It's OK to enjoy figure skating without knowing what all the words mean. If you want to know more, though, here's a list that can help.

The jumps are household names, at least in figure skating households: salchow, axel, lutz, loop, flip and toe loop. In order of difficulty, from the easiest to the hardest, they are: toe loop, salchow ...

Here’s everything you need to know about your favorite figure skating jumps, spins, and moves, from axels and salchows to twists and twizzles.

First, it’s important to know, first, that each skate blade has two edges with a curve -- or hollow -- in the middle. If you stand with your feet together, the edges that face each other are the ...

As the most difficult jump in the women's field, the quadruple toe loop is Adeliia Petrosian’s best hope for an Olympic medal. It's also highly inconsistent. Can the Russian land it to beat a stacked ...