Toe loop
RBO takeoff, off the pick, 1 rotation to RBO.
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Entrance Forward inside three turn
Backwards on a back outside edge, the free toe pick placed behind, and the vault carries you through one rotation to land on the edge you left. Usually the first toe jump a skater lands, and often the first double as well.
Learn the back outside edges first, then the back outside pivot and the forward inside three turn, which is the usual way in. Out of the turn, hold the edge for a moment with the free leg extended before the pick goes down. Skip the hold and the jump spins off the turn.
The pick goes in with the leg nearly straight and as far back as it reaches, the weight still over the skating leg. It is a jab: it sets the height and comes straight out again. Press on it and the rotation stalls before the jump leaves the ice.
Derived
RBO is three letters (foot, direction, edge): right foot, backwards, outside edge. Every edge in the guide is written that way, so RBI is a right foot travelling backwards on an inside edge.
Takes off RBO 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 toe pick provides the vault.
Shares its takeoff edge with the loop and the Euler: the pair that get mistaken for each other.
The double toe loop 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: toe loop + toe loop or toe loop + loop.
Takes off from RBO, the edge every other jump here lands on, so it can follow any of them in a jump combination.
A skater who rotates clockwise takes off LBO and lands LBO: the same jump, mirrored.
Build on
- Right backward outside edgeRBO: the right foot travelling backwards on an outside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.
- Left backward outside edgeLBO: the left foot travelling backwards on an outside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
- PivotThe back outside pivot, entered from a forward inside three turn, is the toe loop's entry and pick without the jump: the pick set behind on a back outside edge while the skating foot goes round it.
- Right forward inside three turnRFI to RBO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
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 toe loopRBO takeoff, off the pick, 2 rotations to RBO.
- Axel + toe loopAxel (LFO, off the edge) straight into a toe loop (RBO, off the pick), 2.5 rotations in all.
- Flip + toe loopFlip (LBI, off the pick) straight into a toe loop (RBO, off the pick), 2 rotations in all.
- Loop + toe loopLoop (RBO, off the edge) straight into a toe loop (RBO, off the pick), 2 rotations in all.
- Lutz + toe loopLutz (LBO, off the pick) straight into a toe loop (RBO, off the pick), 2 rotations in all.
- Salchow + toe loopSalchow (LBI, off the edge) straight into a toe loop (RBO, off the pick), 2 rotations in all.
- Toe loop + Euler + flipToe loop (RBO, off the pick) through an Euler into a flip (LBI, off the pick), 3 rotations in all.
- Toe loop + Euler + SalchowToe loop (RBO, off the pick) through an Euler into a Salchow (LBI, off the edge), 3 rotations in all.
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In the UK's grades
No test syllabus recorded yet.