I am Michael Weiss three-time US National Figure Skating Champion, and we are discussing the six basic figure skating jumps.
We are now focusing on the toe jumps. We discussed earlier that the toe loop is the easiest of the toe jumps. Now, we are going to move on to one a little bit more difficult, the Flip Jump. Now, on a Flip Jump you are skating backwards on your left back inside edge, toeing in with your right foot and rotating to the left.
Now, what makes this jump more difficult is, look, you can see the position I am in is awkward to rotate that direction. My hips are blocking in a rotation.
On a toe loop as we discussed earlier my hips are open to the rotation giving me an extra half-turn on my way to the single, double or triple jump. So, the cousin of the Flip jump which is the Lutz jump a little later is a very minor difference. So, remember that they look very similar and are often confused.
Now, on the takeoff of the flip jump it also has a three turn which is a half rotation, this creates momentum to assist you to get up into the air, turn the three turn, toe in with the right foot vaulting yourself up rotating one, two or three times. Let's take a look at the single, double and triple flip.
A common mistake on the flip jump is that as the skater turns the three turn it blocks them from the rotation. So what they do is they keep their shoulder here and it keeps them from rotating over there. So, what the skater needs to do is reach this direction and open this shoulder up to the rotation that will help get pass this hip on the rotation. So, try not to get too blocked on the take off, try to get this left arm open and start the rotation in that direction.
Now remember, safety is very important when figure skating. So, always be in the supervision of a professional coach with a good solid skate that has good support, and if you need to, wear a helmet because these elements as you have seen are very difficult.
Now, we have learned the two first toe pick jumps; the toe loop and the flip jump, let's focus now on the third toe jump, which is the most difficult the Lutz jump.
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