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Lutz jump

Figure skating jump

Figure skating jump

FieldValue
element nameLutz jump
scoring abbrevLz
element typeJump
take off edgeBack outside
landing edgeBack outside
inventorAlois Lutz

The Lutz is a figure skating jump named after Alois Lutz, an Austrian skater. It is a toe-pick assisted jump with an entrance from a back outside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot. It is the second-most difficult jump in figure skating and "probably the second-most famous jump after the Axel".

History

The Lutz jump is named after figure skater Alois Lutz from Vienna, Austria, who may have first performed it in 1913, though historian Matthias Hampe did not find contemporary sources that referenced the jump before the 1920s, after Lutz's death. Maribel Vinson wrote that it was rare in North America before 1930.

In competitions, points are awarded based on the number of rotations completed during the jump. The base value of a successful single Lutz is 0.6 points, a double Lutz is 2.1 points, a triple Lutz is 5.9 points, a quadruple Lutz is 11.5 points, and a quintuple Lutz is 14 points.

Firsts

Abbr.Jump ElementSkaterNationEventReferences2Lz3Lz4Lz
Double Lutz (women's)Jacqueline du BiefFrance1952 World Championships
Triple Lutz (men's)Donald JacksonCAN1962 World Championships
Triple Lutz (women's)Denise BiellmannSWI1978 European Championships
Quadruple Lutz (men's)Brandon MrozUSA2011 Colorado Springs Invitational
2011 NHK Trophy
Quadruple Lutz (women's)Alexandra TrusovaRUS2018 ISU Junior Grand Prix Armenia Cup
Side-by-side triple Lutz (pairs)Meagan Duhamel and
Ryan ArnoldCAN2005 Canadian Championships

Execution

The International Skating Union (ISU) defines the Lutz jump as "a toe-pick assisted jump with an entrance from a back outside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot". Skaters tend to go into it with a long, diagonal take-off into one of the corners of the rink. It is a difficult jump because it is counter-rotational, which means that the skater sets it up by twisting in one way and jumping in the other. Many skaters "cheat" the jump because they are not strong enough to maintain the counter-rotational edge, resulting in taking off from the wrong edge. A "cheated" Lutz jump without an outside edge is called a "flutz".

References

Works cited

References

  1. (22 February 2018). "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Figure Skating Jumps and Scores". Time Magazine.
  2. "Identifying Jumps". U.S. Figure Skating.
  3. Media Guide, p. 20
  4. Hampe, Matthias. (August 2022). "Eislaufgeschichte: Neuentdeckungen über Alois Lutz".
  5. Vinson, Maribel. (1940). "Advanced Figure Skating". Whittlesey House.
  6. "Communication No. 2707: Single & Pair Skating Scale of Values (ISU No. 2707)".
  7. "Jacqueline du Bief: Biography". International Olympic Committee.
  8. Media Guide, p. 20
  9. Media guide, p. 21
  10. (28 March 2017). "Figure Skating – Breakdown of Quadruple Jumps, Highest Scores and Judging". Reuters.
  11. (29 July 2007). "Pairs: Meagan Duhamel/Ryan Arnold". International Skating Union.
  12. Abad-Santos, Alexander. (5 February 2014). "A GIF Guide to Figure Skaters' Jumps at the Olympics".
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