Illegal Elements
Some pair skating maneuvers are banned from Olympic-eligible skating due to their high risk of serious injury to the skaters (although other dangerous moves are rewarded). Illegal elements warrant deductions in both the 6.0 and ISU Judging System. These moves are only performed in exhibitions or professional competition.
- A headbanger or bounce spin is performed by the man swinging the lady around with both of her feet off the ice, supported only by the man's grip on her ankle. The lady is elevated and lowered during the spin in a periodic fashion, sometimes with her head coming dangerously close to skimming the ice.
- A Detroiter is performed by the man lifting the lady over his head, holding her parallel to the ice while he is in a two-foot spin. The hold is the most dangerous part of the spin because the man is supporting the lady only by her legs. This move is also performed in more dramatic and dangerous fashion with a one-handed hold.
Other illegal maneuvers include:
- somersault type jumps
- lifts with wrong holds
- lifts with more than 3 ½ revolutions of the man
- spinning movements in which the man swings the lady around in the air while holding her hand or foot
- twist-like or rotational movements during which the lady is turned over with her skating foot leaving the ice
- rotational movements with the grip of one of the partners on the leg, arm and neck of the other partner
- jumps of one of the partners towards the other partner
- lying and prolonged and/or stationary kneeling on both knees on the ice at any moment
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