# The Six Jumps · Figure Skating Level 3: Pre-Intermediate

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The Six Jumps in Figure Skating (Level 3: Pre-Intermediate) on Insporta: 20 sourced facts behind 2 tests. Covers: two families of jumps.

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

## Test 1: Two families of jumps

- There are six jumps, each skated as a single, double, triple or quadruple. (Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026))
- 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))
- 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))
- 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))
- 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))
- Of the six jumps the toe loop has the lowest base value. (Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026))
- 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))
- 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))
- 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))
- 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))

## Test 2: Entries and landings

- The Lutz is usually entered from a long backward glide or a counter. (Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026))
- The flip is usually entered from a backward three-turn or a mohawk. (Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026))
- 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))
- 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))
- 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))
- 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))
- 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))
- 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))
- 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))
- 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))

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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