Left backward inside edge

LBI: the left foot travelling backwards on an inside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.

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Backwards on the inside of the blade. Most skaters meet this edge last, partly because it is the least used on its own and partly because the position is awkward: the free leg sits on the inside of the circle, crossing the line of travel, with nowhere obvious to put it.

It earns its keep elsewhere. It is the takeoff of the flip and the Salchow and the exit of a forward outside three turn, so a weak back inside edge shows up as a problem in things that look nothing like it.

Derived

Build on

• Backward strokingIce Skating Australia holds each backward stroke for two to three seconds with the free foot ahead above the line, and its backward edges keep the free leg in the same place.
• Backward one-foot glideNew Zealand moves the backward glide onto a curve and round a circle, which is the backward edges. On them, Ice Skating Australia keeps the free leg ahead, above the line.

Leads to

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

• Left backward inside change of edgeLBI to LBO: the blade rolls across without turning, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Left backward inside loopLBI to LBI: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.
• Left backward inside push backLBI to RBO: a push off the inside edge onto the other foot's outside edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.
• Left backward inside step wideLBI to RBI: a step onto the other foot placed wide, nothing crossing, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Left backward inside mohawkLBI to RFI: a step onto the other foot, holding the edge and staying on the same lobe. No cusp.
• Left backward inside three turnLBI to LFO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Left backward inside 1½ twizzleLBI to LFO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
• Left backward inside 2½ twizzleLBI to LFO: 2½ rotations on one foot, travelling, 2 curls and no cusp.

From LBI

• Left backward inside push backexits RBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside step wideexits RBI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside change of edgeexits LBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside three turnexits LFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside rockerexits LFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside bracketexits LFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside loopexits LBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside choctawexits RFO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside counterexits LFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside mohawkexits RFI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues

Clusters from LBI

• Left backward inside double threeLBI → LFO → LBI
• Left backward inside counter-mohawkLBI → LFI → RBI
• Left backward inside rocker-mohawkLBI → LFI → RBI
• Left backward inside rocker-choctawLBI → LFI → RBO
• Left backward inside counter-2½ twizzleLBI → LFI → LBO
• Left backward inside bracket-cross rollLBI → LFO → RFO
• Left backward inside bracket-counterLBI → LFO → LBO
• Left backward inside counter-threeLBI → LFI → LBO
• Left backward inside rocker-counterLBI → LFI → LBI
• Left backward inside three-mohawkLBI → LFO → RBO
• Left backward inside choctaw-three-rockerLBI → RFO → RBI → RFI
• Left backward inside double three-mohawkLBI → LFO → LBI → RFI
• Left backward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleLBI → LFI → LBI → LBI
• Left backward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLBI → LFO → LFI → LFI
• Left backward inside triple threeLBI → LFO → LBI → LFO

Appears in

• BIS Skills 1BIS · level 1
• BIS Skills 2BIS · level 2
• BIS Skills 4BIS · level 4
• BIS Skills 5BIS · level 5
• BIS Skills 6BIS · level 6
• BIS Skills 7BIS · level 7
• BIS Skills 8BIS · level 8

Where it sits in one country's grades is on that country's copy of this page: UK, USA, Australia or New Zealand.

• BIS Skills 1, exercise 2: Backward outside extended positionBackward crossovers into a sustained back outside edge, held in an extended position for a third of a circle or three seconds.
• BIS Skills 1, exercise 3: Forward & backward crossoversCrossovers in both directions and both rotations, joined by an optional turn to backwards and a step back to forwards.
• BIS Skills 1, exercise 4: SlalomPower changes of edge down the length of the rink, forwards on two feet and one, and backwards on two.
• BIS Skills 2, exercise 1: Backward outside & inside edgesBackward edges held to the long axis on both outside and inside, joined by crossovers on one side and a step wide on the other.
• BIS Skills 2, exercise 5: Skating exerciseA full circuit of the rink built from an open mohawk into backward edges, a step wide and a crossover, on both sides.
• BIS Skills 2, exercise 6: Backward outside 3-turnsBackward outside 3-turns joined immediately to an open mohawk, with backward cross rolls and crossovers between the lobes.
• BIS Skills 4, exercise 5: Backward choctawsA held back outside edge into a closed choctaw, an open mohawk immediately after it, and crossovers between the lobes.
• BIS Skills 5, exercise 1: Multi-directional 3-turnsTriple 3-turns on the forward outside edges, and double 3-turns run into open mohawks on the inside ones.
• BIS Skills 5, exercise 7: Backward counter exerciseBackward inside counters into open mohawks, and backward outside counters into 3-turns, with changes of edge between them.
• BIS Skills 6, exercise 3: Backward inside loopsFrom a stationary start on both feet: a forward outside 3-turn and, on the same foot, a backward inside loop.
• BIS Skills 7, exercise 7: Choctaw-3-turn-rockerA closed choctaw into a backward inside 3-turn into a forward outside rocker, down both lengths of the rink.
• BIS Skills 8, exercise 2: Section 2The technical middle: a double 3-turn, a bracket, steps crossed behind, and a double twizzle reached through a change of edge.