Salchow jump: Difference between revisions

The Salchow jump is an edge jump in the sport of [[figure skating]]. It was named after its inventor, Swedish world champion [[Ulrich Salchow]] in 1909.<ref name="mediaguide-16">Media guide, p. 16</ref><ref>Hines, p. 193</ref> According to writer Ellyn Kestnbaum, American skater [[Theresa Weld]] "received reprimands" at the [[1920 Olympics]] "for performing a single Salchow jump because her skirt would fly up to her knees, creating an image deemed too risque".<ref>Kestnbaum, p. 92</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Eschner |first1=Kat |date=6 February 2018 |title=A Brief History of Women's Figure Skating |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/brief-history-womens-figure-skating-180968044/ |access-date=28 June 2024 |work=Smithsonian Magazine}}</ref>

As defined by the ISU, the Salchow jump is an edge jump. Its takeoff is made from the back inside edge of one foot and its landing is made on the back outside edge of the opposite foot.<ref name="ISU Media Guide 23mediaguide-2416">{{cite web | title=ISU Figure Skating Media Guide 2023/24 | url=https://www.isu.org/media-centre/guides/media/32039-figure-skating-media-guide-2023-24/file |date=20 September 2023|access-date=12 October 2023}}</ref> The skater enters into the jump with a backward approach, launches it using their inside edge, and lands on the opposite outside edge.<ref name="park">{{cite news |last1=Park |first1=Alice |date=22 February 2018 |title=HowEverything toYou TellEver theWanted Differenceto Between theKnow 6About Figure Skating Jumps You'lland See at the Olympics |work=Time MagazineScores |url=http://time.com/5131773/guide-figure-skating-jumps-olympics/ |access-date=2028 June November2024 2022|work=Time Magazine}}</ref> The free leg is extended behind the skater and swings toward the front as they spring into the air while, at the same time, drawing in their arms.<ref name="usfsjumps">{{cite web |title=Identifying Jumps |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915120940/https://www.usfsa.org/content/Identifying%20Jumps.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915120940/https://www.usfsa.org/content/Identifying%20Jumps.pdf |archive-date=15 September 2019 |access-date=2028 NovemberJune 20222024 |publisher=U.S. Figure Skating |page=2}}</ref> Skaters do not have to draw in their arms or free leg close to their bodies while performing the single Salchow because bringing the free side of their bodies forward and around the opposite side of their bodies after they turn towards the back, is enough to produce the necessary rotation.<ref name="cultureonice-284"/>