Just wondering if there are very many figure skaters on this site. I've been figure skating for almost five years now and l wondered if there are any freestyle skaters out there. I am in ISl and I am in freestyle 6. I am having a really hard time keeping my axel consistent and landing my double sachow. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Wow 5 years and only Freestlye 6??? l have only been skating for 3 years and l am past all Freestlye levels! But yeah, l am a skater!

hi i'm also a figure skater but i'm from canada so we have a different level system & so anyways for some tips on ur axel make sure u keep ur upper body in control & make sure ur axel has a natural swing to it u do not want to wip it around. As for the double salchow make sure u keep ur left arm in front of u ( assuming u jump in the right Hand Direction) & do not let ur head get ahead of ur body make sure u let ur foot pass ur take off leg as if it is going thought a door. let the edge & ur arms do the work for you. But do not twist & swing ur arms an un normal amount good luck!

im a figure skater.!
i've been skating for 8 years and have up to triple sow.
TIP:
keeping consistant is pretty much all in your head. when you think you've done enough make sure you land the last one that you do. this will help your body to remember the correct motion. and you will be able to bring it to the ice the next time you skate. that has helped me and l hope l helped you
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l am a figure skater!!!! keep working on your axel, never give up..it took me two and a half years to get my axel. You should walk through your double sal as many times as possible making sure you are doing all the right motions. Also do manyyy singles and single back spins and do single sal and try landing in a backspin.

Have fun!!

for the axel, its a psychological thing. just check out! for the double sal make sure your 3 turn is straight and not spinny, and your skating knee is bent.then spring up and kick through like your axel. good luck!

l skate ;) and you just have to remember what you did the time you landed it and then you will get it

l am a figure skater!!

ya i'm having trouble with my axel too. just remember that you have nothing to lose and try your best. falling but getting lots of height and rotation is a lot better than landing but not getting much height or rotation.

i'm on preliminary usfs level l stopped doing isi this year l think its way too easy

l skated for 5 years and l made it past freestyle six and l was at the juvenile level in USFS. and l was competing pretty regularly. l quit last december. and about tips
i would try and and remember to jump straight forward and stand up tall.
and do salchow loop spins, and waltz jump loop spins.
they help a lot!!

Have fun and Good Luck!!!

Mostly all of the people here are skaters. l am a figure skater for a little more than a year and l am in FS5. It takes time to master a jump, but remember to have fun!

Ive been skating 4 and l am Freestyle 5. Hope you keep skating

keep ur head up, dont look down. for both the axel & double salchow try to get the pop UP, then the rotations. a good technique for this is keeping ur arms infront, but slightly open as u jump, then after the pop up, pull them in to get the snap u need for the rotations. this technique helps to achieve more visually & technically rewarding axel/double salchow (as opposed to people just twisting their body & throwing themselves into the jumps, which can lead to over/under-rotation)

hope this helps. keep up the skating! :)

freestyle 6 you must love to freestyle. its just the effort that you keep putting into it. doubles take a while to get personally im an ice dancer so im really not into the whole freestyle thing but a lot of my friends are and they tell me if you just put your mind to it anfocuss you are less likely to beinconsistentt. and have you ever used a harness for your jumps that is a huge help in consistancy

salchow

1. Bend ur knee!

2. Look up. Points 1 & 2 will be mentioned constantly if u continue skating, especially if u take lessons.

3. Bring ur arms to the side & then behind you, keeping ur shoulders down. Even if u aren’t feeling too relaxed, try to look it.

4. Do a 3-turn, extending ur right foot behind you, having a STRONG check after executing the 3-turn.

5. As u feel that you’re on ur back left inside edge, SCOOP through with ur right foot. Think inside edge first. In the waltz jump u kicked. Even in Salchow practice u kicked. But when jumping for real, u must think of scooping ur free leg so it gets u up & around.

6. Your arms will be in coordination with ur free leg [the one that’s doing the scooping!] First they’ll be back, & then they reach forward in a small arc so they add to the power of the jump.

7. At the apex of the jump ur arms will be slightly curved in front of u – as though holding a giant beach ball. Your legs will be slightly apart.

8. As for the landing, ur right toepick will be the first part of ur blade to land. It’ll be doing so backwards as this is a back outside edge landing.

9. Your arms check in the L position, left arm in front, right arm to the side.

10. As u check out, remain on ur right back outside edge. Your free leg is behind you, acting as a counterbalance.

You’ve just done ur first Salchow jump! Don’t be concerned about getting a lot of height & width in the beginning. Aim for getting the coordination followed by a strong form

axel

Leaving the runway. l assign duties for the arms, skating leg & free leg to get into the air. The skating leg is
the power leg, generating the lift. The free leg extends through, helping with both the lift & direction. The
arms come down & through, helping with the direction & the rhythm.

Lift & then turn. This is my basic rule of jumping. l ask my students if they have ever seen a small triple
Axel on TV or in person. The answer, of course, is no. There is no way that a skater can rotate three & a half
times in the air without the time to do it. The more lift u can generate on the takeoff, the more time u will
have to turn in the air. This really applies to the single Axel when the skater is first learning to snap into a tighter
rotation.

Jump to ur target. Although there r a variety of ways to set up an Axel, the actual pattern of the jump is
very simple. Because of the force of the free leg coming through, if the skater jumps into the circle, it becomes
more difficult to stay straight in the air. Many coaches will start an Axel from a standstill because it forces a
skater to jump out instead of around. The idea of jumping through helps the skater stay straight when it comes
time to snap into the rotation.

Rotate in the air. Pieter Kollen is one of the best jump technicians. He talks about the arc of jumping. This
refers to where the actual jump rotations should occur on singles, doubles, triples & quads. He says that on a
single jump, the rotation starts at 8 on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the top of the jump. What this means is
that there is a lot of time to lift into the air before u have to turn. The extension of the free leg through will
help the lift as well as the pattern. l do an exercise with the skaters that l call a “fake Axel.” The skater will
extend his or her free leg through all the way, then snap into a back scratch spin before a strong checking-out
motion. This gives the skater an organized approach to the three main elements of the jump: the lift, the snap
and the landing. All we r missing is the explosion into the air off the skating foot.

Back scratch spin. This is the position in the air for multi-revolution jumps. If skaters practice a back scratch
spin regularly & try to translate the feeling to the top of the jump, they’ll have a much more efficient way of
rotating. Often we see skaters try to fling their arms around to generate rotation, but all that does is get the
skater crooked.

Safe at home. The strong checkout will complete the jump & make the skater & coach very happy. l feel
that a good checkout is a state of mind. If a skater has the desire to land the jump & is aggressive on the
checkout, then good things usually happen.