The following letters are combined to create the name of each spin. Following the letters there will then be a number that indicates the Level given to that spin.
C Camel
S Sit
U Upright
L Layback
F Flying
C Change
Co Combination
S Spin
‘C’ and ‘Co
C stands for a change of foot (‘C’ also stands for camel- more on that later)
Co stands for a change of position
CCoSp this spin has a change of foot and a change of position
‘C’ is for ???
CSp: The only time a spin position is specifically listed is in a spin in one position, in this case, a camel
spin.
CoSp: A combination spin, i.e., camel, sit spin, no longer has the individual positions listed- it’s just a
combination spin.
CCSp: This spin is still a spin in one position, a camel spin, so we still need a ‘C’ for camel. In this case,
the first ‘C’ stands for ‘change’ and the second for ‘camel’
CCoSp: If the skater were to do the same spin as above but also include a different position somewhere in
it, the ‘C’ would no longer stand for ‘camel’ since specific positions are never listed in combination spins. It would become ‘Co’ for ‘change’ so this spin is a change combination spin.
A Tip…
The first ‘C’ always stands for ‘Change’ . If there is another ‘C’ the second one will stand for ‘Camel’
All spins fit into one of these short forms
CSp Camel Spin
SSp Sit Spin
USp Upright Spin
LSp Layback Spin
CoSp Combination Spin
CCSp Change Camel Spin
CSSp Change Sit Spin
CUSp Change Upright Spin
CLSp Change Layback Spin
CCoSp Change Combination Spin
FCSp Flying Camel Spin
FSSp Flying Sit Spin
FUSp Flying Upright Spin
FLSp Flying Layback Spin
FCoSp Flying Combination Spin
FCCSp Flying Change Camel Spin
FCSSp Flying Change Sit Spin
FCUSp Flying Change Upright Spin
FCLSp Flying Change Layback Spin
FCCoSp Flying Change Comb. Spin
Combination Spins (CoSp)
Change of position but no change of foot . Examples:
Camel, Sit
Sit, Layback
Back Camel, Back Sit, Back Corkscrew
Camel, Corkscrew
Sit, One Foot Spin
Change Combination Spins (CCoSp)
Change of position and change of foot . Examples:
Camel, Back Sit
Camel, Layback, Back Sit
Back Camel, Back Sit, Front Sit
Camel, Broken Leg, Biellmann, Back Camel, Back Sit, Back Corkscrew
Camel, Sit in the other direction
Change Foot Spins
One position with a change of foot :
CCSp Change Camel Spin
CSSp Change Sit Spin
CUSp Change Upright Spin
CLSp Change Layback Spin
There are three ways these spins can be done:
1. Front spin (change), back spin
2. Back Spin (change), front spin
3. Front spin (change direction i.e. CW to CCW), front spin
Flying Combination Spins (FCoSp)
Flying start plus change of position . Examples:
Flying Camel, Back Sit
Flying Sit, Forward Corkscrew
Flying Change Combination Spins (FCCoSp)
Flying start plus change of position and change of foot . Examples:
Flying Camel, Front Sit
Death Drop, Front Sit, Crossfoot Spin
Flying Sit, Camel in the other direction
Two Different Spins
FCoSp Flying Camel, back sit, Thompson spin
CoSp Back Camel, back sit, Thompson spin
Two Identical Spins
CoSp Back camel, Donut, Back Sit, Thompson
CoSp Sit, Layback
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