Why don't ice figure skaters get DIZZY when they SPIN so fast???

Question

Why don't ice figure skaters get DIZZY when they SPIN so fast???

Answer 1

Ballet dancers spot - they focus on one point and pirouette. It's all well and good for ballet dancers, because they don't spin THAT fast, but try spotting in a really fast figure skating spin! It's impossible! I used to spot out of habit, but it actually impedes your spinning speed.

The rest is just getting used to it. I was always more of a spinning person than a jumping person; I practiced spins about three times more than jumps. The result was that after seven or eight years of practice, I NEVER got dizzy. Ever. It was useful in ballet, because I was bad at spotting - it made me more dizzy! - and I didn't really have to do it anymore. It's still useful, when my friends and I ride the teacups or something like it at amusement parks.

Answer 2

'cause I get use to it

Answer 3

you just get use to it, and really you don't get really dizzy.

Answer 4

They do not get dizzy because they pick a point to look at .. and everytime they spin they look at that point instead of just spinny and seeing a bunch of  blurs go by there face super fast

Answer 5

I figure skate, and I am doing pretty advanced spins. I don't really ever notice. When I spin, I sort of glaze my eyes over just naturally. If you did it, you would understand what I mean. I don't get dizzy because really, its not dizzifying! I know it sounds really wierd, but it really doesn't make you dizzy. Oddly, the jumps make me more dizzy!

Answer 6

because they are trained to make a lot of spins and they don't get dizzy. i figure skate for one year with a teacher and i don't get dizzy now when i do the spins. but the first time i get a little bit dizzy.actually you have a cool feeling when you spin so fast !

Answer 7

noop... But at first... I think it's in delta/ gamma... two foot spin yeap that was dizzy... Coz it's the first spin...

Answer 8

because we paractice everyday and it sortta just sticks

Answer 9

no we dont "pin point" ... its not like ballet

when we spin we kind of just ... block everything out and focus on where we are balancing on out blades and where our arm positions are and stuff ...

we dnt pin point ... idk ..

when u try spins for the first time we do .. but u get used to it ... u kinda just automatically block everything out ... lol

Answer 10

it is all a matter of getting used to it. i skated for 16 years, and stopped for a while and started back up again. i didnt have to relearn spins that much, i could still spin at a good speed and everything but i was dizzy while and after doing them to the point i would have to stop after and pause a minute. but i got used to it again and now it doesnt affect me.

we dont really focus on anything. we tend to just...focus on the spin or what we are about to do next. i dont really watch everything around me as i spin, which also helps to prevent the dizziness..

hope that helps!

Answer 11

After so much spinning - overtime skaters get desensitized to getting dizzy (your eyes and inner ears just get used to it by continual practice)!! It's not so much that they get dizzy during the spins, but upon exiting the spins (when the spinning motion stops)!

If anything, the head and eyes are kept still, looking forward. But there can be different head positions depending on the spin (the head can be lower for a camel spin, or the head can be totally up for a layback or headless spin). Figure skaters do not spot like dancers.

If you have time for some technical reading, check out this article and it will explain to you in detail:

"Ears, Eyes, and RPM's - Spinning and Dizziness" Pgs-3-6

http://web.mit.edu/skatingclub/old-www-S...

Hope that helps!!

Answer 12

Some do, some don't.  From personal experience, I can tell you that some spins make me more dizzy than others, but I always get a little dizzy....it's all about how good your recovery looks afterwards!  haha  Skater's don't "spot" like dancers.  Dancers focus on something in every rotation and you can usually see them doing it, snapping their head around.  Many times when spinning, I only have my eyes open a little bit or they're closed.  I don't focus on anything and even if I wanted to, most things around me are a blur.  After doing it so much, skaters' bodies just get used to spinning.  I stopped skating for awhile and when I came back, spinning used to make me very nautious.  Now that my body is used to it again, I no longer have that problem.  I also think that while some skaters may get dizzy, it doesn't last as long as a non-skater.  :)

Answer 13

Its called spotting. Its where u focus on ONE THING in the room or on the rank.

Answer 14

I know in ballet it has something to do with how they turn their head in the opposite direction or something like that.