The toe loop is one of the simplest jumps in figure skating.^[1] It is usually the second jump learned after the salchow. It is a toe pick-assisted jump that takes off and lands on the same backward outside edge. ^[1] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... The salchow is a figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air. ...

Toe loop technique

The most commonly taught entrance to a toe loop is straight-line approach into a right forward inside 3 turn. The skater then vaults into the air from the right back outside edge with an assist from the left toe pick, planted well behind the right foot, before rotating counterclockwise in the air and landing on a right back outside edge. For a clockwise jump, left and right are reversed. A 3 turn is a figure skating element which involves both a change in direction and a change in edge. ...

Another common entry to the toe loop is from a forward outside 3 turn with a step to the back outside edge on the other foot just before the pick. The toe loop is also often used as the second jump in jump combinations, because it takes off on the same edge on which most jumps land.

In a toe loop, the skater must be careful not to pre-rotate the upper body prior to or during the toe pick action, as this is considered a serious flaw in technique. A pre-rotated toe loop, where the skater has turned to jump forward off the toe pick instead of backward, is nicknamed a toe axel because it is essentially an axel jump. A single axel jump. ...

Comparison with other jumps

Some people mistakenly refer to a toe loop done from the outside three turn entrance with a change of foot as a toe walley; a true toe walley takes off from a back inside edge, not an outside edge. Under International Skating Union rules, the toe loop and toe walley are considered interchangeable. The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. ...

Although the name of the toe loop is derived from that of the loop jump, one should not think of the toe loop as being simply a toe-assisted loop because the mechanics of the two jumps are fundamentally very different. The loop jump has a more curved entry in which the skater must keep a "closed" check position with the left foot in front and the left shoulder turned into the circle, and derives its rotational momentum solely from the pressure on the edge; while in a toe loop the skater approaches the jump in a more "open" position and reaches backwards with the left foot for the toe pick assist, and the rotational impulse comes from using the toe pick as a lever. The Loop is a figure skating jump that takes off from a back outside edge and lands on the same edge. ...

Spectators sometimes confuse the toe loop and flip jump, since they are both toe-assisted jumps with similar straight-line entry patterns. One way to distinguish them is that in the toe loop, the pick is outside the curve of the jump, while in the flip, the pick is inside the curve. The flip jump (usually just flip) is a jump in figure skating in which the counter-clockwise jumper takes off from the left back inside edge and lands on the right back outside edge (reverse feet for the clockwise jumper). ...

Variants

There are two half-rotation jumps in figure skating which use a toe loop takeoff.

The ballet jump bears the same relation to the toe loop as the half flip, half lutz, and falling leaf to do the flip, lutz, and loop jumps, respectively. Like the other half jumps, the ballet jump is landed forward, on the left toe pick and right forward inside edge for a counterclockwise jump. The flip jump (usually just flip) is a jump in figure skating in which the counter-clockwise jumper takes off from the left back inside edge and lands on the right back outside edge (reverse feet for the clockwise jumper). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Loop is a figure skating jump that takes off from a back outside edge and lands on the same edge. ...

In the mazurka, after picking with the left foot for the jump takeoff, the skater kicks the right leg forward in a scissoring motion, so that the legs are crossed in the air. The jump lands forward on the right toe pick and pushes immediately onto a left forward outside edge. Tenley Albright was particularly known for this jump. Tenley Emma Albright, M.D. (born July 18, 1935 in Newton Centre, Massachusetts) became the first American female skater to win a figure skating Olympic gold medal, at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy. ...

Another toe loop variant is the one-and-a-half toe loop. As the name implies, this is a 1.5 rotation jump that lands forward, like the ballet jump. Up until the 1970's it was quite commonly used as an element of jump sequences, but is almost never performed today because of the emphasis on triple and quadruple jumps.

Toe loop history

The toe loop was invented in the 1920's by Bruce Mapes, an American professional show skater. Bruce Mapes (August 16, 1901–February 18, 1961) was an American figure skater from the early 1900s. ...

Toe loops can be done as singles (one revolution is completed in the air), doubles, triples, and even quadruples. Thomas Litz was the first skater to land a triple toe loop, which he accomplished at the 1964 World Figure Skating Championships; Grzegorz Filipowski of Poland was the first skater to perform a triple-triple toe loop combination in competition - 1980; Kurt Browning was the first to land a quadruple toe loop, which he accomplished at the 1988 World Championships.^[1][2] Today, many elite-level male skaters perform quadruple toe loops as a regular part of their repertoire, but as of yet, no female skater has been credited with landing one successfully in competition. Thomas Litz interviewed after a competition Thomas Litz was an American figure skater. ... Grzegorz Filipowski (born July 28, 1966 in Łódź), one of the best ever Polish figure skaters. ... Browning skates during the 2000 Stars on Ice tour Kurt Browning (born June 18, 1966) is a prominent Canadian figure skater who was extremely popular during the late 1980s and 1990s. ...

Usage note

In skating parlance, a toe loop jump is often referred to simply as a toe; for example, double toe, triple toe.

In British English, this jump is sometimes (confusingly) called a cherry flip, but a toe loop is not the same as a flip jump. In artistic roller skating, the toe loop is instead called the Mapes after its inventor. British English (BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere in the Anglophone world. ... The flip jump (usually just flip) is a jump in figure skating in which the counter-clockwise jumper takes off from the left back inside edge and lands on the right back outside edge (reverse feet for the clockwise jumper). ... Brazilian skater Bruna Santos skates a free skating program Artistic roller skating (sometimes called roller figure skating) is a group of roller skating events similar to figure skating on ice. ... Blading redirects here. ...

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