Left forward inside twizzle

LFI to LFI: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.

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On LFI · 7 other entries

LFOLFO to LFO: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
RFORFO to RFO: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
LFI (this page)LFI to LFI: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
RFIRFI to RFI: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
LBOLBO to LBO: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
RBORBO to RBO: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
LBILBI to LBI: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
RBIRBI to RBI: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.

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

inside edge: the darker line

LFI → LFI. A skater who rotates the other way traces RFI: the same element, generated from this one.

Forwards on an inside edge, one rotation, out on the same edge. Most skaters twizzle from here first, because an inside edge is already turning the way the body wants to go and there is less rotation to find.

Which is also the trap. Rotation that arrives free is rotation you have not learned to meter, and it shows as a twizzle that does most of its turning in the first half and coasts through the second. Even rotation looks slower than it is and is much harder.

Derived

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

LFI twizzle to LFI: one rotation on one foot, travelling, leaving one curl in the tracing and no cusp anywhere. The lobe continues, because a curl cannot curve against itself.

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

Build on

Left forward inside edgeLFI: the left foot travelling forwards on an inside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.

Leads to

3 elements in the guide are built on this one.

Left forward inside 1½ twizzleLFI to LBO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
Left forward inside 2½ twizzleLFI to LBO: 2½ rotations on one foot, travelling, 2 curls and no cusp.
Left forward inside double twizzleLFI to LFI: 2 rotations on one foot, travelling, 2 curls and no cusp.

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 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 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 3, exercise 4: Forward inside twizzleA single forward inside twizzle on each foot, from a stationary start, with the axis left to the skater.