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No, not some kind of derivation from Rubik's Cube, but about the performance of a figure skating element.
Wikipedia defines it like this:
"The Axel is an edge jump, which means that the skater must spring into the air from bent knees. It is the oldest but most difficult figure skating jump. The Axel has three phases: the entrance phase (which ends with the takeoff), the flight phase, when the skater rotates in the air, and the landing phase, which begins when the skater's blade hits the ice and ends when she "is safely skating backwards on the full outside edge with one leg behind in the air".
The most important parts of the entrance phase is the transition phase (also called the pre-takeoff phase) and the takeoff itself. It has a forward takeoff, approached with a series of backward crossovers in either the opposite or the same direction to the jump's rotation, followed by a step forward onto the forward outside takeoff edge.
The skater must also approach the jump from the left forward inside edge of her skate, enabling the skater to step forward. The skater then kicks through with her free leg, helping her to jump into the air. The skater must land on the right back inside edge of her skate. The change in foot required to complete the Axel means that the skater must transfer her center of gravity, from the left side of her body to the right side, while rotating in the air so that she is in the correct position to land. As a result, the Axel has half an extra rotation, which makes a triple axel more a quadruple jump than a triple.
The single Axel consists of one-and-a-half revolutions, the double axel consists of two-and-half rotations, and the triple axel consists of three-and-a-half rotations.
"It takes incredible strength and body control for a skater to get enough height and to get into the jump fast enough to complete all the rotations before landing with a strong enough base to absorb the force generated".
"Falling on the triple axel is really brutal".
10 female skaters so far have landed Triksels in competition. As of 2019, 10 women have successfully completed the triple Axel in competition, three in the 2018-2019 season: Russian skater Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Japanese skater Rika Kihira, and American skater Alysa Liu.
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I will add that one girl, 12 year old Sof'ya Akat'yeva also landed a Triksel in September 2019 Moscow Open Championships.
Please discuss at libitum about the physical and mental dexterity needed to perform a Triksel, the technique, the wrap, the kick, the position of the head, the landing, the kick out, name the attempts and successes, just like in the quad jumps thread.
Wikipedia defines it like this:
"The Axel is an edge jump, which means that the skater must spring into the air from bent knees. It is the oldest but most difficult figure skating jump. The Axel has three phases: the entrance phase (which ends with the takeoff), the flight phase, when the skater rotates in the air, and the landing phase, which begins when the skater's blade hits the ice and ends when she "is safely skating backwards on the full outside edge with one leg behind in the air".
The most important parts of the entrance phase is the transition phase (also called the pre-takeoff phase) and the takeoff itself. It has a forward takeoff, approached with a series of backward crossovers in either the opposite or the same direction to the jump's rotation, followed by a step forward onto the forward outside takeoff edge.
The skater must also approach the jump from the left forward inside edge of her skate, enabling the skater to step forward. The skater then kicks through with her free leg, helping her to jump into the air. The skater must land on the right back inside edge of her skate. The change in foot required to complete the Axel means that the skater must transfer her center of gravity, from the left side of her body to the right side, while rotating in the air so that she is in the correct position to land. As a result, the Axel has half an extra rotation, which makes a triple axel more a quadruple jump than a triple.
The single Axel consists of one-and-a-half revolutions, the double axel consists of two-and-half rotations, and the triple axel consists of three-and-a-half rotations.
"It takes incredible strength and body control for a skater to get enough height and to get into the jump fast enough to complete all the rotations before landing with a strong enough base to absorb the force generated".
"Falling on the triple axel is really brutal".
10 female skaters so far have landed Triksels in competition. As of 2019, 10 women have successfully completed the triple Axel in competition, three in the 2018-2019 season: Russian skater Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Japanese skater Rika Kihira, and American skater Alysa Liu.
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I will add that one girl, 12 year old Sof'ya Akat'yeva also landed a Triksel in September 2019 Moscow Open Championships.
Please discuss at libitum about the physical and mental dexterity needed to perform a Triksel, the technique, the wrap, the kick, the position of the head, the landing, the kick out, name the attempts and successes, just like in the quad jumps thread.
because when all is said and done axels are the most beautiful jumps of the lot.
