Ice skating terms?

what's a toe loop, axle, lutz, sow cow? they're all jumps in figure skating, but they all look the same to me. What's the difference?

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An axel is a jump where your legs go up one at a time and land on one foot where the other is out in back of you.(i do axels in my hip hop classes:) ) a sow cow is like a quick spin in the air and land with two feet on the ground. Thats all I know, sorry. i hope this helps!

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This website defines the terms:

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all the jumps are different because of basically the "take off" or how you go into it- Also, which edge you take off and land on make the jumps different and more or less difficult

for example, a flip is when you start out going forward, turn, put your toe-pic in jump and spin- on a lutz you start out going backwards, put your toe pick in and spin by sort of wrapping yourself around- a single toe loop is one of the easiest jumps because its not even really a full rotation-

An axel is especially difficult because its like two jumps in one (for a total of 1.5 rotations in the air) for a single

the link below probably can describe it better

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