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Figure Skating
Figure Skating
Jumps Lifts
Spins
Jumps
Edge jump Toe jump
Edge jumps use no toe assist, and include (in Toe jumps are launched by digging the toe pick of one skate
order of score value): into the ice, using it to vault into the air with the opposite leg.
The main toe jumps are (in order of score value):
• Salchow
• Loop • Toe loop
• Axel • Flip
• Lutz
Spins
• Bielmann Spin • Camel Spin
Lifts
Twist lift Dance lift
Footwork & Step sequences
A required element in all four disciplines
of figure skating — men’s, women’s, pairs,
and ice dance — that involves steps and
turns in a pattern on the ice. The pattern
can be straight line, circular, or serpentine