figure eights
Skater's traced infinities
Figure eights are shapes or movements tracing the numeral 8—two connected loops.
Ice skaters practice figure eights as a fundamental skill.
The pattern appears across activities: She did figure eights in the parking lot, The plane flew lazy figure eights overhead.
A figure-eight knot creates a stopper at a rope's end.
Water's solid form
- rinkEnclosed skating surface
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- glideMove with effortless continuity
- tracingsReproductions made by following lines
edges · crossovers · compulsory · patch · freestyle · axel · spin · footwork
ice
Water's solid form
tracings · edges · crossovers · compulsory · patch · freestyle · axel · spin · footwork · choreography
rope
Thick twisted fibers
binding · cordage · hitch · bend · splice · bight · coil · nautical · seamanship · lashing
maneuver
Deliberate tactical movement
roll · pilot · aircraft · pattern · smoke trail · formation · descent · climb · turn · precision
- Belly Dancebelly dance, shimmy, shimmies, undulation, undulations
- Leash Trainingloose leash, heel position, tension release, short leash, retractable leash
- agility drillsagility ladder, agility drills, cone drills, ladder drill, ladder drills
- eye exercisespalming, blinking, focusing, eye rolling, shifting
- curvescurve, arc, curves, curls, curl
figure eightsstraight lines
Unbent one-dimensional figures
straight edges · beelines · zigzags · sharp angles · right angles
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