Skating Jumps
The only jump that takes off forwards.
What is an axel/waltz jump?
One of the three basic spin positions where the free leg is backwards with the knee higher than the hip level.
What is a camel spin?
Famous ice-dancing pair who won the Olympic Gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Bonus: What iconic movie soundtrack did they skate to for their Free Dance?
Who are Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir?
Bonus: Moulin Rouge
Coach who still competes at the Senior level.
Who is Coach Sarah Coles?
A term used to describe the force used to stop rotation. Coaches will teach "_______" position on the exits of turns, jumps, spins etc.
What is "check"?
Spins that enter with a jump and land in a spinning position.
What is a flying spin?
2018 Women's World Champion and 2018 Olympic Bronze medalist who skated to Swan Lake for her freeskate program.
Who is Kaetlyn Osmond?
Coach who has a university degree in personal training.
Who is Coach Sara Knowles?
A jump using a toe-assisted take-off with the opposite foot performing a backward outside edge. It prepares in the opposite direction of air rotation, and lands on the same foot used for the toe-assisted take-off.
What is a lutz?
An upright spin in which the head and shoulders are leaning backward with the back arched.
What is a layback spin?
First figure skater to land a quadruple jump in a competition.
Bonus: Which quad jump was landed?
Who is Kurt Browning?
Bonus: quad toe-loop
Coach who lived in New York for 4 months.
Who is Coach Emma?
An informal term used to describe when a skater incorrectly takes off forwards for a toe-loop.
What is a toe-axel?
This difficult variation of a sit-spin involves a skater's free leg out in front with the body folding forward over their free leg.
Bonus: if you can name another difficult sit-spin variation.
What is a pike?
Bonus: pancake, broken-leg, tuck
The first man to ever land a quadruple axel in competition.
Hint: He is American.
Who is Ilia Malinin?
The only Swiftie coach who succeeded in getting tickets for the Eras tour.
Bonus: To what Canadian city?
Extra bonus: For what night? 1,2, or 3?
Who is Coach Mackenzie?
Bonus: Toronto
Extra bonus: Night 1
A jump missing rotation of more than a quarter rotation, but less than one half a rotation. Shown with the symbol < following the element code on STAR 5 and above score sheets.
What is under-rotated?
A difficult variation of the layback spin that is named after a skater.
What is a Biellmann spin, named after 1981 World Champion Denise Biellmann.
The first woman to ever land a triple axel in competition.
Midori Ito.
Coach whose favourite food is potatoes (in any form).
Who is Coach Melissa?