Field Guide to Figure Skating
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Double Salchow

LBI takeoff, off the edge, 2 rotations to RBO.

Also called 2S. Other names.

jumptakeoff LBIlanding RBOedge jump2 rotations

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.

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 double 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 · 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 Salchow with a second turn in the air. The entry, the three turn, the back inside edge and the swing of the free leg are the single’s, and so is the landing. What changes is how fast you turn once you leave the ice: about the same time in the air has to hold twice the rotation, so the arms and the free leg come in tight and early.

It is often the first double a skater lands, because the edge and the swing give a lot of help and there is no pick to mistime. That help is also the usual fault: swing the free leg round wide and the rotation leaks out before the jump has left the ice.

A double Salchow that will not go round is usually a single Salchow that was not quite right. Land the single with a clean, checked exit first.

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 double flip: the pair that get mistaken for each other.

The Salchow 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: double Salchow + double toe loop or double Salchow + double 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.

Build on

Leads to

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

Appears in

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