AboutMarlene Bruland Expertise Have been an Artistic USARS Roller Figure Skating Coach (Quad) since 1954 in the Northwest Region, coaching figures, freestyle, pairs, dance, creative solo and Precision Team events, and was a former competitive skater and national placewinner. Holds a Gold Medal Proficiency Test in Dance Skating.
Experience Has been teaching for 52 years in the Northwest, coaching many National Winners in Freestyle, Dance, Figures, Creative Solo and Precision Team skating. I hold a Gold Medal Proficiency Test in Dance skating and coached a skater who placed 3 times in 4 World competitions and she also was the Pan Am Champion in Ladies Freestyle. I have coached 5 US National Bronze Medal Precision Teams who participated in 3 World Championships.
In my old roller skating days, circa late 70's early 80's,
I seem to remember a jump called a "Bocal" or "Bocle" that could be performed on roller skates, but I have not seen it performed on ice skates. If I remember correctly this jump was similar to an axel, but the forward take-off was done on the on the right foot (rotating 1-1/2 turns counter-clockwise), and landing backwards on the same foot. It was very difficult to do (for me at least) since it is an edge jump with virtually no help from the free leg, pure power.
I also remember doing a similar axel type jump called a "Collegiate". That jump was easier for me to do as the flow was more natural, at least that was my experience. That jump had the same take-off as an axel (left foot), but landing on the left foot, which set you up for a flip or salchow combination.
Is there such a critter as a "Bocal" jump?
Thanks.
Answer It is called Boeckl---which was named after Willey Boeckl-----starts on Inside Forward Edge, turns 1 1/2 revs and lands backwards on the same foot. Sometimes called an Inside Axle.
The other is called a Colledge (Collegiate is a Dance). Colledge starts on an Outside Forward edge and lands on the same foot backward on an inside edge. These were very popular jumps in that era and since them the Boeckl has come back a bit.
