Junior Moves-in-the-Field Test (JRM)

Forward and Backward Outside Rockers	Diagram	Video
Forward and Backward Inside Rockers	Diagram	Video
Power Pulls	Diagram	Video
Choctaw Sequence	Diagram	Video
Backward Loop Pattern (new)	Diagram	Video - Windows Media | Quicktime
Straight Line Step (new)	Diagram	Video - Windows Media | Quicktime

The video examples here are educational and do not necessarily represent the passing standard.

• Junior Moves-in-the-Field Descriptions (PDF)

The skater has already demonstrated power circle patterns at the juvenile (formerly intermediate) level, and it was determined there was not a need to reevaluate this skill at the junior level.

Backward loops are introduced in the junior test with a move that gives the skater the feeling of backward change loops from figures and teaches great body and edge control at a point in the testing structure when the skater can technically perform this skill.

A new straight line step has been added. This move uses the turns that the skater has learned on this and previous tests in a simple pattern that demonstrates the skater's ability to perform continuous steps and turns with control and flow. It's also a good introduction to the new circular step on the senior test.

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