Left forward inside counter

LFI to LBI: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.

Not checked yet. The mechanics on this page are a first draft by a non-expert, and no coach has seen them yet. Read them as a starting point and check them with a coach. Corrections are very welcome.

Forwards on the inside edge, rotating away from the circle, out backwards on the inside edge and onto a new lobe. The exit is a back inside edge, which is the least practised edge there is, so this turn tends to be judged by what happens in the two seconds after it.

A counter starts its new lobe at the cusp. If yours begins later, what you did was a rotation.

Derived

Build on

• Left forward inside bracketLFI to LBO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Left forward inside rockerLFI to LBI: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.

Leads to

6 elements in the guide are built on this one.

• Left backward inside rocker-counterLBI → LFI → LBI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left backward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleLBI → LFI → LBI → LBI, back where it started: 3 elements on one foot.
• Left backward outside bracket-counterLBO → LFI → LBI: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left forward inside counter-2½ twizzleLFI → LBI → LFO: 2 elements on one foot.
• Left forward inside counter-mohawkLFI → LBI → RFI: 2 turns on two feet.
• Left forward inside counter-threeLFI → LBI → LFO: 2 turns on one foot.

From LFI

• Left forward inside edgethe plain edge, with no turn on it
• Left forward inside step wideexits RFI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left forward inside change of edgeexits LFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left forward inside three turnexits LBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left forward inside mohawkexits RBI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left forward inside choctawexits RBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left forward inside loopexits LFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues

Clusters from LFI

• Left forward inside double three-mohawkLFI → LBO → LFI → RBI
• Left forward inside bracket-counterLFI → LBO → LFO
• Left forward inside rocker-counterLFI → LBI → LFI
• Left forward inside double threeLFI → LBO → LFI
• Left forward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleLFI → LBI → LFI → LFI
• Left forward inside bracket-cross rollLFI → LBO → RBO
• Left forward inside counter-mohawkLFI → LBI → RFI
• Left forward inside counter-threeLFI → LBI → LFO
• Left forward inside counter-2½ twizzleLFI → LBI → LFO
• Left forward inside rocker-choctawLFI → LBI → RFO
• Left forward inside rocker-mohawkLFI → LBI → RFI
• Left forward inside three-mohawkLFI → LBO → RFO
• Left forward inside choctaw-three-rockerLFI → RBO → RFI → RBI
• Left forward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLFI → LBO → LBI → LBI
• Left forward inside triple threeLFI → LBO → LFI → LBO

Appears in

In British Ice Skating's tests: BIS Skills 7.