. The encyclopaedia of sport. lain^it. Calls consisting of figures belonging to two or moregroups are frequently skated. In fact, the number ofcombinations of figures making suitable calls is withoutlimit. Simultaneous Combined Figures—In these figures the same calls are skated as in theordinary combined figures, but each skater is notpaired off with a partner, as all the performersskate together simultaneously. To make thispossible the skaters do not skate right up to thecentre, but to the circumference of an imaginarycircle surrounding the centre. This plan is usefulwhen odd numbers are skat
. The encyclopaedia of sport. lain^it. Calls consisting of figures belonging to two or moregroups are frequently skated. In fact, the number ofcombinations of figures making suitable calls is withoutlimit. Simultaneous Combined Figures—In these figures the same calls are skated as in theordinary combined figures, but each skater is notpaired off with a partner, as all the performersskate together simultaneously. To make thispossible the skaters do not skate right up to thecentre, but to the circumference of an imaginarycircle surrounding the centre. This plan is usefulwhen odd numbers are skating together. Continuous Figure-Skating—This is thekind of figure-skating in which in the non-British style are proficient. The figures practisedcannot be executed with facility in the Britishstyle, and so have not hitherto been introducedinto combined figure-skating. Small circles andnarrow curves are predominant, and for thesethe bent employed knee and non-quiescent un-employed leg are essential. The continuous. Plate IV. Non-British Style of Figure-Skating. six months of the year, many skaters aremastering them. Although the style adoptedby most continuous skaters is the reverse ofgraceful to the English eye, it is certain that themost difficult continuous figures can be executedwith perfect grace, as Herr tlrenander, theWorlds Amateur Champion in figure-skatingfor 1898, and by far the most accomplished con-tinuous skater yet seen in this country, has shownus. I am much indebted to Herr Grenanderforpermission to publish Plate IV., a portrait of him-self just finishing a curve of inside edge for-wards. A description of this distinguished THE OF SPORT SKATING Swedish experts style will be found in theFigure-Skating volume of the Isthmian skater obtains the impetus necessary forprogressing continuously upon one foot by meansof a succession of destroyals and rightings of equilibrium effected at the moment of changingthe edge or making a turn,
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