Figure Skating Jump Landing Tips: (Trevor Laak)

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Trevor Laak provides some video examples to demonstrate what actually happens with the free leg on a jump landing.  This video is a follow-up to a jump landings video by Michelle Leigh and is intended to clarify the important concepts.

Using 7 triples and one double axel as examples, Trevor clarifies what actually happens on a typical jump landing.  The actual movement of the free leg appears to be dependent on the amount of excess flight time a skater has and how familiar a skater is with a given jump.  The video focuses on the description by Michelle Leigh of the free foot coming forward and then around and back.  Many coaches teach landings only as a lifting of the free knee into an h-position, and then pushing the free foot straight back.  The video shows that both ideas are correct, but Michelle’s explanation fits what is actually seen a little better.

As Trevor notes, it is not clear if teaching the foot-forward-around-and-back method helps skaters land new jumps more quickly or not but all skaters generally have to go through this stage when learning the multi-rotation jumps.

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5 responses to “Figure Skating Jump Landing Tips: (Trevor Laak)”

  1. Nick Perna

    EXCELLENT analysis, Trevor! Christy Krall just gave a great talk on “The Anatomy of A Landing” at the PSA conference. She showed very similar details. Thank you!

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  2. Steve V

    Great Video Trevor, my only concern is between the H position landing and the Swing back landing is that on the H position in my opinion it would keep the back up straighter to keep a more secure landing as to the Swing back landing i noticed in the video that the body really leans forward over the landing toe so it really does not leave any room for errors. Ive always been teaching the H position on landing, never tried the swing back before!

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  3. Trevor

    Hey Steve – If you watch video of skaters with just enough air time, they’re rotating at maximum rotational speed right down to the ice and HAVE to drop their body down to help decelerate the rotation. At those rotation rates it would be impossible to decelerate fast enough with just shoulder, arm and leg movement in the limited time available for landing. So keeping the back up may not be desirable for skaters at minimum flight times, even though so many people teach it. Most of the top coaches want their skaters to press the body forward on landings and use terminology like “chest over thigh” with their skaters. Maybe I’ll create another video on that topis as well. Thanks!!

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  4. lsussman

    Thanks so much Trevor! I really found it valuable to see so many video examples in slow motion of the different jumps at the landing position. As Nick Perna mentioned above, Christy Krall touched on many of these same points in her presentation at the PSA conference. Thanks again!

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  5. DeniseMyers

    Great video. Thanks

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