along with acting, there is a portion of the judging system of how well your costume, music, and skating go together.
All these programs and categories are all very competitive and interesting to watch. These all have some sort of things in common, but some of these are at different levels, all of them are very interesting to watch.
