Skating with Bror Meyer . houlder remains forward over the tracing. The turnis more easily and safely effected if the skater at the moment of the turn looks at theskating heel between the employed shoulder and hip. During this inside edge the un-employed foot is moved forward, so as to be in the correct position for the new take-off. THE CHIEF FAULTS IN SKATING THE BRACKETS During the first curve the tracing knee is not sufficiently bent and is too suddenlystretched, causing depressed curves. The body not sufiiciently erect at the turn, badly balanced on the skate, and notinclined toward the c
Skating with Bror Meyer . houlder remains forward over the tracing. The turnis more easily and safely effected if the skater at the moment of the turn looks at theskating heel between the employed shoulder and hip. During this inside edge the un-employed foot is moved forward, so as to be in the correct position for the new take-off. THE CHIEF FAULTS IN SKATING THE BRACKETS During the first curve the tracing knee is not sufficiently bent and is too suddenlystretched, causing depressed curves. The body not sufiiciently erect at the turn, badly balanced on the skate, and notinclined toward the centre, causing the edge to be easily lost before and after the turn. The turn itself is incorrectly faced even though made on the long axis; because theskater takes edges of different inclination before and after the turn amd the two halvesare unequal. Unemployed foot too far away from the tracing foot at the turns. The turns often done too slowly. The body not rigid at the moment of turn. THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIGURES 41. FIGURE 20. OUTSIDE FORWARD AND OUTSIDE BACK ROCKERS OUTSIDE FORWARD AND OUTSIDE BACK ROCKERS FIGURE 20 The next figures in the Schedule are the rockers: outside forward and outsidebackward. They consist of an outside forward semicircle, the turn and a full outside backcircle on one foot; an outside back semicircle, the turn and an outside forward circle onthe other foot. The whole figure thus makes three equal circles. The forward rocker,in my opinion, is one of the most difficult figures to acquire and has to be practised evenmore seriously than the other figures. 42 SKATING WITH BROR MEYER In the first half-circle the shoulders and unemployed leg work in the direction ofmotion, and with the curve. On this account the turns point toward each other andshould be made on the long axis. The rockers as well as the following figures, the counters, are all skated on one edgethroughout the figure. This is not changed at the turns as in the figures we havementioned t
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