Loop Jump Figure Skating
According to writer ellyn kestnbaum the jump also gets its name from the shape the blade would leave on the ice if the skater.
Loop jump figure skating. How to land the loop jump. The loop jump takes off from a back outside edge and lands on the same edge. Loop video and slow motion toe loop jump shown half loop exercises 3 turn entrance common mistakes. 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.
It is named from its similarity to the loop compulsory figure. The first part of the lesson focused on a series of warm up drills prior to jump training. The loop jump is an edge jump in the sport of figure skating it was created by german figure skater werner rittberger and is often called the rittberger in europe. In fact in artistic roller figure skating the toe loop is called a mapes jump.
They were originally individual compulsory figures and sometimes special figures. For a jump with counterclockwise rotation this is the right back outside edge. In the second video. Most of the time the toe loop is entered from a forward inside three turns.
Many jumps were named after the skaters who invented them or from the figures from which they were developed. Loop technique to do a loop jump a skater typically does a 3 turn or mohawk turn onto a left. Free figure skating lesson. To view the next video in this series click.
Figure skating the loop jump is the most fundamental of all the jumps. The loop jump is an edge jump. Figure skating jumps loop jump michelle leigh in this figure skating video olympic coach michelle leigh continues her lesson with two young skaters.