Technical Info

Technical Notifications/Alerts

There are no alerts at this time.


Formal communications coming out of the Technical Group will be announced using a Technical Notification Document. This will be applied to the following types of communications:

1. Clarifications to ISU Communications where the chair has made the determination that the U.S. Figure Skating community should be made aware of the content of the information. This will be done in order to provide clarity and/or further explanation.

2. Errors or clarifications to existing U.S. Figure Skating rules that are deemed to be urgent by the chair of the respective committee. This will include as attachments both tables & charts that are updated annually to reflect program requirements.

Technical Notifications will be issued Thursdays by 5 p.m. MST and will take effect the Monday of the following week, unless otherwise expressly stated. Technical Notifications that are no longer active as of Sept. 1 can be found by clicking on the light blue "Archive" tab to the left.

• Technical Notification #72 - Adult Skating - Singles - Spins (PDF)
• Technical Notification #71 - Adult Skating - Singles - Spiral Sequence (PDF)
• Technical Notification #70 - Singles and Pairs Spins - Difficult Variations for All Levels (PDF)
• Technical Notification #69 (superseding Technical Notification #54) - Singles Skating - Juvenile-Novice Spins (PDF)
• Technical Notification #68 - Pairs - Juvenile, Open Juvenile and Adult Pairs - Pivot Figure (PDF)
• Technical Notification #67 - Pairs - Novice, Intermediate and Juvenile Pairs Free Skate - Jump Combination (PDF)
• Technical Notification #66 - Novice Pairs Short Program - Solo Spin and Pairs Spin (PDF)
• Technical Notification #65 - Novice Singles - Ladies Short Program - Spirals and Novice Free Skate Steps & Spirals (PDF)
• Technical Notification #64 - Singles and Pairs - Half Loop Jump in 6.0 Events and Pre-Juvenile and Below (PDF)
• Technical Notification #63 - Pairs - Novice Pairs Short Program Spiral Sequence (PDF)
• Technical Notification #62 - Ice Dancing - Synchronized Twizzle for Juvenile, Adult and Masters (PDF)
• Technical Notification #61 - Ice Dancing - Free Dance Music for Competition and Tests (PDF)
• Technical Notification #60 - U.S. Figure Skating Implementation Date of ISU Communications 1610 and 1611 (PDF)
• Technical Notification #59 - Clarification of Rule 3121 - Previous Winners for Novice and Junior Competitors (PDF)
• Technical Notification #58 - Synchronized Skating - Duration of Skating for All Levels (PDF)
• Technical Notification #57 - Adult Skating - Correction Regarding Adult Silver Free Skate (PDF)
• Technical Notification #56 - Adult Singles Skating - Well Balanced Program Requirements - Jumps (PDF)
• Technical Notification #55 - Pairs - Juvenile and Intermediate Group 2 Waist Take-Off Hold Lift Clarification (PDF)
• Technical Notification #54 (Superseding Technical Notification #49) - Singles Skating - Juvenile-Novice Spins (PDF)
• Technical Notification #53 - Technical Notifications' Continued Active Status (PDF)
• Technical Notification #52 - Singles - Flying Spin in the Senior and Junior Short Programs (PDF)
• Technical Notification #51 - Singles - Spiral Sequence - Novice Ladies Short Program (PDF)
• Technical Notification #50 - Pairs - Juvenile & Open Juvenile Calling Specifications - Solo Spin and Solo Spin Combination (PDF)
• Technical Notification #48 - Pairs - New Code and Scale of Value for Pivot Spiral (PDF)
• Technical Notification #46 - Implementation Date of ISU Communication 1557 (PDF)
• Technical Notification #41 - Synchronized Skating - Movements in Isolation Clarification (PDF)
• Technical Notification #35 - Synchronized Skating - Clarification Regarding ISU Communication 1528 Guidelines as it pertains to the Novice Free Skate (PDF)