For all the fans who love watching figure skating during the Winter Olympics but don’t know much more than falling = bad news, here’s a handy A-Z of the terms you’re likely hear to hear figure skating ...

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 ...

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 ...