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965: 25: 999: 975: 130: 153:, where the entry and exit edges follow the same curve, in a rocker, the entry and exit are on opposite curves. When executing a rocker, the skater turns inward on the curve of the entry edge, but exits on a curve in the opposite sense. Another way to look at it is that a rocker is similar to the entry of a three turn combined with the exit of a bracket. (The opposite combination is called a 499: 897: 887: 489: 218: 160:
While rockers are sometimes used to perform a simple change of direction, they more commonly appear in step sequences and in compulsory dances in
892: 790: 1036: 484: 428: 857: 697: 157:.) In a rocker turn, the skating edge is maintained; for example, a rocker from a forward outside edge ends on a backward outside edge. 852: 458: 453: 882: 872: 345: 188: 448: 862: 423: 223: 97: 877: 413: 69: 867: 437: 418: 1029: 831: 816: 560: 116: 54: 1055: 433: 248: 76: 978: 494: 357: 50: 1060: 758: 535: 83: 164:. For example, in the Westminster Waltz, the lady performs a rocker while the man performs a counter turn. 1022: 213: 181: 46: 821: 738: 467: 208: 65: 836: 692: 273: 253: 811: 35: 968: 174: 39: 753: 530: 382: 463: 443: 278: 806: 550: 545: 540: 319: 8: 748: 268: 263: 90: 340: 283: 1010: 921: 367: 914: 352: 1006: 637: 611: 372: 304: 197: 142: 1049: 606: 555: 935: 928: 826: 743: 687: 677: 672: 632: 627: 601: 377: 362: 324: 309: 258: 154: 150: 942: 785: 733: 702: 161: 949: 667: 649: 581: 288: 596: 591: 586: 576: 314: 24: 780: 644: 717: 166: 146: 129: 1047: 791:World Professional Figure Skating Championships 1030: 1005:This article relating to figure skating is a 182: 53:. 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