
According to American ice dancer Colin McManus, the finesse required in mastering the twizzle makes it "very easy to run into issues like putting your foot down or hitting your toe pick". They increase the difficulty of twizzles, and earn more points for them, by performing variations in the placements of the leg (grabbing the blade while extending the leg) and arms (moving the arm or arms over the head or behind the back). Skaters must have equal strength in each rotational direction while having exact synchronicity with their partners. The skater must continually rotate and move across the ice on one foot, by executing a quickly-controlled rocking action on their blade. Although the twizzle is not considered a difficult move compared to other elements in figure skating, when a twizzle is executed properly the three turns are done so quickly that it is difficult to see the turns.
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In a twizzle, the skater's weight is on the skating foot, with the free foot in any position during the turn, and then placed beside the skating foot to skate the next step. Twizzles, like steps, must be executed on clean edges. If the skater stops traveling during the action, it is deemed a solo spin (or pirouette) and not counted as a twizzle.
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A series of 3 turn steps do not constitute a twizzle because they do not constitute a continuous action.
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A twizzle-like motion is a motion in which the skating foot executes less than a full turn, followed by a step forward, while the body performs one full continuous motion. There are four types of entry edges for twizzles: the forward inside, the forward outside, the backward inside, and the backward outside. American ice dancer Alex Shibutani calls twizzles "the quads of ice dance" because like quadruple jumps in other disciplines, twizzles, which appear most often in ice dance programs, are risky and technically demanding. For both a set of synchronized twizzles and a set of sequential twizzles, each twizzle should be at least one full rotation on one foot performed at the same time by both partners. A set of sequential twizzles is a series of two twizzles for each partner, with up to one step between twizzles. A set of synchronized twizzles is a series of two twizzles for each partner, with up to four steps between twizzles. Twizzle sequences, when executed well, are often the highlight of ice dance programs.



A spin, by comparison, is a stationary, multi-rotational turn. The International Skating Union (ISU), the governing body of figure skating, defines a twizzle as "a traveling turn on one foot with one or more rotations which is quickly rotated with a continuous (uninterrupted) action". It is a "a difficult turn" in single skating. A twizzle is "a multirotational, one-foot turn that moves across the ice" in the sport of figure skating.
