International coach and jump specialist Nick Perna continues a jump lesson. In the first part of this lesson Nick taught axel and double salchow drills. In the second part of the lesson he worked on double toe loop, double loop, and double flip. In this part, the focus is on the double lutz.
As with the previous jumps, Nick has the skater do a lutz take-off with a forward landing on the axis foot into twizzles. To improve alignment (and jump direction), he wants the skater to feel like she’s landing on a forward outside edge in the h-position. The tendency for most skaters is to collapse to a strong inside edge and lose alignment.
After a single lutz single loop combo, the skater pulled the upper body back during the take-off the double lutz attempt. Nick was willing to overlook the lack of clear outside edge, and he noted that the air time was pretty good. On the next attempt the skater is able to “stay a little more forward” but the jump doesn’t climb up enough. On the final double attempt, the skater creates rotation and jumps, but the air position wasn’t good enough or sustained enough to get the jump around.
To finish the lesson, Nick asks to see a double salchow, tap toe, single axel jump sequence. Sometimes skaters struggle with flow because they look down and focus on the ice, and Nick notes that here.
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