Editing Salchow jump (section)

==Execution==
As defined by the ISU, the Salchow jump is an edge jump. Its takeoff is made from the back inside edge of one foot and its landing is made on the back outside edge of the opposite foot.<ref name="mediaguide-16"/> The skater enters into the jump with a backward approach, launches it using their inside edge, and lands on the opposite outside edge.<ref name="park">{{cite news |last1=Park |first1=Alice |date=22 February 2018 |title=Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Figure Skating Jumps and Scores |url=https://time.com/5131773/guide-figure-skating-jumps-olympics/ |access-date=28 June 2024 |work=Time Magazine}}</ref> The free leg is extended behind the skater and swings toward the front as they spring into the air while, at the same time, drawing in their arms.<ref name="usfsjumps">{{cite web |title=Identifying Jumps |url=https://www.usfsa.org/content/Identifying%20Jumps.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915120940/https://www.usfsa.org/content/Identifying%20Jumps.pdf |archive-date=15 September 2019 |access-date=28 June 2024 |publisher=U.S. Figure Skating |page=2}}</ref> Skaters do not have to draw in their arms or free leg close to their bodies while performing the single Salchow because bringing the free side of their bodies forward and around the opposite side of their bodies after they turn towards the back, is enough to produce the necessary rotation.<ref name="cultureonice-284"/>  

The rotation in the air, with respect to a fixed point, is slightly less than 360 degrees because the takeoff edge curves in the same direction as the rotation in the air. When a skater pulls the arms into their body and/or brings their free leg inward, more rotations can be performed; for this reason, the Salchow is "usually the first jump that skaters learn to double, and the first or second to triple".<ref name="cultureonice-284"/> As [[U.S. Figure Skating]] states, however, "timing is critical"<ref name="usfsjumps"/> because both the takeoff and landing must be on the backward edge.