Problem with my axel...advice, please!?

I麓m 13 years old, in FS5, and I麓m having trouble with my axel.


I can麓t land it..lol. But specifically, I麓m having trouble crossing my legs in the air. Whenever I try to cross my legs on the jump, I fall, or trip out of the jump.


It麓s wierd, because when I don麓t cross my legs while I麓m doing the jump, I can ALMOST land it on 2 feet. it麓s a little cheated.


I wanna know tips to get my legs crossed without falling, and any other tips you have about axels..


Please give me some advice!Problem with my axel...advice, please!?
Well make sure that your not crossing your legs until after you take-off.


Try just getting your one leg in front of the other instead of crossing it right over.


try doing one from a swing-roll or side hop take-of.Problem with my axel...advice, please!?
try to go at a medium pace before taking off after taking off be on one foot and have the other one at a stretch postion curl your foot around the other one at the landing don't land on 2 feet judges in a compettion will take points off for that take the foot that is not curled and and land in a stretch postion
To perform an Axel, the skater typically approaches the jump on a right back outside edge in a strongly held check position before stepping onto a left forward outside edge. He or she vaults over the toe pick of the left skate and ';steps up'; into the jump with the right leg. Then the skater brings the left leg through to cross in front of the right in what is known as a back spin position (similar to that for the loop jump), to bring the center of rotation around the right side of the body; this is often described as a weight shift in the air. Uncrossing the legs on the landing checks the rotation and allows the skater to flow out of the jump with good speed.





It is quite common for skaters to skid the forward takeoff edge slightly, especially on double and triple Axels, rather than vaulting directly off a clean edge. The skid helps the blade grip the ice on the takeoff, and is considered acceptable technique as long as the skid is not so great that the skater pre-rotates the jump or takes off the back of the blade rather than off the toe pick. When the skater makes a mistake in the timing of the jump such that the blade does not grip at all and he or she slips completely off the edge, the result is what is called a waxel, often resulting in a fall.





Computerized biomechanical studies of skaters performing double and triple Axels have shown that skaters typically do not achieve quite as much height on the triple Axel as they do on the double. This may seem counterintuitive, since a higher jump ought to give a skater more time to complete the rotation in the air. Instead, on the triple Axel, skaters do not take such a big ';step up'; so that they can pull in to the rotation position more quickly.