There are six basic jumps done in figure skating, and ice skating jumps are also divided into two different categories:
Edge jumps: The Salchow, loop, jump, and Axel are edge jumps
Jumps with toe assist: The toe loop, flip, and Lutz are toe jumps
- Salchow jump
The Salchow jump takes off from a back inside edge and the jump is then landed on the back outside edge of the opposite foot.
- Toe loop jump
The toe loop jump takes off from a back outside edge. The skater used the free skate's toe pick to lift up into the jump and lands on the same back outside edge that he or she entered the jump on.
- Loop jump
In a loop jump, skaters take off from a back outside edge, then jump a full revolution in the air, and then land backward on the same back outside edge as the take off.
- Flip jump
In a flip jump, a skater glides backward on a back inside edge, then picks with the other skate's toe pick, then jumps a full revolution in the air, and lands on the back outside edge of the foot that picked.
- Lutz jump
The Lutz jump is similar to the flip jump. It is a toe assisted jump that takes off from a back outside edge. The skater then picks with the other free skate's toe pick. The Lutz is a counter-rotated jump, so after the skater picks with the free toe and jumps, he or she rotates in the air in the opposite direction from the entry's back outside edge and lands in the air on the back outside edge of the foot that picked.
- Axel jump
After jumping from a forward outside edge, a skater does one and one-half revolutions in the air and lands on the other foot on a back outside edge to complete the Axel jump.
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