Step sequence

[3] The step sequence must be "visible and identifiable",[3] in any shape they like (oval, circle, straight line, or serpentine).

Skaters must fully use the ice surface and the turns and steps they perform throughout the sequence must be balanced in their distribution.

[7] It is required that both junior and senior single skaters include a maximum of one step sequence in their free skating programs.

[8] Skaters can choose any kind of step sequence they wish and can include any unlisted jump, but they must fully use the ice surface.

[10] As of 2022, skaters could include single jumps in their step sequences as choreographic elements without incurring a penalty.

[3] The step sequence must be "visible and identifiable",[3] in any shape they like (oval, circle, straight line, or serpentine).

Step sequences can include any unlisted jump, regardless of the number of revolutions, and short stops, if they are done "in accordance with the music",[3] are allowed.

Changes of holds, which can include "a brief moment" when the partners do not touch, are permitted during the step sequence.

More points are rewarded to teams when they change places or holds, or when they perform difficult skating moves together.

Partners can perform rockers, counters, brackets, loops, and twizzles during combinations of difficult turns.

The dancers can switch from mirror to matching footwork, and vice versa, and they can cross each other's tracings (marks made in the ice by the skates).

The circular, which is performed on the rink's entire width, on its short axis, can skated either clockwise or counterclockwise.