Author Topic: Names for Skating Elements Gone Bad (Read 6504 times)

AgnesNitt · « **on:** January 21, 2014, 11:57:43 AM »

Let's say you're working on an element. It doesn't go well. These 'don't go well' things NEED A NAME!
For example, the lutz on the wrong edge is a flutz.
And the salchow that doesn't go well is a sourcow.

I'm trying to get a spread eagle, but I can't get enough turnout. I just orbit around in a circle about 5 feet in diameter. i call it a 'spread turkey'!

What's your suggestions for 'bad elements'?

fsk8r · « **Reply #1 on:** January 21, 2014, 03:16:28 PM »

I do a camely-squat spin. The camel isn't ever held long enough and the sit isn't low enough.

Then again the camel spin is the insult for a parallel spin which doesn't get the leg high enough and has a body which is too low.

Loops · « **Reply #2 on:** January 21, 2014, 03:51:50 PM »

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Then again the camel spin is the insult for a parallel spin which doesn't get the leg high enough and has a body which is too low.

How about a "dromedary?"

I've started learning twizzles. It's not pretty. I've been experimenting with twuzzles and twiffles. "Twuzzle's" in particular is growing on me, but neither really hit the spot..... Nor would they work in French with my very serious Russian skating coach.....

We don't "spread" the "aigle's" in French, so I wonder how a "dinde" would work....I'll have to try that one out....with a different coach though.

AgnesNitt · « **Reply #3 on:** January 21, 2014, 03:57:49 PM »

Quote from: Loops on January 21, 2014, 03:51:50 PM

How about a "dromedary?"

"DromeDREARY" ! How bout that!

taka · « **Reply #4 on:** January 21, 2014, 04:15:14 PM »

Mokawk of doom (Foxtrot outside closed mohawk.)

Bus stop spin (Bus shelters in my city have a long bar to half sit/perch on while waiting - most are a bit too high up to be able to properly sit down on... the same height as my sit spin. $:-\$ )

Coffee pot - a teapot that is not low enough. (Teapot = name for shoot the duck in the UK).

Live2Sk8 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 21, 2014, 06:14:52 PM »

Dying leaf - a falling leaf that barely leaves the ice.

Bambi jump - stag jump that barely leaves the ice.

Doubletoe · « **Reply #6 on:** January 21, 2014, 11:21:23 PM »

"Flipping camel" - Flying camel gone bad. Characterized by the skater flipping herself over and hitting her head on the ice. Has been known to occur when the family has come to watch her compete for the first time.

Neverdull44 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 21, 2014, 11:38:17 PM »

Slippicks - when the toe pick isn't put in straight on a vaulting jump. It slips on take-off, causing heart to race and then buttocks to hurt.

fsk8r · « **Reply #8 on:** January 22, 2014, 02:04:53 AM »

Quote from: taka on January 21, 2014, 04:15:14 PM

Bus stop spin (Bus shelters in my city have a long bar to half sit/perch on while waiting - most are a bit too high up to be able to properly sit down on... the same height as my sit spin. $:-\$ )

We name sit spins based on what toilet you're squatting over. Starting at in the woods, progressing to a French one, to a regular squat, and hopefully at some point around here you make it to a real sit spin.

blue111moon · « **Reply #9 on:** January 22, 2014, 07:43:45 AM »

When my toes get too cold to feel the ice, my twizzles become "frizzles" (inside) and "frozzles" (outside). I have also been know to do the Dutch Polka and the Polish Waltz.

Bill_S · « **Reply #10 on:** January 22, 2014, 10:43:45 AM »

One skater used to refer to my axels as "pixels" - a contraction of "pixie" and "axel" because of their puny size when I was attempting them.

ChristyRN · « **Reply #11 on:** January 22, 2014, 04:42:34 PM »

When I started learning to jump, I had what my then coach called the "Christy Crunch." When attempting to jump, my entry was all bent over and my arms were bent at the elbows and near my body, not at 3:00 like they're supposed to be. My landing position was roughly the same. I eventually got better and lost the crunch. That coach would be pretty pleased with my entry and landing positions. *Most* of the time. . .

jjane45 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 23, 2014, 02:02:18 PM »

shoot the duck, abbreviated...

Vicki7 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 23, 2014, 02:47:11 PM »

A plunge - a lunge gone wrong (drag for UK skaters).

I did one on Tuesday, and plunged towards the ice when I managed to kick my skating leg from under me!

Doubletoe · « **Reply #14 on:** January 23, 2014, 08:28:05 PM »

"Camel dive" - When you hit your toepick on a camel entrance edge and go flying forward. Serves as punishment for forgetting to keep your chin and leading shoulder high and stay on a bent knee for the first revolution.

taka · « **Reply #15 on:** January 24, 2014, 08:24:22 AM »

Peeing dog spin. You know... the one where you (accidentally!) have absolutely no control over your free leg and it ends up looking like you just cocked a leg!

Often accompanied by the coach crunch - when they are laughing so much they can't stand upright!

Query · « **Reply #16 on:** January 25, 2014, 07:35:19 PM »

Q-turn - an unchecked 3-turn.

Swizzle Split - the first half of a swizzle that went too far.

rachelplotkin · « **Reply #17 on:** January 25, 2014, 08:12:18 PM »

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Swizzle Split - the first half of a swizzle that went too far.

Maybe that should be called a Splitzzle

4711 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 25, 2014, 10:25:13 PM »

Splat Eagle...

cbskater · « **Reply #19 on:** January 26, 2014, 04:24:47 PM »

I have called the bunny hop a bunny flop for quite some time... I have a tendency to trip & fall on these.

taka · « **Reply #20 on:** January 26, 2014, 07:49:21 PM »

Ina wobble... Ina Bauer with steering problems.

techskater · « **Reply #21 on:** January 27, 2014, 08:15:38 PM »

Flop for a flip that doesn't jump.
Lumpy llama for a flying camel that doesn't fly and/or maintain proper position
Disaxel for an Axel that rotates over the take off side and that the skater jams the proper landing foot down at the last possible second

ChristyRN · « **Reply #22 on:** January 27, 2014, 08:25:54 PM »

Quote from: cbskater on January 26, 2014, 04:24:47 PM

I have called the bunny hop a bunny flop for quite some time... I have a tendency to trip & fall on these.

There's a good reason why I've refused to do bunny hops for years. I tripped and landed on my knees one too many times.

Neverdull44 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 27, 2014, 08:44:36 PM »

I am totally convinced that a bunny hop is the most dangerous figure skating jump out there. I think it's taught to beginners to separate those with a brain from the rest of the thrill seekers that want to go on with figure skating!

I do a lumpy llama on occasion! I have an old lady lumpy llama version.

Meli · « **Reply #24 on:** January 29, 2014, 01:51:17 PM »

Last night my Ina Bauer turned into an Ima Klutz.

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