“Synchro” is a large and popular discipline of figure skating where 8–16 skaters skate on ice as a team, moving as one flowing unit at high speeds while completing difficult footwork and precision moves in various formations.

The discipline was originally called ‘precision skating’ because of the emphasis on maintaining precise formations and timing of the group and has moved on to have more curves and edges with addition of lifts, pair elements, spins and twizzles.

Synchronized Skating uses the same judging system as singles, pair and ice dance and is judged on unison, quality of formations, speed, flow, difficulty, creativity, musicality and performance.