Loop Jump Tips: Part 2 (Joan Orvis)

Joan Orvis continues her explanation of how she teaches the loop jump.  This is a continuation of this loop jump video.  This video covers the practical aspects of teaching the jump to skaters.  This video came about as further questions came up regarding the jump and Joan’s approach during filming.

Joan explains how she applies a hands-on teaching approach to help the skater initially develop the proper skills and feeling for the jump.  Joan talks about the skater’s “power arm” and how it is used to help pivot through the take-off.  With this approach the learning process is straightforward and the skater quickly learns proper body position, edge quality, and jump timing.  Joan demonstrates and again mentions the pivot at the end of the take-off edge and this time she calls it a “seven” (last video it was a “fish hook”).

Joan then explains why she does not like teaching the jump from a forward inside three turn or as the second jump in a combination.  She agrees that these methods work, but she refers to them as a “quick fix.”  What she means is that a skater may get the jump sooner using the added rotation of the three turn or the first jump as part of a combo, but she worries that the skater is not really learning to generate the rotation properly through a deepening of the edge with proper ankle pressure.  Her approach ensures proper technique that is easy to apply to double and triple loops.

Joan ends with a discussion of the forces of take-off and landing.  She thinks this is important for skaters to understand and they can get it without feeling overwhelmed.
 

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