Figure skaters only question.....?

Question

This is a 3 in one question:

1. How do you do a bracket correctly and do you do it on the inside or outside edge?

2.Do you need a citizenship for a country when you skate at the world championships, Jr Grand Prix, Sr Grand Prix, Four Continents, Europeans? I know that you need that countries citizenship when you compete at the Olympics.

3.Is there a required length of music for exhibitions?

Answer 1

1. A bracket is like a 3 turn, you change edge and direction during the turn. However, you turn the opposite way of a 3 turn. I have a great way to remember this.

- First, learn all of them with hockey circles. You can use the half loop tracings but it might be a bit more confusing, because you need to understand where the circle would be. If you do use this, the circle would just be the curve.

- Ok, now begin by doing an inside 3 turn on your right foot. You will start going forward on an inside edge, turn INTO the circle, and end up on a back outside edge. A bracket would be very similar. Start again, using the same starting edge, and this time turn AWAY from the circle. The circle would be on your left, so turn to the right. And end on the same back outside edge.

- A bracket is simply going against the curve, or against the circle rather than with it. HOWEVER:

- Don't get lost, it might be confusing. This is the opposite with backwards. When you do a 3turn backwards you turn away from the circle THUS, a backward bracket turns into the circle.

That's how I keep them straight. If you are having trouble understanding, it's ok. Remember, a corresponding bracket to a 3 turn would be to just turn in the opposite direction (left or right) but using the same edges.

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2. Yes. You can have dual citizenship if your parents were not born in the same county as you. For example, Mirai Nagasu has dual citizenship with the US and Japan. However you must choose one to represent in competition, and you must pick it for good at a certain age. I believe Japan requires Nagasu to choose by 18, though that number may be wrong since I don't exactly remember.

And you definitely need to represent a country at the Olympics. If you are in pairs, both members must represent the same country. Utako Wakamatsu and Jean-Sebastien Fecteau were dual as Canada and Japan, and in a exhibition performance it stated that they could not compete at the upcoming Worlds/Olympics?? because Utako chose to stick with her Japan citizenship. They are allowed to compete at Nationals however, which would be the Canadian Nationals.

You should further check into this because I don't consider myself a master of all the rules.

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3. Nope. I assume it should be at least as long as a short program, because anything shorter you'd run out of time rather quickly. This varies with local competitions, which have rules for the different levels. But internationally, most do around 3 or 4 minutes. That's usually because they pick a song with words, which would normally be about 3 1/2 minutes long or near there.

Answer 2

*a bracket looks like this {

like a three turn looks like this 3

see the difference? the three turn is turning in while the bracket is turning out!

*yes you need a citizenship competitions. if not, what country would you be from?

*no, you skate to the ability. like notest-pre-juv. is 1:30

intermediate would be between 2:00 and 2:30

novice would be between 2:30 and 3:00

so if your competition program is a certain length, your exhibition is that length