What are the jumps in figure skating

Figure skating for children whose parents want to get some significant results, today begins with 4-6 years. This age is considered optimal, because the child not only mechanically repeats the given movements, but also better understands what he does. Some sections are taken from 2.5-3 years, but this is considered a premature start. Before sending a child to the ice, many people recommend first to work out with him gymnastics, which will strengthen the muscular frame and develop some flexibility.

Jumps in figure skating are learned from the first classes. Therefore, you need to be prepared that the child will constantly receive bruises and micro-injuries from their own falls or collisions with other children. This sport is very serious in terms of loads. Those who pretend to the Olympic reserve school should be engaged from 3 to 6 hours daily, passing such disciplines as general physical training, stretching, skating, rolling, choreography. Skaters "for the soul" in the sports school are given this occupation 1-1.5 hours daily. This is certainly less than athletes, but significantly more than the recommended two hours of school physical education.

A formal dress for figure skating will be necessary if the child has reached the level when it can be released for performances or competitions. But this kind of sport requires you to train in clothes that match the temperature and size of the child. In addition, she should not press, rub, or restrain movement. Professionals sew their outfits to order in agreement with the trainer.

The main elements of this sport are jumps, basic and technical steps, rotations, spirals and ways of pairing and synchronous movement. Some jumps in figure skating have interesting, sometimes even amusing names: "pendal", "goat", "deer" or "sheepskin coat", but a very serious description - with what leg to start, how to jump and where to land. For example, "twine" involves jumping into the position of a transverse twine in the air from a rytberger or flip triple with (usually) goat-out.

Jumps in figure skating are divided into denticles, the execution of which begins with the tooth of the ridge, and the rib - start with the edge of the blade. The first include "tolup", "lutz" and "flip", to the second - "rytberger", "salhov", "axel". Adult figure skaters almost entirely hold jumps in three turns, and super-masters jump a quadruple turn. In the competition programs integrate cascades of these elements, which need to be terminated by the appropriate departure. And on ice shows you can also see flips forbidden at sporting events.

Jumps in figure skating - an indispensable element of the competition, without which, according to the famous coach E. Chaikovskaya, this sport would not have the necessary sharpness. After at the Olympiad in 2010 E. Plushenko, having performed a difficult quadruple jump, did not receive "gold", new rules were introduced in figure skating, which, among other things, provide for more points for the execution of the quadruple sheepskin coat and a smaller penalty for stalling the element . Therefore, the young skaters have something to strive for.