Another element of skating is footwork.  Footwork sections are step sequences that involve edges, turns, foot movement, and arm positions.  There are four kinds of footwork.  One kind is straight line footwork.  Straight line footwork is when you go from one goal line to the other, usually crossing the center of the ice.

Circular footwork is another kind of footwork.  This is when you do your footwork in a circular shape.  But wherever you start the footwork is where you have to end the footwork.  This footwork is also usually done in the center of the ice arena.

Another kind of footwork is diagonal footwork.  When you do diagonal footwork you go from one corner to the other in a diagonal direction crossing the center of the ice.  But the footwork sequence has to go from one corner to the other.  If it doesn’t go through the center of the ice, you loose points.  One final kind of footwork is serpentine footwork.  This is when you start at one corner and it makes an “S” shape or a snake pattern to get to the other corner opposite of where you started.  This is the most complicated footwork sequence because if the turns of the “S” pattern are not exact, you loose points.  Also, if it doesn’t go from corner to corner, you will loose points as well.