Right forward outside three turn

RFO to RBI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

turnentry RFOexit RBI

On RFO · 7 other entries

LFOLFO to LBI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
RFO (this page)RFO to RBI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
LFILFI to LBO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
RFIRFI to RBO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
LBOLBO to LFI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
RBORBO to RFI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
LBILBI to LFO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
RBIRBI to RFO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

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.

mirror

outside edge: the paler lineinside edge: the darker line

RFO → RBI. A skater who rotates the other way traces LFO: the same element, generated from this one.

shoulder to hip —on the —

RFO · the blade turning half a circle on its edge, the cusp in the tracing · RBI. Negative twist means the shoulders are held back against the hips, which stores rotation before a takeoff and checks it on a landing.

You glide forwards on the outside edge, rotate half a turn towards the centre of the circle you are already tracing, and come out backwards on the inside edge of the same foot. The tracing left on the ice makes the shape the turn is named for.

The thing worth understanding is that the circle does not change. You start on it and you finish on it; the edge and the direction you are facing are all that change. That is what separates a three turn from a rocker, which looks similar and leaves you on a new circle curving the other way.

Rotate towards the centre and the cusp points inwards. Rotate away and you have a bracket instead.

Derived

RFO is three letters (foot, direction, edge): right foot, forwards, outside edge. Every edge in the guide is written that way, so RBI is a right foot travelling backwards on an inside edge.

RFO three turn to RBI: the edge changes, the skater rotates into the circle, and the lobe continues.

A skater who rotates the other way does the same thing from LFO. Same element, mirrored.

Build on

Right forward outside edgeRFO: the right foot travelling forwards on an outside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
Two-foot turnBoth turn from forwards to backwards, and the three turn does it on one foot. Ice Skating Australia teaches the two-foot turn first.

Leads to

12 elements in the guide are built on this one, and the 8 nearest are listed here.

Right forward outside bracketRFO to RBI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
Right forward outside rockerRFO to RBO: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
Left backward inside choctaw-three-rockerLBI → RFO → RBI → RFI: 3 turns on two feet.
Right backward inside double threeRBI → RFO → RBI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
Right backward inside double three-mohawkRBI → RFO → RBI → LFI: 3 turns on two feet.
Right backward inside triple threeRBI → RFO → RBI → RFO: 3 turns on one foot.
Right backward outside counter-threeRBO → RFO → RBI: 2 turns on one foot.
Right forward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRFO → RBI → RBO → RBO: 3 elements on one foot.

From RFO

Right forward outside chasséexits LFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Right forward outside crossoverexits LFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Right forward outside change of edgeexits RFI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Right forward outside cross rollexits LFO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Right forward outside mohawkexits LBO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right forward outside rockerexits RBO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward outside slip chasséexits LFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Right forward outside bracketexits RBI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right forward outside choctawexits LBI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward outside counterexits RBO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward outside crossed step behindexits LFO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Right forward outside loopexits RFO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues

Clusters from RFO

Right forward outside double threeRFO → RBI → RFO
Right forward outside triple threeRFO → RBI → RFO → RBI
Right forward outside rocker-counterRFO → RBO → RFO
Right forward outside choctaw-three-rockerRFO → LBI → LFO → LBO
Right forward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRFO → RBI → RBO → RBO
Right forward outside bracket-counterRFO → RBI → RFI
Right forward outside counter-mohawkRFO → RBO → LFO
Right forward outside counter-threeRFO → RBO → RFI
Right forward outside counter-2½ twizzleRFO → RBO → RFI
Right forward outside rocker-choctawRFO → RBO → LFI
Right forward outside rocker-mohawkRFO → RBO → LFO
Right forward outside three-mohawkRFO → RBI → LFI
Right forward outside double three-mohawkRFO → RBI → RFO → LBO
Right forward outside rocker-counter-double twizzleRFO → RBO → RFO → RFO

Appears in

In Australia's grades

None of the Australian level lists in this guide name it.

In British Ice Skating's tests: BIS Skills 1, BIS Skills 2, BIS Skills 3, BIS Skills 4, BIS Skills 5, BIS Skills 6, BIS Skills 7, BIS Skills 8.