Watching figure skating on TV can be entertaining, but inevitably you will ask yourself what the difference is between a triple flip and a double lutz. They all look about the same, with the skater launching himself into the air and spinning rapidly a few times before landing on one foot, moving backwards. However, the jumps all have subtle differences which dictate their level of difficulty, and accordingly, their score rating.
A lutz is entered into on a pick from a backward outside edge. A flip is entered into on a pick from a backward inside edge. The loop and salchow are entered into without the help of the pick push. The skater must launch up into the air directly from the correct edge. In the case of the loop, the take-off is from the backward outside edge of the same leg he will land on. The salchow takes off from the backward inside edge of the opposite from the landing leg. The toe loop (or cherry flip) is the loop, but with an added pick for takeoff. Confusing? There is only one jump in figure skating with a forward take-off, and that is the axle. You take off from the tip of the foot and land backward on the other foot after one and a half revolutions on the air. Add revolutions and you have double and triple axles.
All the jumps can be performed with a single revolution, or a double, or triple, etc. Quads factor in nowadays too, with more and more skaters able to achieve four full revolutions before landing
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