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- Dec 8, 2016
Hi. I am having so many issues with my Single Flip Jump. My toepick when I land is not able to face the same direction that it's facing when it's first placed in the ice. I can't get a full revolution, I'm only getting maybe a quarter around from where it takes off and lands. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, I have a pretty good amount of strength and rotation with my other jumps. I've been watching some videos on You Tube and I noticed that some skaters (even high level ones) are almost spinning or pivoting on their toepick quite a bit before the toepick leaves the ice. For example, if you think about a clock and they are facing 12:00 when they place the pick into the ice, it seems like many of them are pivoting or turning on the toepick until about 5:00, then the toepick leaves the ice and the toepick lands facing 12:00. With my Flip, if I pick in facing 12:00 then my toepick is leaving the ice around 2:00 or 3:00. Then it's returning to the ice around 6:00 and the only way I'm able to get back around to 12:00 with my blade is by doing a sharp outside edge which turns myself the right direction. So I thought, "okay I need to start pivoting around on my pick before I jump, which should make it easier b/c that's less time in the air" but when I asked a coach about this they said that I don't need to do that b/c it will create a bad habit. But unless I delay the toepick leaving the ice until about 5:00 or 6:00, there's no way I can get all the way around with my toepick landing at 12:00. Is it cheating if I do that??? I'm extremely frustrated and confused. And I read somewhere that the Flip is like a toe-assisted Salchow and I know with a Salchow you pivot about halfway on an back inside edge before you jump, so it seems to me that maybe the Flip is the same way except your pivoting about half way around on the toepick instead of the edge (and you land on same foot whereas Salchow you land on opposite foot). If anyone has any insight I would love your feedback!