Why don't dancers or ice-skaters get dizzy?

super_furry

There's Ice-Skating on Eurosport, which I'm watching for........research purposes.......but those girls are doing some crazy spinning action. Getting themselves in all kinds of whirlwhinds and the like, yet they don't get dizzy and fall down. Any idea why?

Vain

super_furry wrote: »

There's Ice-Skating on Eurosport, which I'm watching for........research purposes.......but those girls are doing some crazy spinning action. Getting themselves in all kinds of whirlwhinds and the like, yet they don't get dizzy and fall down. Any idea why?

Nope bit strange to be thinking about it:D

stevoman

super_furry wrote: »

There's Ice-Skating on Eurosport, which I'm watching for........research purposes.......but those girls are doing some crazy spinning action. Getting themselves in all kinds of whirlwhinds and the like, yet they don't get dizzy and fall down. Any idea why?

simple. their minds are so fixed on how ridiculous they must look like in them uber tight pants that they cant get dizzy

biko

If I recall correctly it has to do with the head movement. Instead of spinning along with the body the dancers jerks the head to fixate the gaze on a steady object.
Something along those lines.

Turd Ferguson

Magic

Ponster

http://home.pacbell.net/anamga/figureSkating.html#6.2.9.2

Tupins

Basically it's the way that dancers turn their heads. The head doesn't turn along with the body but the eyes fix on one point in the distance, then the body turns and at the last moment the head whips around and the eyes go back to the fixed spot. It's a learned manouvre which takes some practice to perfect but when done properly should theoretically eliminate dizziness. When done at speed it's not really noticable but you can notice it more with dancers rather than skaters and they don't spin around as fast.

Roadend

Bat anti-twriling dizziness spray, I'd imagine

sneakerfreak

they sleep in cement mixers

Biggins

Tupins wrote: »

Basically it's the way that dancers turn their heads. The head doesn't turn along with the body but the eyes fix on one point in the distance, then the body turns and at the last moment the head whips around and the eyes go back to the fixed spot. It's a learned manouvre which takes some practice to perfect but when done properly should theoretically eliminate dizziness. When done at speed it's not really noticable but you can notice it more with dancers rather than skaters and they don't spin around as fast.

Quite correct. If you were to slow a video of a spinning dancer down you would see their head (before the body actually turns) spin in advance around looking at a certain fixed centre point off to their flowing direction they intent to take their body.

As mentioned already, it does take practise but its a well known technique.

neil_hosey

how the feck do they do one of them triple axles while keepin there eyes focused on something/?? :eek:

xOxSinéadxOx

super_furry wrote: »

There's Ice-Skating on Eurosport, which I'm watching for........research purposes.......but those girls are doing some crazy spinning action. Getting themselves in all kinds of whirlwhinds and the like, yet they don't get dizzy and fall down. Any idea why?

you pick and spot and look at it every time!

Creamy Goodness

same way you get to carnegie hall

SeekUp

biko wrote: »

If I recall correctly it has to do with the head movement. Instead of spinning along with the body the dancers jerks the head to fixate the gaze on a steady object.
Something along those lines.

Tupins wrote: »

Basically it's the way that dancers turn their heads. The head doesn't turn along with the body but the eyes fix on one point in the distance, then the body turns and at the last moment the head whips around and the eyes go back to the fixed spot. It's a learned manouvre which takes some practice to perfect but when done properly should theoretically eliminate dizziness. When done at speed it's not really noticable but you can notice it more with dancers rather than skaters and they don't spin around as fast.

Yup, you're both right . . . for dancers, it's called spotting. If you're really bored (of course you are, why are on on boards so late?!?), you can try it yourself! Stand up and focus on one thing right in front of you at eye level. Then turn your body in a circle as far as you can go while keeping your eyes focused on that same thing. Then whip your head around back to that same focal point, and then continue the rotation with your body. It definitely keeps you from getting dizzy.

With ice skaters it's a bit different, for spins anyway, since they complete so many more revolutions. I think it's the same idea, but they do a kind of inward spotting . . . not sure how that works, but . . . yeah.

SoupyNorman

Are they spinning OR are we spinning around them?

Biggins

bravestarr082 wrote: »

Are they spinning OR are we spinning around them?

Both.

Seeing as the Earth is constantly rotating, both is actually happening at the same time. One just faster than the other.

Cianos

neil_hosey wrote: »

how the feck do they do one of them triple axles while keepin there eyes focused on something/?? :eek:

If I'm in the audience it's quite easy actually.

longshanks

they practice