# Toe Jumps · Figure Skating Level 3: Pre-Intermediate

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Toe Jumps in Figure Skating (Level 3: Pre-Intermediate) on Insporta: 20 sourced facts behind 2 tests. Covers: the toe loop and the flip; the lutz.

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

## Test 1: The toe loop and the flip

- 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))
- 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)
- 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))
- 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)
- 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)
- A clear forward take-off, backward for an Axel, is treated as a downgraded jump. (Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27)
- 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)
- 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))
- Edges are reviewed in slow motion; a definitely wrong edge gets e, an unclear one !. (Source: ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026/27)
- 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)

## Test 2: The Lutz

- 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)
- 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))
- 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))
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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))
- 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)
- 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))

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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