World and Olympic coach Michelle Leigh works with a skater to improve the flip jump take-off with improved ankle flex in the air. (In previous videos, Michelle worked with this skater to get ankle flex on double loop jump and ankle flex on double toe loop.) Michelle begins with a single flip and then a jump walk-through. On the walk-through, the skater simulates the “pick” placement and then sets the full blade on the ice for a half turn into the h-position take-off, followed by a backspin in a tight air position into an opposite foot spin where the skater lifts the axis foot off the ice and flexes it. The skater then steps back down onto the axis foot and hits a landing position with the head to the axis side.
On the double flip attempt, the skater is working on getting more jump height as well as flexing the axis foot in the air. To generate more lift, Michelle wants the skater to “push the hips underneath” which means the skater can drive the hips up and through the jump, typically with the upper body set back slightly in what is often called the “power angle.” In the frame-by-frame video analysis, Michelle discusses the free leg and how this skater keeps a lot of tension in that leg, making it stay straight which makes it hard to drive the hips through and straighten the axis knee and flex the axis foot. Michelle suggests more of an h-position on take-off.
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