Figure Skating Jump Lutz
For a clockwise jumper reverse left and right the skater typically performs a long glide on a left.
Figure skating jump lutz. The base value of a double lutz is 2 10. Olympic figure skating coaches describe solutions to common lutz flutz and loop problems. To view the previous video in this series click. And the base value of a quadruple.
Because the jump turns in the counter direction to the entry edge it is the the hardest jump for most skaters. It is named after figure skater alois lutz from vienna austria who first performed it in 1913. They were originally individual compulsory figures and sometimes special figures. It is a toepick assisted jump with an entrance from a back outside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot.
Figure skating jump specialist charlie tickner continues his discussion of the lutz jump. In part 1 he talked about fundamentals of edge control and alignment and how he begins building the jump without rotation. Polina tsurskaya 2015 junior grand prix winner gives a. Many jumps were named after the skaters who invented them or from the figures from which they were developed.
Figure skating jumps are an element of three competitive figure skating disciplines men s singles ladies singles and pair skating but not ice dancing jumping in figure skating is relatively recent. The base value of a triple lutz is 5 90. Figure skating lutz jump. In competitions the base value of a single lutz is 0 60.
Lutz is the first video of our sports series called russians explain. The lutz jump is the second most difficult jump in figure skating and probably the second most famous jump after the axel. The lutz is similar to the flip but it takes off from a back outside edge instead of a back inside.