What is synchronized skating?

Synchronized skating is a team sport where a group of eight to 20 ice skaters together perform a routine. The group must move as one and perform complex steps and ice formations that include turning, paired movements, lifts, circles, wheels, intersections and other difficult movements. Each team member must be a strong figure skirt that is able to easily take complex steps and trust. A team of skates on music and flows through trouble -free formation when they move unison. Teams perform free skates consisting of a balanced number of required program elements. Synchronized groups, which compete at junior and higher level, must also perform a short program, which also consists of the required elements.

teams competing in the US can participate in 15 different levels of competition. This is determined by the ages and skills of team skating. Using teamwork, advanced skating skills, complex formations and speed skaters created together to create a constantE running routines on the ice. About 525 American synchronized teams are registered with American figure skating and sport is still growing in the US and the rest of the world.

In its early beginnings, synchronized skating was called precise skating. The first modern synchronized team was created in 1954 in Ann Arbor in Michigan. Dr. Richard Porter founded a group and trained them for skating during breaks with the University of Michigan hockey team. The group was dubbed by Hockettes and their routines were similar to Moviments that the drill team would perform. Until 1976, the Ann Arbor in Michigan took place a formal team skating competition.

Synchronized skating is considered a sport at some universities. Miami University was actually the first American university to offer a completely funded synchronized skating. As the popularity of this type of skating increases, more highSchools develop their own synchronized teams due to growing interest in sport.

Synchronized skaters who want to take intensive training in sports can participate in the US Synchronized Skating Festival in the US. The two -day training camp, which was started in 2006 by American figure skating, is designed for synchronized skaters of all age groups and skills levels. Skaters receive 16 hours of teaching conducted by synchronized skating coaches of American figure skating. Athletes receive interaction with ice coaches when they fine -tune their skating skills.