Flip (figure skating)
The flip is a jump in figure skating .
execution
The runner initially moves backwards on the left inner edge. He bends the left knee very strongly and guides the right arm and right leg backwards. As with a toe loop , the runner taps the ice with the point of the right skate . Then he stretches his legs, which gives him the momentum in the air. To do this, he screws the upper body in the direction of rotation and closes his arms in front of the upper body. The flip is very similar to the Lutz . The difference is that the flip is jumped off the inward edge, the Lutz from the outward edge.
history
At the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships in Turin , the later Japanese winner Daisuke Takahashi was the first person to attempt a four-fold flip in a competition, which was downgraded to a triple flip due to an incomplete fourth turn.
On April 22, 2016, the Japanese Shoma Uno was the first figure skater to successfully land a four-fold flip in an international competition at the Team Challenge Cup 2016 in Spokane .
literature
- Waltraud Witte: Figure skating basics . Meyer & Meyer Verlag, Aachen 2008 (new edition), ISBN 3898993310 .
- Carole Shulman: The Complete Book of Figure Skating . Human Kinetics, Illinois 2002, ISBN 0736035486 .
- Ellyn Kestnbaum: Culture on Ice: Figure Skating & Cultural Meaning . Wesleyan University Press, Middletown 2003, ISBN 081956642X .
- Lynn Kirby: A Perfect Landing (= Winning Edge Series , Volume 1). Thomas Nelson Inc., Nashville 1998, ISBN 0849958350 .
- Kristi Yamaguchi, Christy Kjarsgaard-Ness, Jody Meacham: Figure skating for dummies . John Wiley & Sons, Foster City 1997, ISBN 0764550845 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Mai Hoang: Uno lands historic quad flip at Team Challenge. goldenskate.com, April 23, 2016, accessed April 24, 2016 .