Figure skating- how do the skaters avoid getting dizzy when they do a fast spin?

I love watching figure skating. Often in the routine I have seen skaters do a standing or sit spin where they are turning really fast. How do they avoid getting dizzy and falling or stumbling when the stop the spin. I have tried just sitting in a chair and spinning with my eyes closed and I am always dizzy or feeling like I am still spinning when the chair stops. How do the skaters do this?|||Staying in the center of the spin helps to avoid dizziness. If the spin is not centered, it is called "traveling" and the spin is out of control, and can resulting in becoming dizzy. However, during a centered spin, each rotation is in the same spot as the previous spin and the skater does not become dizzy. Takes lots of practice. :)|||Actually


Shelley L


you are wrong





when doing a spin (not rotating footwork that is different)


like the ones you are describing: sitspin etc.


The skater keeps thier eyes open and stays centered on the "sweet spot" of their blade


a figure skater NEVER spots while doing spins! EVER!!!


Pretty much, it is just practice. sorry to disappoint, lol





Also spinning in a chair is VERY different, and you will get MORE dizzy if you close your eyes


and just to let you know trying to spin around on two feet as fast as you can doesn't work either xP





even i get dizzy if i spin on a chair... and if i EVER closed my eyes doing spins at my rink i don't think i would open them again





at most rinks during practice time there are alot of highly competative skaters (if you are @ a level where you are doing fairly advanced tricks) and closing your eyes while doing any move is a bad idea





Also we DO get dizzy sometimes


the better you are the less often


but i have mastered the basic spins


and if i do too many in a combination


or go abnormally fast


i will get a little dizzy


you just hafta snap outa it really quickly so you don't get killed!


lol





sorry for the long answer


hope that cleared things up!|||After practicing and practicing, skaters get used to it


some people don't even get dizzy. only dancers do spotting


skaters just keep their body in the spinning position, keep centered (in one spot on the ice), keep spinning on the rocker of the blade, and keep their balance. One of the tricks is after the spin to skate in the opposite direction to stop the dizziness.|||Contrary to popular belief, figure skaters do not spot.


As we spin, we see a blur going by of the boards, audience, ice, etc., and we focus on that.





I like to say that we "focus on the inconstant" - we don't try to focus on any one thing, so we don't get dizzy.


It comes naturally with practice and experience.|||ive been figure skating for about 5 years and i dont really ever get dizzy coming out of a spin, once in a great while ill feel a teensy bit dizzy.


but i think you can avoid getting dizzy but making sure your doing the spins the correct ways; centering the spin before fully going into it, staying centered, balancing the spin, coming out of the spin once the speed begins to decrease.





hope i helped.|||At first, I got super dizzy, but after, it went away. But sometimes if I stare at the ice floor, or something I'm wearing, like the top of my jacket, or my gloves, i keep concentrated. I even know a few people who do that spaced out look in their eyes...lol. Also, i think it has something to do with centripetal force, where all the the weight is balanced out. If all the weight is balanced out on the skates, then you keep spinning until you stop it (stopping the spin). It's pretty simple to stop the spin, all you do is push your free leg out (no toepicks on the ice), and you start to slow down. Hope You Found Your Answer!|||After a while and some practice, you get used to it, sometimes closing your eyes helps too when you have your balance and center in the spin.|||I think it is about ballance and it you travel (move out of one spot) then you will because you are switching the center of gravity with your body.





hope i helped xoxo etta!|||Oh, we just get used to it after a while and it's no big deal.|||you just get use to it after a while and it becomes sort of like a normal function for our brains


WE DO NOT SPOT!! haha


:)|||Yea i always get dizzy but i have to skate it off. Also keep my eye one thing|||I do not know i think the same thing maybe they get used to it! Maybe just maybe!|||stay centered and stare at a spot on the boards|||It's called spotting.. picking a spot in one place and keeping your eye on it.





takes Practice.