Spinning is an essential element in most figure skating competitions, and all four events in the Olympic Games need spinning. Figure skating includes three basic rotation postures: sitting rotation, camel rotation and upright rotation. Many postures can be changed from these three postures. When the player spins on one foot, he touches the ice with the skates of one foot, close to the "sole" arc of the cutter teeth. Like jumping, most players rotate counterclockwise, and a few players can rotate clockwise and counterclockwise. Take counterclockwise players as an example. The rotation of the left foot is called forward rotation and the right foot is called backward rotation.

One rotation can be done alone, or several kinds can be done continuously (combined rotation). Jumping spin is called flying spin, including flying camel, flying spin, death drop and butterfly spin. Jumping rotation can be changed from forward rotation to reverse rotation, and can also be used as part of a set of combined rotation. The rotation of double skating can be that two people complete the same rotation synchronously, or it can be a combination of two people. In addition, double skating and ice dancing also include double rotation and dance rotation, that is, two players hold each other and rotate around the same axis.