Death spiral
The death spiral (engl. Death spiral ) is an element in the pair skating . The partner is pulled around his body axis, sliding almost horizontally over the ice on one leg and only held by the hand by the partner's outstretched arm. A distinction is made between the following variants of the death spiral:
- Forward-outward spiral of death
- Forward-inward death spiral
- Backward-outward spiral of death
- Back-inward death spiral
Difficulty level
The death spiral can be divided into the following three levels, depending on its difficulty. Level 1 denotes the easiest, level 2 the more difficult and level 3 the most difficult execution of the death spiral. The level of difficulty is determined by the technical specialist .
Level 1
Death spiral includes the following feature:
- Basic entrance and exit with simple position variations for each partner (body, arm, leg)
Level 2
Death spiral includes any of the following:
- more difficult variant of the entrance
- more difficult variant of the exit
- more difficult variant of the hand position of the Lord
- the lady changes her body position at least once
- Execution of a death spiral in both directions (clockwise and counterclockwise), which follow one another immediately.
Level 3
Death spiral includes 2 of the following features for the short program or 3 for the freestyle:
- more difficult variant of the entrance
- more difficult variant of the exit
- more difficult variant of the hand position of the Lord
- the lady changes her body position at least once
- more difficult positions of the Lord (other than ordinary backwards-outwards turning)
- Execution of a death spiral in both directions (clockwise and counterclockwise), which follow one another immediately.
