1. Figure Skating Chris Afonta

2. History Started with an American named Jackson Haines. Just before the Civil war a skating and dancing craze swept America. That is when Haines thought of his idea It was called the International style of figure skating.

3. History (cont.) Before this many other discoveries of figure skating were discovered In the 14th or 15 th century in Dutch somewhere skates were found made of steel and sharpened edges at the bottom to support movement In 1742 a lieutenant named Robert Jones creates basic moves like spins and figure 8’s

4. Rules/Gameplan Judges score you based on: Judges rate how a skater presents himself or herself, how a program relates to the music, and how the skater utilizes speed and the ice surface. TES- Technical Element Score PCS- Program Component Score

5. Types Single- Male or Female Pairs- Male and Female Both do spins jumps and other interesting moves

6. Facts Both Olympic gold medalist from the 70’s died of AIDS Only two Americans have scored perfect 6.0’s (Brian Boitano in 1888 and Michele Kwan in 1998.)

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