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Ice skating is a sport in which people slide over a smooth ice surface on steel-bladed skates. Millions of people skate in those parts of the world where the winters are cold enough. Although most people ice-skate for recreation and exercise, skating for form and speed is a highly competitive international sport.

skating on ice as a sport or pastime. Ice skating became a recognized sport in 1876. Skaters are marked for technical and artistic excellence in performing a series of prescribed patterns ( figure skating ) or a choreographed series of dance moves ( ice dancing ).

The Toe Loop is the second jump most figure skaters learn, right after the Waltz Jump. Unlike a Waltz Jump, which is a half-rotation jump launched from the forward direction, the toe loop is a full-rotation jump launched from a backwards direction of travel. A toe loop is a toe-assisted jump. For a counter-clockwise jump, it starts with the right foot on a back outside edge, followed by planting the left toe pick, up into the rotation, and landed again on the right back outside edge.

The salchow jump is an edge jump in figure skating. It was named after its inventor, Ulrich Salchow, in 1909. The salchow is accomplished with a takeoff from the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot.