Pair skating consists of a team of a man and a woman skating to music. This dicipline of Figure skating is difficult because it requires a great amount ofempathy among the team. Each of the skaters must be in tune with the other so that they can know what the other will be doing.
Signature moves
Throw jump- a move in which the man throws the lady in the air and she lands on her own. Throw jumps can be done with any of the single jumps. The most difficult throw jump compleated is the throw triple axel. It was done during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.
Pair spin- a spin in which the two are holding each other. Pair spins are challanghing because the pair needs to both be able to rotate and stay balanced.
Death spiral- a move in which the man pivots on his left toe pick while the right foot is circling around it. The lady is almost horisontal to the ice as low as she can be without lying on it. The two are holding hands.
Adagio skating, a form of pairskating most commonly seen in ice shows, where the skaters perform many spectacular acrobatic lifts but few or none of the singles elements which competitive pairs must perform.
Skating was formerly judged for "technical merit" (in the free skating), "required elements" (in the short program), and "presentation" (in both programs).
Disputes over judging are not uncommon; most recently, the pairs competition at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games ended in controversy when a judge from France admitted to being pressured by her federation to "fix" the results of the event.
When skating in a public facility, use common sense: Skaters should look where they are going, move in the direction of the rest of the skaters, and learn to fall without injury and get up quickly.
Pairsskating involves elements similar to those in individual skating—jumps, spins, and footwork—but also incorporates overhead lifts and throw jumps.
The death spiral, which is unique to pairsskating, is executed with the man in a pivot position with one toe anchored in the ice.
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