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Offline 4711

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Switching disciplines
« on: August 30, 2013, 03:23:07 PM »
I am sure it's in the rules sticky, but I don't know exactly what to look under:

All the tests etc you undergo to rank up, if you spend most of your skating life doing pairs and you decide to go solo, do you have to do all the testing stuff again to affirm you can actually hold your own on the ice?

The only real life person I am aware of was already pro when she went on to primarily solo skate (although not by choice)

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Offline Clarice

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Re: Switching disciplines
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2013, 03:37:00 PM »
In the US systems, singles and pairs are separate tracks.  You need to pass the corresponding Moves in the Field test before taking a free skating test or a pairs test, but passing a free skate test does not qualify you to compete in pairs, nor does it work the other way around as far as I know.  I don't do pairs, but I know skaters who competed at a higher level in pairs than they did in singles, so obviously the pair test did not affect their free skate level.

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Re: Switching disciplines
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2013, 10:44:49 AM »
as I suspected. Thank you.
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