Figure skating for children whose parentsthey want to get some significant results, today it starts from 4-6 years. This age is considered optimal, because the child not only mechanically repeats the given movements, but also better understands what he does. Some sections are taken from 2.5-3 years, but this is considered a premature start. Before sending a child to the ice, many people recommend first to work out with him gymnastics, which will strengthen the muscular frame and develop some flexibility.
Jumps in figure skating are learned from the firstlessons. Therefore, you need to be prepared that the child will constantly receive bruises and micro-injuries from their own falls or collisions with other children. This sport is very serious in terms of loads. Those who pretend to the Olympic reserve school should be engaged from 3 to 6 hours daily, passing such disciplines as general physical training, stretching, skating, rolling, choreography. Skaters "for the soul" in the sports school are given this occupation 1-1.5 hours daily. This is certainly less than athletes, but significantly more than the recommended two hours of school physical education.
Ceremonial dress for figure skating will beIt is necessary if the child has reached the level when it can be released for performances or competitions. But this kind of sport requires you to train in clothes that match the temperature and size of the child. In addition, she should not press, rub, or restrain movement. Professionals sew their outfits to order in coordination with the coach.
Основными элементами этого вида спорта являются jumps, basic and technical steps, rotations, spirals and ways of pairing and synchronous movement. Some jumps in figure skating have interesting, sometimes even amusing names: "pendal", "goat", "deer" or "sheepskin coat", but a very serious description - with what leg to begin, how to jump and where to land. For example, "twine" involves jumping into the position of a transverse twine in the air from a rytberger or flip triple with (usually) goat-out.
Jumping in figure skating is divided intoteeth, the execution of which begins with the tooth of the ridge, and the rib - start with the edge of the blade. The first include "tolup", "lutz" and "flip", to the second - "ritberger", "salhov", "axel". Adult figure skaters almost completely have jumps in three turns, and super-masters jump a quadruple turn. The competition programs include whole cascades of these elements, which need to be terminated by the appropriate departure. And on ice shows you can also see flips forbidden at sporting events.
Skating in figure skating is an indispensable elementcompetitions, without which, in the opinion of the well-known coach E. Chaikovskaya, this sport would not have had the necessary acuteness. After at the Olympiad in 2010 E. Plushenko, having completed a difficult quadruple jump, did not receive "gold", new rules were introduced in figure skating, which, among other things, provide for more points for the execution of the quadruple sheepskin coat and a smaller penalty for disrupting the element . Therefore, the young skaters have something to strive for.
