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Has anyone seen or can do an INSIDE axel? |
An inside Axel is a 1 1/2 rotation jump that takes off from a forward inside edge and lands on the back outside edge of the same foot -- the right foot, for a counterclockwise jump. This jump is sometimes known as a Boeckl, after its inventor Willy Boeckl. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/axel_jump... This has been explained to me by many of the older skaters who had this in their reportoire long ago . . . but I just haven't seen it (or at least I don't think!). Can you think of any "known" skater that can do it that maybe I can find a video of . . . or some evidence that an inside axel still exists - hee hee! I know they don't give you brownie points for them in competition . . . so that's probably why we don't see them. But I would like to see one . . . I just don't "get" how the entrance is done. Thanks in advance! Yah, I know, our regular old axel is tough enough! :) An inside axel, which I attempted many years ago but never mastered, is a strange little beast - it's more like a loop than an axel. When you jump off the FI edge, you have to immediately snap into the loop position - you sort of "catch up" with your free leg, which never comes through until the landing. Added: If you think about it, it's the same as doing a loop from a forward inside three turn, except you jump the three! Practice doing those jumps first. Not many competitors use inside axels because the IJS Scoring System doesn't reward them with points. Better to do yet another Bielmann spin. LOL The last person I remember doing one was Johnny Weir in his "Dr. Zhivago" program. Here's a link from Worlds 2004 - interesting because he didn't use the inside axel in his winning Nationals 2004 performance. Johnny's a CW skater, so his takeoff is from the left forward inside edge. The jump really does look like a strange loop! It's at the beginning of his straightline footwork sequence, after the toe running (3:50 mark). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyj-xtzpn... Can you imagine being so talented that you can toss an axel of any kind into your FOOTWORK sequences? LOL Source(s): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyj-xtzpn... Clearer example of entrance and jump from an Adult Oberstdorf competitor: (Right Forward Inside CCW Axel at the 40 second mark) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_hqz3ylq... I've heard of an inside Axel before, but I have never seen it done, and I can't seem to find any video of it being done, but here are a few sites that may help: http://www.skatelogforum.com/forums/show... http://www.geocities.com/vienna/3271/jum... Yes there is a jump called the Inside Axel Paulsen (Axel Paulsen was the person who invented the Axel). An inside Axel is executed from a forward inside edge with 1 1/2 revolutions (rotation in sense of a 3 turn) landing on a back outside edge. It is permitted in a freeskating programme. However all test and short programme requirements refer to an Axel (or Axel Paulsen) which is executed from a forward outside edge with 1 1/2 revolutions (rotation in sense of a 3 turn) landing on a back outside edge. Inside axel is generally less powerful than axel due to the fact the skater cannot use the free leg swing to assist and has to rely only on the skating leg. Main error with execution of inside axel is cheated take-off resulting in a loop jump rather than inside axel. (the link for this info is http://www.centaurusice.bizland.com/page... I think it may be more common in rolller skating then figure skating though. I used to do the inside axel when I was competing about 10 years ago. I first learned it when I was six and could do it long before I landed a regular axel. We didn't have any restrictions on our programs other than the inclusion of an "axel type" jump. I also used to do the 1 foot axel and 1 foot double salchow which I would then add a double flip on to the end. 16 years competitive skating - finished at the Junior level YEAH DUDE IN DISNEY ON ICE O.K. IM NOT A FREAKIN ICE SKATER |
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