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Split Flip and Split Lutz (Kori Ade)
World and Olympic coach Kori Ade uses the split jump as a teaching tool for developing flow and rotation and proper jump/pick timing on flip and lutz jumps. She uses the split flip and split lutz all the time with her skaters. She explains that pick jumps need to pick on the way up and […] Continue reading →
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The Lutz (Robert Tebby)
World and Olympic coach Robert Tebby shares his approach to teaching the lutz jump. This is a relatively traditional approach to the lutz, and those that teach this jump from a shallow outside edge setup will find much to use in this video. Robert doesn’t like “gimmicks” for trying to get on the outside edge. […] Continue reading →
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Jump Patterns and Setup Tips, Part 4: Loop, Flip, Lutz (Kori Ade)
World and Olympic coach Kori Ade continues a multi-part series on jump setup patterns and jump teaching tips. In Part 1, Kori discussed patterns and setups for the axel and in Part 2 she tackled the salchow. In Part 3 she discussed the toe loop and shared her “choctaw” concept for the toe loop take-off. The […] Continue reading →
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The Stomping Drill, Part 2: The Jumps (Nick Perna)
International coach Nick Perna continues his discussion of the stomping drill. In Part 1, he introduced the drill and showed how to use it with a variety of skating elements. In this video, he focuses on the jumps and how to use it effectively for salchow, toe loop, loop, flip and lutz. Notice that he […] Continue reading →
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Dragon Tail Exercise – Setup for Jumps (Laurent Depouilly)
World and Olympic coach Laurent Depouilly shares a jump setup drill he calls the “dragon tail” that he uses for all the major jumps except waltz jump/axel (but it can be used for that too). He primarily uses the exercise with the single jumps. The purpose of the drill is to get arm and core […] Continue reading →
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Lutz Exercises, Part 3 – Advanced Drill for Edge (Laurent Depouilly)
World and Olympic coach Laurent Depouilly continues his presentation on exercises for proper lutz development. In Part 1 he discussed the idea of using a back outside pivot to train the alignment and edge pressure. In Part 2, he and Audrey Weisiger worked on a single lutz together, particularly the foot position as the feet […] Continue reading →
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Lutz Exercises, Part 2 – Pigeon Toe Concept (Laurent Depouilly and Audrey Weisiger)
World and Olympic coach Laurent Depouilly continues his presentation on exercises for proper lutz development. In Part 1 he discussed the idea of using a back outside pivot to train the alignment and edge pressure. In this video, he has the skater try her very first lutz (on camera!) so we should not be surprised […] Continue reading →
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Lutz Exercises, Part 1 – Basics (Laurent Depouilly)
World and Olympic coach Laurent Depouilly shares some exercises for proper lutz development. The first exercise is a back outside pivot drill. (NOTE: Laurent’s primary language is French so his pronunciation of the word pivot sounds more like “pervit” or “pervert.” Do not let this distract you from the valuable information he shares.) He shows […] Continue reading →
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The Lutz Jump – Critical Insights (Chris Conte)
This video by Chris Conte is actually a continuation of his multi-part series on air turns or the Russian Twist where he references this discussion about reach position. However, the bulk of this discussion is focused on the lutz jump and the theory of the lutz jump. Chris begins by explaining he uses a similar reach position for […] Continue reading →
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Off-Ice Jumps – Part 4: Loop, Flip, and Lutz (Michelle Leigh)
World and Olympic coach Michelle Leigh continues a multi-part series on off-ice jumping. In Part 1 she focused on some basics and the axel. In Part 2, she discussed the salchow and some drills to improve landings. In Part 3, she addresses issues with the off-ice toe loop. And in this session, she covers loop, flip, […] Continue reading →
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Double Lutz Analysis (Trevor Laak)
Jump specialist Trevor Laak analyzes the following double lutz jump: This skater was in a couple previous videos on iCoachSkating about the double lutz. Those videos were part of a lesson that Page Lipe was giving the skater. At that time the skater was not landing the jump, so it’s nice to see the update and […] Continue reading →
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Double Lutz Lesson, Part 2 – Picking In (Page Lipe)
International coach Page Lipe continues with a double lutz lesson and shares more valuable tips regarding the lutz. In the first part of this lesson, Page focused on the arms. In this video, the primary focus is the hips and how the skater picks into the ice. Notice how Page wants the skater to have a […] Continue reading →
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Double Lutz Lesson, Part 1 – Arms (Page Lipe)
International coach Page Lipe gives a double lutz lesson and shares some valuable tips regarding the lutz. This part of the lesson focuses on the arms, and this information is applicable to other jumps as well. Skaters that lack awareness of their arms often struggle with consistency and timing on jumps. Page offers some tips on […] Continue reading →
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h-Position Clap Drill (Page Lipe)
In this short video, International coach Page Lipe explains the h-position clap drill. She uses this drill with skaters on loop, flip, and lutz jumps and she explains it doesn’t work very well on salchow (and toe loop does not have an h-position). As she explains, the drill helps skaters create more height on these jumps […] Continue reading →
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Solutions for Better Jump Timing and More Flow (Trevor Laak)
Jump specialist and video analyst Trevor Laak shares 2 drills for improving the timing and flow of the flip jump. This is a follow-up to the analysis video Trevor recorded on a single flip with excessive shoulder rotation (see here). The goal is to improve the single flip so this skater can do a double […] Continue reading →
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Using the Split Jump for Standard Toe Jump Development (Audrey Weisiger)
World and Olympic coach Audrey Weisiger continues her discussion of the split jump (see Part 1 and Part 2). In this video she focuses on the split toe loop, the split flip, and the split lutz. Audrey spends considerable time explaining why these jump drills are important for developing toe jumps with more flow, power, […] Continue reading →
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Pivots – Part 2 (Nick Perna)
Figure skating coach Nick Perna continues his explanation of pivots. You can see Part 1 of his presentation here. In this video, Nick begins by noting there are 8 different pivots in total. These are forward inside, back inside, forward outside, and back outside, on each foot making 8 total. Nick says, “I make sure […] Continue reading →
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How to Do a Lutz Jump – Part 2 (Charlie Tickner)
Figure skating jump specialist Charlie Tickner continues his discussion of the lutz jump. In Part 1, he talked about fundamentals of edge control and alignment and how he begins building the jump without rotation. In this video, he begins by adding rotation. He primarily uses the motion of the right arm and the limited motion […] Continue reading →
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Jump Development Exercises Pt 10 – Lutz, Double Lutz (Chris Conte)
Chris Conte continues with Part 10 of a multi-part series on jump development exercises. In this series, Chris provides a set of warm-up exercises with a variety of drills embedded in them to develop important jumping skills associated with axis, air position, head control, and strong powerful landings. The drills are general and apply to […] Continue reading →
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Single Lutz Lesson (Michelle Leigh)
Olympic coach Michelle Leigh works with a young male skater in a 3-part series on jumps. In this video, the focus is on the lutz. To begin the lesson, Michelle asks for an air position drill from a waltz jump down the line. Notice the position she wants. Michelle says, “Never too young” and what […] Continue reading →
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How to Do a Lutz Jump – Part 1 (Charlie Tickner)
Figure skating jump specialist Charlie Tickner explains and demonstrates how he introduces the lutz jump. As he notes, the lutz is a challenging element that is getting lots of scrutiny today as edge changes are simply not overlooked in competition any more. Charlie always begins by developing control of the passive back outside edge. He […] Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Jumps – Lutz Jump for Young Skaters (Michelle Leigh)
Olympic coach Michelle Leigh continues her lesson with two young skaters. The first part of the lesson focused on a series of warm-up drills prior to jump training. In the second video, Michelle had the skaters do waltz jumps and single salchows. In the third part of the lesson, the skaters worked on the loop […] Continue reading →
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Adult Figure Skating – Adult Leg Syndrome (Nick Perna)
World coach and adult figure skating advocate Nick Perna addresses a common jump problem for adults that figure skate. He calls it “adult leg syndrome” and it’s characterized by landing with the free foot to the side or behind the skating leg at the moment of landing impact. Nick notes that the free leg and […] Continue reading →
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Preventing Change of Edge on Lutz Jump (Frank Carroll)
Legendary Olympic figure skating coach Frank Carroll offers his thoughts and opinions on the lutz jump, particularly the problem with change of edge. As Frank explains, a very common reason for the edge change is unwanted hip movement. He offers typical reasons for this hip movement including raising the free leg (tapping) leg too high […] Continue reading →
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Loop Jump Development – Part 2 (Nick Perna)
Figure skating coach Nick Perna continues his discussion about the process and drills he uses to develop the loop jump. In Part 1, he covered a quite a few drills including the Bread Drill, Backward Power Pulls with the free foot in front, and the Ace of Spades drill which are all intended to build […] Continue reading →
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Jump Principles – Speed and Pre-Rotation (Frank Carroll)
Olympic Coach Frank Carroll talks about the realities of jumps in figure skating, and how this knowledge pertains to coaching methods of double and triple jumps. Frank starts by discussing the difference between speed over, or on the ice and speed off the ice or into the air. Although speed across the ice is important […] Continue reading →
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Edge Class – Part 7 Power Pulls With Hockey Puck (Chris Conte)
Choreographer Chris Conte continues with his class on edges and power generation. As noted in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, and Part 6 this class was in Korea on one of Chris’s visits and you’ll notice Eun Hee Lee translating for her Korean skaters. Please excuse the audio on this […] Continue reading →
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Comparing Triple Lutz Technique – Lutz Analysis (Trevor Laak)
Trevor Laak provides a computer analysis of 3 different triple lutz jumps. The skaters performing the jumps are Ryan Bradley, Brandon Mroz, and Max Aaron who were on a practice session at the 2013 Grassroots to Champions Supercamp in July/August of 2013. Probably more than any other jump, there’s a huge variation in ways to […] Continue reading →
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Lutz In Ice Skating: Correcting A Flutz – Part 4 (Nick Perna)
Nick Perna finishes his lutz lesson with Emily. In Part 1 of the lutz lesson, Nick did some preliminary analysis of Emily’s other jumps and her backspin and then started to address the flutz with backward power pulls. In Part 2 of the lutz lesson Nick focused mainly on an important wall drill to develop […] Continue reading →
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Lutz In Ice Skating: Correcting A Flutz – Part 3 (Nick Perna)
Nick Perna continues with Part 3 of his lutz lesson with Emily. In Part 1 of the lutz lesson, Nick did some preliminary analysis of Emily’s other jumps and her backspin and then started to address the flutz with backward power pulls. In Part 2 of the lutz lesson Nick focused mainly on an important […] Continue reading →
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Lutz In Ice Skating: Correcting A Flutz – Part 2 (Nick Perna)
Nick Perna continues his lutz lesson with Emily to fix her take-off edge. This video is the second of a multipart series covering the entire half hour lesson. In the first part of the lutz lesson, Nick did some preliminary analysis of Emily’s other jumps and her backspin and then started to address the flutz […] Continue reading →
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Lutz In Ice Skating: Correcting A Flutz – Part 1 (Nick Perna)
Nick Perna fixes an incorrect lutz take-off edge or flutz. This video is the first of a multipart series covering the entire half hour lesson. We get to sit in on a practical lutz lesson as Nick works with 9 year old Emily. The flutz is a mistake that is extremely common at low levels […] Continue reading →
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Double Lutz Jump: Slow Motion Techniques (Page Lipe) (Trevor Laak)
Play the top video first to see two axel attempts that are being analyzed. Continue reading →
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How Figure Skating Jumps Work: Development Of Double Lutz (Trevor Laak)
Play the top video first to see the jump being analyzed. Continue reading →
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Off Ice Jump Training: Walkthroughs (Tom Hickey)
Tom describes and Taylor demonstrates off-ice drills and walkthroughs for lutz/flip, toe loop, and salchow. Tom is a strong advocate for off-ice jump drills and these drills have helped make his skaters successful. Notice how precisely the walkthroughs should be executed. Continue reading →
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Lutz Jump Tips – Take Off (Page Lipe)
Page Lipe discusses the correct lutz take-off and how to correct flutz problems. Continue reading →
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Ice Skating Jumps: Lutz Jump (Michelle Leigh)
Olympic coach Michelle Leigh explains how she develops single lutz. Continue reading →
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How To Figure Skate: The Lutz Jump (Michelle Leigh)
Michelle Leigh shares some of the exercises she uses to teach lutz. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Jump Technique For Arms (Michelle Leigh)
Michelle Leigh discusses some very helpful information regarding arm motions and positions throughout jumps, and particularly loop, flip and lutz. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Lutz Jump: Developing the Outside Edge (Audrey Weisiger)
Audrey Weisiger discusses some extremely beneficial exercises for lutz. One of the biggest challenges in coaching is to get our young skaters to stay on an outside edge on the lutz take-off. Continue reading →
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How To Figure Skate: Learn a Lutz Jump (Nick Perna)
Nick Perna shows how he introduces a skater to the lutz jump. This is a follow-up video to Nick’s presentation of the loop jump and the flip jump. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Jumps – Lutz Jump Setups (Nick Perna)
Nick Perna continues his discussion of the lutz jump. In this video he discusses entry options and what to look for when using one of the various setups Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Jumps – The Lutz: Fixing a Flutz (Nick Perna)
Nick Perna continues his development of the lutz jump and talks at length about how to correct a flutz problem. You’ve got to see this video to understand Nick’s views on the “reach back” that gets so much attention. Continue reading →
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Figure Skating Jumps – Introduction to the Lutz (Nick Perna)
Nick Perna explains how he teaches a lutz jump to avoid the dreaded flutz problem. As you’ll see in the video, Nick is very passionate about the lutz coming off a back outside edge. Continue reading →
