Figure skating split jump?

Here's a good link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVq9nL_tLbo&NR=1&fe...

Stretch all of those warmup stretches for 30 seconds (follow the warmup directions exactly.) All of those stretches help quite a bit and the most important are the lunge stretches, straddle, and you should also do calf & hamstring stretches, which I list below:

-Hamstring- extend one leg out in front of you, bend the other one so your foot is next to your straight leg's knee, then stretch to touch the toes of the straight leg's knee. Sit on floor while doing this.

-Calf- Stretching spirals off ice helps splits. Also, stand in front of a wall. Place one foot perpendicular to the wall, toes touching the base board. If your foot is the vertical part of a T, and the wall the top slash-across part, that's what it should look like, like a T. Place the other foot about 12 or 20 inches behind. Bend the leg closest to the wall and straighten the leg that is behind you.Then put your elbows on the wall and lean in, you should feel a stretch in the behind leg. If you don't, spread your behind leg a little farther out and move your front leg a few inches away from the wall until you find the position that stretches the calf of the behind leg.

Go outside, run, and jump in the air and do a split. Also do off-ice split jumps, by three-turning, half flip entrance, jump into a split, et cetera, or whichever way your coach taught you to enter it. Also stretch splits on the floor, trying to get another half inch down everyday.

You need explosive force to get in the air high enough to do a full split, so it's a good idea to practice getting into the air really high when you practice off ice split jumps, and working on core/leg strength. Good luck!

My answers: 1) I have been skating since I was 9 years old, and I'm almost 16 now. So, almost 7 years! 2) I'm at the USFSA level of Juvenile. 3) Juvenile Free Skate, (testing Intermediate in a few weeks!) Pre-Bronze Ice Dance, (testing the Swing Dance and Fiesta Tango as well in a few weeks) and I passed my Novice moves test in July. All I have left for moves is Junior (which I'm currently working on), and Senior!! 4) I don't have any of them :'( My left is closer than my right, and I'm nowhere near my middle. 5) Not really, no. I should though... 6) I don't even have my splits!! 7) I can lift my left leg up really high going backward, but forward is not as high. I have pretty good spiral on the right, nothing to brag about, lol. 8) I don't really work on Split Jumps, I have a good falling leaf, and a really awesome stag jump!! 9) I can almost do a Y spin. I don't have a ton of revolutions, but it's not bad. Awesome survey!! :)

Warm up before doing any stretching. It's really important to stretch slowly after you exercise - when your muscles are warm, they're more pliant and can really benefit from stretching. It also helps prevent muscle aches the next day. (Stretch your feet too - there are muscles in there!)

The split jump requires a front-to-back split position, which is more difficult than the straddle split.

If you have access to a waist-high barre' or other sturdy support, use it to stretch the split position.

Stand parallel to the support. Keep one foot on the floor and place the free foot on the support.

Hold on with one hand. Let the free foot stretch backwards slowly. Don't overdo it - just a few inches at a time is sufficient. Hold the stretch for 30 seconds, then return to your starting position. Repeat on the other side. Do these stretches at least 10 times on each side - you'll find that each attempt allows you to stretch a little further.

This is a lot easier than trying to do the split on the floor, where your UPPER leg muscles have to support all your weight. That can tear muscles and tendons, so don't do those stretches unless you're being supervised properly by a pro.

Realize that a split jump takes off straight up, so work on your jump height, both on- and off-ice.

The skater takes off (a falling leaf = edge; half-flip = toe assist) straight up, THEN the skater does the split with one foot leading, followed by a quick pull-together and forward toe-to-opposite foot glide landing.

Jumping off ice without rotating, just doing the split part, is beneficial. It increases quickness of up-split-together. Just don't bother with trying to simulate toe assists or turns - that will just earn you a trip and fall. You're just looking for quick movements in the air and to develop comfort in doing that.

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Stretch everyday. The best way to get it is to practice doing the splits on the ground. If you can't do the splits on the ground there's no way you can do it in the air. If you can already do the splits on the ground then at you house or in your yard you can practice jumping up and doing the splits. Go on youtube and watch pro figure skaters doing the splits. Try and look like them here's a video with joannie rochette doing the splits. She does them like a 3rd through:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAOkqQ0LEpY

Don't try running and doing them because the ground it NOT like ice. You won't grace fully glide you'll trip because the grounds not slippery, or if you doing it on tile or wood it's not slippery enough.