A skating primer; by Browne George Henry 1857-

Author:Browne, George Henry, 1857- [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Skating
Publisher: Springfield, Mass., Barney & Berry
Published: 1912-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

49—RIOB

before Change

50—RIOB

after Change

swing the balance-foot too hard (Held). "don't KICK. Take as much weight as you can off the ice at the change, and put as much as you can into the bites. This is the secret of all the turns: dip, rise, dip —^bend, stretch, bend. Be as light as possible as you rise for the turn, and 'sit down' hard on the second curve." New Sk„ p. 20.

THREES

"From edge to edge."— A. C, 2, 2, 117.

"Turn and change together."— T. C, S, 3, no.

Threes are turns on one foot from a curve in one direction to a curve in the opposite direction on the other edge, by means of a half turn of the body. Forward threes are made on the front part of the skate; backward threes, on the back. The turn must be on the long axis of the eight, and the second curve must be as big as the first. To prevent the second curve from curling in, great pains must be taken with the form in which you skate the first curve and with your rotation at the turn. You must force the turn by the rotation, but you must reverse your shoulders just before you turn (Fig. 53). There is also a great tendency to hunch up and get ang*es at hip and neck; therefore keep actively in mind Rules 2 and 3.

If you can spread-eagle your feet, you will find an eight of two O. F. threes not difficult (No. 7 [1]). The little girl in Figs. 56 and 57 will have some difficulty— why? The O. F. three is usually combined with the I. B. three; and the I. F. three always with the O. B. three. The latter eight is the easier and counts less; but the single O. F. three is the one usually learned first.

8.—OUTSIDE FORWARD AND INSIDE BACK

First Half, R. O. F. Three to I. B. The first thing to notice is that the O. F. curve before a three is skated differently from the plain eight. The left shoulder and arm, instead of being carried behind,

is carried in front (Fig. 52). The bal- ^^ Three

ance-foot is not carried so far behind or

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