Double Axel + double toe loop

Double Axel (LFO, off the edge) straight into a double toe loop (RBO, off the pick), 4.5 rotations in all.

Also called 2A+2T. Other names.

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Not checked yet. The mechanics on this page are a first draft by a non-expert, and no coach has seen them yet. Read them as a starting point and check them with a coach. Corrections are very welcome.

LFOtakes off

RBOlands, takes off

RBOlands

The edges, drawn: the double Axel's takeoff, the edge between each jump and the next, and the double toe loop's landing. Each edge in between is one edge: one jump lands on it and the next leaves from it.

shoulder to hip —on the —

LFO takeoff · two and a half rotations · RBO landing, held · double toe loop: off the pick, two rotations · 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.

The Axel is the one jump here with a forward takeoff, so the first jump turns the skater from forwards to backwards. Its extra half turn means the landing has to be checked quickly to keep the speed.

The Double Axel lands RBO and the double toe loop takes off from RBO: one edge, held, with no step or turn on it. In a jump sequence the skater may hop or step between the jumps; in a combination there is nothing between them.

The toe loop is the usual second jump. The landing edge is already its takeoff, so the free foot reaches back, the toe goes in behind, and the pick gives the lift that the remaining speed cannot.

At double the margin is small: the first jump has to leave enough speed for the second to find two full turns, and a second jump that comes up short is marked as under-rotated.

Derived

The double Axel takes off LFO off the edge and lands RBO; the double toe loop takes off from that same edge off the pick and lands RBO. 4.5 rotations in all, written 2A+2T on a protocol sheet.

Made of the double Axel and the double toe loop. Nothing here is stored on the page beyond the two jumps and the count.

A skater who rotates clockwise takes off RFO and lands on LBO: the same combination, mirrored.

Build on

Double AxelLFO takeoff, off the edge, 2.5 rotations to RBO.
Double toe loopRBO takeoff, off the pick, 2 rotations to RBO.

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