Back outside to forward outside

Back crossovers, a held back outside edge, and a step forward onto the other foot's forward outside edge, on a circle.

On a circle

Not checked yet. The drill details 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.

The run Back crossovers · RBO held · step forward to LFO

The pattern on the ice, one line for the blade on the ice, coloured by edge.

shoulder to hip —on the —

Backward crossovers · RBO · step forward to LFO, on one circle. Negative twist means the shoulders are held back against the hips, which stores rotation before a takeoff and checks it on a landing.

Back crossovers round a circle, the back outside edge held, then a step forward onto the forward outside edge of the other foot, still on the same circle. The circle carries on in the same direction throughout; only the way you face changes.

The step forward is the one in front of the waltz jump, the Axel and most forward spins, so it is worth practising on its own. The new blade has to go down on the curve, pointing along it, with the hips turning to face forwards at the same moment. Put down across the curve, it scrapes and stops.

Skate it both ways round, because a programme will ask for the step in the direction you like less.

This drill trains

Right backward outside edgeRBO: the right foot travelling backwards on an outside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.
Left forward outside edgeLFO: the left foot travelling forwards on an outside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.

Built from

Right backward outside crossoverRBO to LBI: the free foot crosses in front of the skating foot onto the same lobe, still travelling backwards.

Found in 2 independent sources: coaches' public teaching and published skating-skills tests, taken as base guidance and written for the guide.