YAY!!!!! Doesn't the flip just feel great when it clicks?! Being confident and rested definitely helps because a strong, arched back is really the key to this jump!

The setup Dorothy Hamill was using for her axel in Techskater's video is one of the entrances I also remember learning for the axel. A crucial part of it is the change of edge that happens as you push off from the CW back crossovers onto a right back *outside* edge before you step forward onto the LFO edge. Is that also the case when you use it to set up jumps other than the axel?

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I credit the question mark technique for me finally getting my axel consistent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STkt4hz_rJk

Though I do a wide step instead of just a change of edge on one foot. Never thought to do it into my "double toe", though. Hm!

My coach likes us to use the question mark for entries on flips & salchows mainly, except we don't get to use the crossover after the step forward. I think I would feel better set up if I did get to do the crossover.
I tend not to do it unless coach insists. On a 1/4 size rink, anything that takes up 1/2 the rink in crossovers against the usual flow of traffic is near impossible to practise regularly. Hence I do spins from a 3 turn entry rather than the crossover circle.

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I was over it, now I'm into it again !

Usually, I find myself somewhere between the hockey circles or in one of them, depending on how crowded the session is. I do not suggest putting the take-off at the goal line since you'd likely hit the boards. Just leave yourself plenty of room as you'll probably have more speed and flow heading into the jump.