The Lutz is a
figure skating jump
Figure skating jumps are an element of three competitive figure skating disciplines: men's singles, women's singles, and pair skatingbut not ice dancing. Jumping in figure skating is "relatively recent". They were originally individual compulso ...
, named after
Alois Lutz
Alois Lutz (1898–1918) was an Austrian figure skater. He invented the Lutz jump
The Lutz is a figure skating jump
Figure skating jumps are an element of three competitive figure skating disciplines: men's singles, women's singles, and ...
, an Austrian skater who performed it in 1913. It is a toepick-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 and the second-most famous jump after the
Axel.
History
The Lutz jump is the second-most difficult jump in figure skating
and "probably the second-most famous jump after the
Axel".
It is named after figure skater
Alois Lutz
Alois Lutz (1898–1918) was an Austrian figure skater. He invented the Lutz jump
The Lutz is a figure skating jump
Figure skating jumps are an element of three competitive figure skating disciplines: men's singles, women's singles, and ...
from Vienna, Austria, who first performed it in 1913.
In competitions, points are awarded based on the number of rotations completed during the jump. The base value of a successful single Lutz is 0.60, a double Lutz 2.10, a triple Lutz 5.90; and a quadruple Lutz 11.50.
Firsts
Execution
The 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".
[Media guide, p. 15] 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
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"ISU Figure Skating Media Guide 2018/19"(22 September 2022). (Media Guide) International Skating Union. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
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Figure skating elements
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