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Tango Badge One Skill Progression Your Athlete Can Perform a: Never Sometimes Often Four-beat forward chasse (left and right) Four-beat forward slide chasse (left and right) Four-beat forward outside swing roll (left and right)   Skill Progression Breakdown Four-beat forward chasse (left and right): Assume standing position, arms extended to the side and slightly forward. Skate forward in a counterclockwise direction for a left chasse and a clockwise direction for a right chasse. Gliding on two feet, begin forward strokes with outside leg, shoulders facing into circle. Return feet together and lift original skating foot to the ankle of the new skating foot while maintaining a parallel line to the ice. Return feet together on ice and stroke off inside edge of skating foot to complete chasse. Timing of four-beat chasse: one beat first step, one beat second step, two beats third step   Four-beat forward slide chasse (left and right): Assume a standing position, arms extended to the side and slightly forward. Skate forward in a counterclockwise direction for a left slide chasse. Gliding on two feet, begin forward stroke with outside leg, shoulders square to ice. Bring feet together and slide inside leg forward while bending skating knee. Return feet together. Timing of four-beat slide chasse: two beats first step, two beats second step.   Four-beat forward outside swing roll (left and right): Assume standing position, arms extended. Push to an outside edge; pushing foot pushes off the inside edge at a 45-degree angle to the skating foot. Free leg extends back for two beats with skating knee bent, then passes close to skating foot and extends forward for two beats, coming up on the skating knee. Edge is a complete half circle or lobe.

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