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Figure Skating · Level 3: Pre-Intermediate · Sub-level 3.1

The Six Jumps

2 tests · 20 facts · updated 20 October 2026 · markdown

The two families of jumps, base values, entries and landings.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Two families of jumpsTake a test

  1. There are six jumps, each skated as a single, double, triple or quadruple.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  2. Edge jumps leave the ice straight from the blade's edge; toe jumps are helped off by the toe pick of the opposite skate.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  3. The toe loop, flip and Lutz are toe-assisted; the Salchow, loop and Axel are edge jumps.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  4. Whatever the take-off, every one of the six jumps lands backward on an outside edge.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  5. The Axel, with its extra half turn, has the highest base value; the toe loop has the lowest.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  6. Of the six jumps the toe loop has the lowest base value.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  7. The Axel takes off forward from an outside edge; the other five all take off backward.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  8. Between the cheapest jump, the toe loop, and the dearest, the Axel, comes the Lutz.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · applied

  9. Every jump comes off its entry edge, turns in the air and lands backward on an outside edge.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · applied

  10. C groups T, F and Lz, the toe jumps, against S, Lo and A, the edge jumps. The other rows mix the families.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · applied

Test 2Entries and landingsTake a test

  1. The Lutz is usually entered from a long backward glide or a counter.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  2. The flip is usually entered from a backward three-turn or a mohawk.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  3. Only the toe loop and the loop come down on their take-off foot; the other four change feet in the air.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  4. After landing one jump, the toe pick assist makes the toe loop the easier jump to add.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  5. The loop takes off from and lands on a back outside edge of the same foot.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  6. Both take off from and land on a back outside edge of the same foot; the toe loop adds the toe pick assist.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · applied

  7. The loop has no toe pick to help it, so its difficulty lies in edge and body control.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · recall

  8. The first jump lands on a back outside edge, the very edge a toe loop leaves from, and the toe pick assist lifts it off.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · applied

  9. The flip comes from a three-turn or mohawk onto a back inside edge, is vaulted off the other toe pick and lands backward on an outside edge.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · applied

  10. B has three loops and a half, the triple Axel's count. A has three, C four, D two and a half.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026) · applied

Sources

ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (2026); ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27; ISU Handbook for Referees & Judges, Single and Pair Skating 2026/27; Special Olympics Figure Skating Coaching Guide (2021). Original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Program requirements and scoring rules belong to the rules categories.

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