Finally get your lutz jump with these tips

How to master the Lutz jump
An on-ice tutorial for ice skaters with ways to improve the lutz, get the outside edge, and improve the lutz further.
A step-by-step lesson on lutz.
This video references my Flip video here:
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[@ddazuulada]

I've been trying to learn a half lutz for a few weeks and it's going nowhere. Thank you for this!

[@pri5808]

so helpful! thank you for showing the lefty versions too!

[@iskatecoach]

I got you 😉

[@chiutwan]

Your jump instrutrions are the best! If I could think of anything else to add, that would be adding links to off-ice exercises for the jumps. Anyhow, I wish I lived close to you and had you as my coach.

[@iskatecoach]

Hey thanks so much 😀 I have an online course for every jump! 😀 check it out here: iskatecoach.co.uk/shop/off-ice-jump-class-2/

[@chiutwan]

@@iskatecoach Thank you! Do you also have a course for spinning?

[@iskatecoach]

Not yet, that’s not a bad idea though. What would that look like for you if you had an ideal spin course?

[@chiutwan]

@@iskatecoach My ideal may be different from others' because I'v been practicing spins for more than 3 years as an adult skater who started skating from zero beyond age 50. I can do forward spins somewhat consistently only for 5 revolutions (up to 7, sometimes centered). For some reason I have a hard time crossing my free leg to do a scratch spin. I've probably watched all the instructional videos here for spinning (multiple times, actually) and have worked with a private coach in person many times (not regularly, though). I wonder if targeted off-ice practice would bring me the breakthrough I've been hoping to happen.

[@Edward-W]

These small steps that lower the barrier to start learning are so incredibly helpful. And the way you go through all the possible ways it can go wrong as well as all the helpful small details feels like the absolute full package that's needed for this jump. Thank you for your efforts with these comprehensive guides! I'm looking forward to learning my lutz!

[@iskatecoach]

Thanks for your kind words, and let me k ow how your lutz goes!

[@alistairkok]

Thank you for an excellent guide to learning the lutz! I had been wanting to learn this for years and felt such a thrill when I finally started landing it this past Summer. However, I had not been heeding my coach’s warnings about picking too high on my top toe pick, and I had a bad fall and severely twisted my ankle when I rolled my picking ankle on the take off. I was off the ice for two months. I haven’t attempted it since then, but I will need to eventually learn correct/better technique. The counter rotation going into it makes it such a unique and satisfying feeling. Other than the loop jump, this is my favorite take-off (especially the “Scott Hamilton” long back outside edge entrance).

[@iskatecoach]

Yes I feel your pain because I did this on my double lutz. My timing was off so I was putting too much force through my toe pick. Damaged my ankle and was off the ice for weeks, it also made me scared to try it again when I came back for a while. Timing is key Ankle strength is now important for you if you’re at this stage of jumping Lutz is a fascinating jump to learn. It’s feels wrong for ages then it suddenly clicks. I like to imagine people 100 years ago confused trying to work it out when Alois Lutz showed it to the world. It’s would of been incredibly difficult.

[@tonyyang2261]

Wow this video is so comprehensive and has so many good progressive exercises

[@iskatecoach]

Thanks Tony 👍🏼 hope it helps you

[@yoon-jicho7051]

So helpful as usual. Much appreciate!

[@iskatecoach]

Thank you

[@TheLarryBrown]

Gosh Paul, unbelievably fantastic detailed video, that's beyond dispute. No one can take anything away from the excellent quality of this video, anyone is forced to admit that. I mean OK I'll just accept all your content and exercises at face value...hahaha...just give me some time to work through all that, like, a looot of time. I do think the ice skating world of pedagogy could stand to offer a little more theory though. Here are some questions off the top of my head: Why does figure skating need a Lutz jump when it has all the other jumps already? Why wasn't the Lutz jump invented long before it was? Why couldn't Axel Paulsen invent this jump or do it? How is a Lutz any better than a flutz? A flutz seems easier to do, why not just do that? Does a Lutz give more height or rotation than does an easier jump? If not, why do it the hard way? Some guesswork answers off the top of my head: A Lutz exists precisely because it's difficult. A skater can impress people by doing something difficult, even if there's no real reason the stunt is needed. It looks good. But since all the jumps look almost the same, that seems not a good reason. The outside edge of the Lutz is essential to allow the Lutz to be used after certain other maneuvers and the outside edge gives it a flow that a flutz would not. Axel Paulsen couldn't/didn't invent this jump because the skate blades that were in use in his time didn't make a jump like this possible. Decades later, changes in blade technology made this jump possible. Axel Paulsen could have invented and used this jump, but didn't because at the time jumping from a backwards direction was deemed unsafe or unattractive or otherwise was not permitted. It's just me, but I need reasons to go to all the trouble to master a difficult skill like this.

[@axel_017]

Great explanation , very detailed! Thanks

[@iskatecoach]

Glad it was helpful

[@teddysbusybook9594]

Love this explanation

[@iskatecoach]

Thank you, how’s your lutz going?

[@steveherbert9575]

Do you ever do back crossovers to a corner and do a lutz? That's my favourite choice, rather than cross in front before the take off. I'm old fashioned, but understand that we all have our preferred take offs 😊

[@iskatecoach]

Yes that’s great when you get confident at speed yep

[@steveherbert9575]

​@@iskatecoachI used to skate years ago up ro my mid 20s. Then had a break and went back until 38, but I got frustrated as I know I can do the jumps as I've done them before, just thought about it too much. I've not skated since. I keep meaning to put my boots on again to see how I get on 😊. Your videos are great and easy to understand.