What is Precision Skating?
This column is entitled Precision Skating Skills. Precision skating is a term that came into use in the 1970s on the East coast by what was then called Roller Rockers, who became proficient at the craft of skating, (now called Skating Skills). It is such an accurate term that I do not want to see it go out of use, so I employ it here as a reference to the exact body position necessary to perform a skating move. Good intermediate and advanced skating starts with basic skating skills. Before we get to basic skills, for the sake of clarity, lets define a little vocabulary. The Edge: The natural curve that happens when you roll in one direction on your skates. (More on this next issue.) Other terms refer to body position. These terms are not standard but we will use them to fine tune body positions. One term is: The Standing Leg which is simply the leg you are standing on. It has, of course a corresponding Standing Knee. The Free Leg with its corresponding Free Knee is the leg you are not
