Field Guide to Figure Skating
UK

Flip + loop

Flip (LBI, off the pick) straight into a loop (RBO, off the edge), 2 rotations in all.

Also called 1F+1Lo. 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.

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

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LBI takeoff off the right pick · one rotation · RBO landing, held · loop: 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.

The flip leaves a back inside edge, vaulting off the toe of the free foot, and lands on the back outside edge the second jump takes off from.

The flip lands RBO and the 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 loop is the harder second jump. With no pick, the skater holds the landing edge, brings the free leg through to cross in front and springs off the same edge. Its base value is higher than a toe loop’s.

Derived

The flip takes off LBI off the pick and lands RBO; the loop takes off from that same edge with no pick and lands RBO. 2 rotations in all, written 1F+1Lo on a protocol sheet.

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

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

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In the UK's grades

None of the British level lists in this guide name it outside the Skills tests below.

No test syllabus recorded yet.