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Figure Skating · Level 3: Pre-Intermediate · Sub-level 3.2

Toe Jumps

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

The toe loop, the flip and the Lutz, and the edge calls on flip and Lutz.

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 1The toe loop and the flipTake a test

  1. The toe loop takes off from a back outside edge, helped by the toe pick of the other skate.

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

  2. The flip takes off from a back inside edge, vaulting off the toe pick of the other foot.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026); ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

  3. The flip leaves a back inside edge and lands on a back outside edge of the opposite foot.

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

  4. The ISU names the toe loop as the jump most commonly cheated on the take-off.

    Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

  5. Leaving the ice already facing forward means part of the turn was done on the blade, not in the air.

    Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

  6. A clear forward take-off, backward for an Axel, is treated as a downgraded jump.

    Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

  7. The Walley is not a listed jump, but a toe Walley is called and counted as a toe loop.

    Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

  8. The other foot's toe pick plants behind and vaults the skater up; the landing comes back onto the take-off foot.

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

  9. Edges are reviewed in slow motion; a definitely wrong edge gets e, an unclear one !.

    Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · applied

  10. 3T is a triple toe loop. 3F is a triple flip, 3Lz a triple Lutz and 3S a triple Salchow.

    Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · applied

Test 2The LutzTake a test

  1. Like the toe loop, the Lutz leaves a back outside edge; its long counter-curved approach makes it harder.

    Source: ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026); ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

  2. The take-off edge of the Lutz curves the opposite way to the direction the jump turns.

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

  3. Like every jump, the Lutz lands on a back outside edge, on the opposite foot.

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

  4. Both are toe jumps landing on a back outside edge; the flip leaves a back inside edge, the Lutz a back outside edge.

    Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · applied

  5. The sign e, for edge, marks a definitely wrong take-off edge on a flip or Lutz.

    Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

  6. The ! (attention) sign means the take-off edge is not clear; the base value is not reduced, but the judges reflect it in their grades.

    Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

  7. Jumps marked e take a reduced base value listed in their own row; with ! the base value is not reduced.

    Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · recall

  8. The Lutz comes from a long glide on a back outside edge, vaults off the other toe pick, turns against its curve and lands backward on an outside edge.

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

  9. A clean edge loses nothing; ! keeps the base value but the judges mark it down; e cuts the base value and the grades.

    Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27 · applied

  10. In A the curve bends one way and the jump turns the other. In B and D the curve bends with the turn, as in a flip; C runs straight.

    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.

  • ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/2711
  • ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026)7
  • ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (isu-skating.com, 2026); ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/272