15 Figure Skating Jumps, Spins, and Other Moves, Explained

While you might see a twizzle in any discipline as part of a step sequence, they're a formal, required element only in ice dance. Twizzles are a series of rapid, traveling turns or spins in which the skaters move across the ice while rotating on one leg. A set of synchronized twizzles, usually involving changes of foot, direction, and arm or leg position, are required in all ice-dance programs.