Salchow

LBI takeoff, off the edge, 1 rotation to RBO.

jumptakeoff LBIlanding RBOedge jump1 rotation

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LBItakes off

RBOlands

The two edges, drawn. What happens between them is not: a tracing is the record of a blade on the ice, and for most of a jump the blade is not on it. Each of these curves is drawn by more than one jump. What separates this one from the flip is the pick, and no curve can show either.

Entrance

shoulder to hip —on the —

LBI takeoff out of a three turn, no pick · one rotation · RBO landing. Negative twist means the shoulders are held back against the hips, which stores rotation before a takeoff and checks it on a landing.

From a back inside edge, no pick, the free leg swinging through to carry you round. The edge does the work, which is why a Salchow rewards patience on the entry far more than effort in the air.

It is usually entered from a forward outside three turn, so a poor three turn is the most common reason a Salchow fails: the jump was fine and the thing before it was not. Practise the entry as its own element before blaming the takeoff.

What it rests on is the forward outside three turn and the back inside edge it leaves you on. Both exist as elements here, and both are worth more attention than the jump when a Salchow is not going round.

Derived

LBI is three letters (foot, direction, edge): left foot, backwards, inside edge. Every edge in the guide is written that way, so RBI is a right foot travelling backwards on an inside edge.

Takes off LBI and lands RBO, the same edge every jump in this guide but the Euler lands on, so the takeoff is what tells them apart. The spring comes from the edge, with no pick.

Shares its takeoff edge with the flip: the pair that get mistaken for each other.

The double Salchow is this jump with one more turn in the air: the same takeoff and the same landing.

Lands on RBO, where the toe loop and the loop take off, so it can start a combination: Salchow + toe loop or Salchow + loop.

Takes off from LBI, where the Euler lands, so it can come third in a combination with an Euler in the middle.

A skater who rotates clockwise takes off RBI and lands LBO: the same jump, mirrored.

Off the ice

Holding the landingThe one position the jumps land in, held for longer than a landing lasts.
Jumping and turning off the floorFloor jumps: going up before going round, pulling in, and opening out to land.

Leads to

11 elements in the guide are built on this one, and the 8 nearest are listed here.

Double SalchowLBI takeoff, off the edge, 2 rotations to RBO.
Axel + Euler + SalchowAxel (LFO, off the edge) through an Euler into a Salchow (LBI, off the edge), 3.5 rotations in all.
Flip + Euler + SalchowFlip (LBI, off the pick) through an Euler into a Salchow (LBI, off the edge), 3 rotations in all.
Loop + Euler + SalchowLoop (RBO, off the edge) through an Euler into a Salchow (LBI, off the edge), 3 rotations in all.
Lutz + Euler + SalchowLutz (LBO, off the pick) through an Euler into a Salchow (LBI, off the edge), 3 rotations in all.
Salchow + Euler + flipSalchow (LBI, off the edge) through an Euler into a flip (LBI, off the pick), 3 rotations in all.
Salchow + Euler + SalchowSalchow (LBI, off the edge) through an Euler into a Salchow (LBI, off the edge), 3 rotations in all.
Salchow + loopSalchow (LBI, off the edge) straight into a loop (RBO, off the edge), 2 rotations in all.

Appears in

In Australia's grades

None of the Australian level lists in this guide name it.