A handbook of figure skating arranged for use on the ice; with over six hundred diagrams and illustrations . 132 — Spread Eagle i33 — Spread Eagle 132, J. F. Bacon, just after a complete revolution in theair, and therefore not yet quite erect. 133, L. A. Servatius,in Cross-foot Combination Spread Eagle.* POSITION OF HEAD AND SHOULDERS For example, stand en the right foot and look along theright shoulder; stiffen the right leg, and on the ankle as a_ , pivot rotate the left shoulder and hip as far _., , back as possible, bending the left leg just enough ° to raise the toe from the floor, — the
A handbook of figure skating arranged for use on the ice; with over six hundred diagrams and illustrations . 132 — Spread Eagle i33 — Spread Eagle 132, J. F. Bacon, just after a complete revolution in theair, and therefore not yet quite erect. 133, L. A. Servatius,in Cross-foot Combination Spread Eagle.* POSITION OF HEAD AND SHOULDERS For example, stand en the right foot and look along theright shoulder; stiffen the right leg, and on the ankle as a_ , pivot rotate the left shoulder and hip as far _., , back as possible, bending the left leg just enough ° to raise the toe from the floor, — the toe point- ing downward and backward, the calves touching. Actualmotion in a curve on the ice will cause the skater to leanslightly in order to preserve his equilibrium; otherwise, theextreme backward position is the correct (English) positionfor large forward edges on the right foot, inside (Fig. 149)or outside (Fig. 159) according to , , Kepeat the exercise, only look along the „ - left shoulder. This is the position for large ° backward edges, inside or outside, according to
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