Word info

salchow

Speech parts

1. salchow - Noun

2. salchow - Verb

Meaning

salchow (plural salchows)

A figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air.

salchow (third-person singular simple present salchows, present participle salchowing, simple past and past participle salchowed)

(intransitive) To perform a figure skating jump of this kind.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Elite-level pair skaters usually attempt at least one of: double Axel, triple toe loop, or triple Salchow. Source: Internet

Three are edge jumps — the Salchow, loop, and Axel — and three are toe jumps which use the toe picks on the front of the blade — the toe loop, flip, and Lutz. Source: Internet

Recalling jumping technique in the 1980s, Orser said, "We'd swing that free leg through, whether it was an Axel or a Salchow or even a toe loop. Source: Internet

To perform a Salchow or flip on the back end of a combination, a half loop (which is actually a full rotation, but lands on a left back inside edge) may be used as a connecting jump. Source: Internet

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