Left forward inside change of edge

LFI to LFO: the blade rolls across without turning, still travelling forwards, and the lobe reverses.

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 from the inside edge to the outside, the curve reversing as the blade rolls across. This is the half most skaters find harder, because arriving on an outside edge asks for a lean the free side has to allow.

Judge it by comparing the two lobes. If they are the same depth, the change happened where it should. If the second is shallower, the roll came late and you spent the first part of it on a flat.

Derived

Build on

• Left forward inside edgeLFI: the left foot travelling forwards on an inside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
• Two-foot change of edgeBritish Ice Skating defines a change of edge as one foot's tracing leaving one curve and edge for another. Here both feet do it together.

Leads to

One element in the guide is built on this one.

• Left backward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLBO → LFI → LFO → LFO: 3 elements on one foot.

From LFI

• Left forward inside step wideexits RFI · changes foot, the edge holds, 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 rockerexits LBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left forward inside choctawexits RBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left forward inside bracketexits LBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left forward inside counterexits LBI · same foot, the edge holds, 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

• BIS Skills 1BIS · level 1
• BIS Skills 2BIS · level 2
• BIS Skills 3BIS · level 3

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 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 2: One foot slalomPower changes of edge on one foot, forwards and backwards, on both feet and in both directions.
• BIS Skills 3, exercise 1: Forward changes of edgeForward changes of edge held for half a circle, entered from an open chassé on one side and from a crossover on the other.