Left forward inside three turn

LFI to LBO: 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.

Forwards on the inside edge, rotating into the circle, out backwards on the outside edge of the same foot. It is usually the second three turn a skater learns and it is the one that flatters them: the rotation goes the way the edge is already turning and the exit arrives on a strong backward edge.

Treat that as a warning. Because it arrives without much asking, it is often done with the shoulders leading and the edge only nominally present. The honest test is whether you can hold the exit for as long as you held the entry.

Derived

Build on

• Left forward inside edgeLFI: the left foot travelling forwards on an inside 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.

• 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.
• Left backward inside counter-threeLBI → LFI → LBO: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left backward outside double threeLBO → LFI → LBO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left backward outside double three-mohawkLBO → LFI → LBO → RFO: 3 turns on two feet.
• Left backward outside triple threeLBO → LFI → LBO → LFI: 3 turns on one foot.
• Left forward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLFI → LBO → LBI → LBI: 3 elements on one foot.
• Left forward inside double threeLFI → LBO → LFI, back where it started: 2 turns 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 change of edgeexits LFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• 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
• BIS Skills 6BIS · level 6

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 5: Forward outside & forward inside 3-turnsThe first turns in the syllabus: forward outside three turns onto a held back outside edge, then forward inside ones.
• BIS Skills 2, exercise 3: Forward 3-turnsForward inside and forward outside 3-turns in one run, with the back edge after each turn held before the next lobe.
• BIS Skills 3, exercise 2: Multi-directional 3-turnsAll four forward 3-turns and both backward inside ones on the first side, and 3-turns run into open mohawks on the second.
• BIS Skills 6, exercise 5: Skating exerciseForward 3-turns run through a change of edge into a closed choctaw, and a 3-turn into a cross roll, across the full ice surface.