barrel roll vs mohawk
07-17-2007, 03:00 PM
icetrix
Feel stupid for asking but.. I'm learning a new (beginner )step sequence and can't get my head round this: what is the difference between a barrel roll and a mohawk followed by a cross? I seem to be doing the same edgework, which surely can't be right?
#2
07-17-2007, 03:10 PM
Skittl1321
For whomever answers this question- can you describe what a barrel roll is, rather than just the difference between it and the mohawk? I've never heard the term and it has piqued my interest.
#3
07-17-2007, 03:32 PM
kander
A barrel roll is sort of like a traveling two foot spin in a squat position.
#4
07-17-2007, 03:51 PM
mintypoppet
For me, a barrel roll is a forward outside mohawk followed by a cross and then a step to forward. I was taught to do them around a hockey goal to stay on the correct edges.
So CCW, it would be:
LFO->RBO mohawk
cross onto LBI
step forward onto RFI
Can't help with the definition though, sorry. I guess a mohawk followed by a cross might be an inside mohawk? Or perhaps a barrel roll without a step to forward?
#5
07-17-2007, 04:06 PM
icetrix
Thanks mintypoppet, this is exactly how I was taught to do a barrel roll as well, at least I'm getting the footwork right! So is it then just a shorter way of saying 'mohawk+cross+step forward'?
Quote:
Originally Posted by mintypoppet
For me, a barrel roll is a forward outside mohawk followed by a cross and then a step to forward. I was taught to do them around a hockey goal to stay on the correct edges.
So CCW, it would be:
LFO->RBO mohawk
cross onto LBI
step forward onto RFI
#6
07-17-2007, 05:05 PM
kander
Is that a British definition? A barrel roll is definitely a (weird looking) two foot move
Quote:
Originally Posted by icetrix
Thanks mintypoppet, this is exactly how I was taught to do a barrel roll as well, at least I'm getting the footwork right! So is it then just a shorter way of saying 'mohawk+cross+step forward'?
#7
07-17-2007, 05:07 PM
techskater
Deep down in the knees, right kander?
The mohawk cross-step forward has been described as the "drunken sailor"
#8
07-17-2007, 05:22 PM
Clarice
A barrel roll is sort of like a traveling two foot spin in a squat position.
A former coach of my daughter used to do this move, and he always called it a traveling sit spin. What he called a barrel roll was the footwork thing everybody else is describing.
#9
07-17-2007, 05:54 PM
NoVa Sk8r
I think they are also known as piston turns.
Scott Williams used to do them all the time.
As did Holly Cook; watch here around the 1:45 mark:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=p9vOwgre7CA #10
07-17-2007, 06:06 PM
kander
Yes, that's it. I've never heard it called a piston turn, although I can see why it would be.
Quote:
Originally Posted by NoVa Sk8r
I think they are also known as piston turns.
Scott Williams used to do them all the time.
As did Holly Cook; watch here around the 1:45 mark:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=p9vOwgre7CA #11
07-17-2007, 06:21 PM
Morgail
This sounds just like the 8-step Mohawk, minus the slide chasse.
Quote:
Originally Posted by mintypoppet
So CCW, it would be:
LFO->RBO mohawk
cross onto LBI
step forward onto RFI
#12
07-17-2007, 06:56 PM
liz_on_ice
that is such a cool program!
Quote:
Originally Posted by NoVa Sk8r
I think they are also known as piston turns.
Scott Williams used to do them all the time.
As did Holly Cook; watch here around the 1:45 mark:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=p9vOwgre7CA #13
07-17-2007, 10:22 PM
NoVa Sk8r
The music is "Another Cha Cha" by Santa Esmeralda, a fast, funky tune!
Quote:
Originally Posted by liz_on_ice
that is such a cool program!
I think piston turn (and/or piston roll) is the Canadian or British term.
Quote:
Originally Posted by kander
Yes, that's it. I've never heard it called a piston turn, although I can see why it would be.
#14
07-18-2007, 07:17 AM
flo
I do a string of outside mohawks cross in front to outside and go backwards in a line. It can get going pretty fast. Don't know if it's called anything.
Mod note: a few video links found on the web:
Piston Turns by John Carlow, Jr.
https://youtu.be/JisdSEVCczw?t=157Scotty Turns by namesake Scott Hamilton
https://youtu.be/SRPzdTyBufo?t=114Barrel Rolls & Piston Turns by Holly Cook
https://youtu.be/FRCGNGVXnQs?t=246A general display of footwork prowess by a few masters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCapfwISfAU