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What is the difference between a forward spin and a scratch spin? Inquiring minds want to know!
Cinderella on Ice said:BlurrySarah is right. "Forward" really should apply to all spins that are being done on a forward edge. So a scratch spin is simply one of many types of forward spins.
However, a gabillion years ago when I first learned to skate, some people referred to a simple one-foot spin as a forward spin, as if that was its name. This is where the skater draws up the free leg and holds the non-skating foot at or about the inside of the knee of the leg on which he/she is spinning. The thigh of the non-skating leg is almost parallel to the ice. The free foot is pressed against the inside of the opposite knee.
adamlondon said:[Bso really they start off with the outside edge with the weight at the front of the skate making in a back direction spin on the back outside edge then changing into a back direction spin ALSO but edge changing to a forward inside meaning the weight is at the back of the skate. is that right?
the confusion arises from the edge description ie back outside camel and the direction of the spin which is also back. the implication of a so called forward inside camel implies a spin in the other direction but really describes the weight placement of the skater on the edge they are on.
tell me this is right! [/B]