Hmm? thermalundies... I was wondering why you left out loop jumps??? That's what I'm REALLY working on. (I choose flip and lutz b/c I'm also working on the flip too and have tried the half lutz a couple of times.)
I am still working on waltz jump. I know how to do it but I don't have enouhh courage to really jump.
My 13 years old daughter is working on double axel and triple jumps. She has done many good attempts but never really managed to do any of them. Not full rotated, step out or ... Maybe some day sooner or later.
got the flip and loop down finally. Working on lutz and that stupid salchow. LOL That's right I can do the harder jumps but I mess the timing on the salchow. LOL
Double toe (ick!)
Double sal (yay!)
Double loop (iffy, at best)
Always, always, the axel.
Know why they call it that? All the other four letter words were taken!
Once the comp. season is over I'll probably start working on jumps harder than double lutz. So far I've landed but *cough*cheated*cough* five double axels and two triple sals.
Second, this year I am working the split-flip after my split jump got so big I daydreamed about it and asked my coach to show it to me. I landed three recognizable ones the first day. They are tough! You can not go slowly, and you can not back away from it at all. After the mohawk to backwards, you reach back really far for the pole vault, and take it up-then split-then pull in very quickly to complete the revolution-then check out very strongly to control the landing.
A true UP-SPLIT-IN-OUT feeling....all done quickly and crisply if you hope to make it well.
Right now, I'm working on the full flip, the loop, every now and then I'll try a toe-walley, and the full lutz. Actually, the first time I tried a full lutz (today!) I got all the way around and bumped my left toe pick when I landed!:rollin: Sooo close! Well, it was the first try. I kept working on it for about half an hour, but never got it on one foot.
<span style="font-family:comic sans ms; color:blue;font-size:x-small;">i'm workin on tha axel, itz so freakin hard! <img border=0 src="http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/ohwell.gif" /> i keep on fallin n neva hab enough rotation. tha jump drives me nuts!!!</span>