u/Temporary_Forever293

Spin and jump directions

(For background context I grew up doing gymnastics and have only picked up skating as an adult)

I'm beginning to learn jumps and am confused which direction I should be rotating. In both gymnastics and skating I spin on my right leg in the clockwise direction, however I do standing jumps and twist to the left (counterclockwise direction). In gymnastics this is perfectly normally so I assumed it would directly translate and on ice I would also jump to the left, but it seems I was wrong and it's abnormal to jump in the opposite direction to which you spin. I've tried some off ice waltz jumps to get a feel for both directions and jumping to the left definitely feels more natural and comfortable. Will this be a problem as I progress or can I continue rotating in different directions?

Also I naturally step onto the ice with my right leg first and I have better balance on my right which I think makes me a 'righty' and therefore I should naturally be rotating counterclockwise (so it's my spins that are weird not my jumps).

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u/Temporary_Forever293 — 7 days ago