http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi4ry_5s1AQ&feature=plcp&safe=active
This video shows a range of figure skating jumps from level freestyle 5 to freestyle 7 that I have learned over the past couple of years. An axel is the first non single jump that is learned in figure skating and consists of 1 and a half revolutions in the air. A double salchow, although a true one in a half rotations; is the first double jump learned and is in the freestyle 6 level. The double salchow jump starts from backwards crossovers into a three turn. In the three turn, the skater turns from backwards to forwards, kicks straight through and snaps into the back spin position, turns one and a half rotations and lands in the check position. The double toeloop, the most difficult jump executed in this video, is the second double jump learned in figure skating. This jump, unlike the axel and double salchow is a toe jump instead of an edge jump (meaning all of the power in the jump comes from the toepick). The jump starts from a right outside three turn. After turning from forwards to backwards, the skater lightly taps their toepick into the ice and kicks forward with the opposite foot, bringing in their arms to rotate two revolutions before landing in the check out position. My experience as a Figure Skater has helped me learn how to properly warm up before trying these jumps and to execute them with the correct techniques. In order to achieve these jumps, it's very important for a skater to learn how to properly execute them with the right techniques.