Two-foot hop

Standing still, bending both knees and jumping straight up off both feet, landing on both in the same place.

Also called two-foot jump, two-foot hop in place, two-foot jump on the spot, jump on the spot or two-foot jump in place. Other names.

basic

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shoulder to hip —on the —

standing still · both knees bend · both blades leave the ice and land together. Negative twist means the shoulders are held back against the hips, which stores rotation before a takeoff and checks it on a landing.

From standing still you bend both knees, spring up off both feet, and come down on both in the place you left. Ice Skating Australia teaches it at its second level and asks for good posture on the way up and the arms placed correctly once the blades are back on the ice. The US Figure Skating adaptive Pre-Bronze test accepts it in place of a bunny hop.

New Zealand’s KiwiSkate builds a progression out of it. The jump on the spot is taught at the Basic badge and a two-foot jump that turns from forwards to backwards at Novice 2. A full turn in the air on both feet is among the teaching ideas for Free skating 2, the badge that assesses the half flip.

Leads to

One element in the guide is built on this one.

Bunny hopIce Skating Australia and KiwiSkate both teach the hop on two feet several levels before the bunny hop, and US Figure Skating's adaptive Pre-Bronze test accepts either.

Appears in

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.