Left forward outside crossover

LFO to RFI: the free foot crosses in front of the skating foot onto the same lobe, still travelling forwards.

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The free foot crosses in front of the skating foot and goes down on the inside edge of the other foot, on the same circle. It is how a skater builds speed on a curve, and it is the first thing after plain edges that most people learn.

The push is the whole point and the part most often thrown away. Both feet push: the outside foot as it crosses, and then the inside foot as it comes out from under. A crossover done as a step over, with no push from either foot, looks tidy and produces nothing.

Derived

Build on

• Left forward outside edgeLFO: the left foot travelling forwards on an outside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.
• Half-swizzle pumpsLearn to Skate USA teaches forward crossovers one level after the pumps, on the same circle. In Ice Skating Australia's description the outside leg crosses in front and each foot pushes outwards, away from the circle.

Off the ice

• A deep, soft kneeThe bend skating lives on: strength to hold it, and an ankle that uses all the boot allows.

From LFO

• Left forward outside chasséexits RFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Left forward outside change of edgeexits LFI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left forward outside cross rollexits RFO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left forward outside three turnexits LBI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left forward outside mohawkexits RBO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left forward outside rockerexits LBO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left forward outside slip chasséexits RFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Left forward outside bracketexits LBI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left forward outside choctawexits RBI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left forward outside counterexits LBO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left forward outside crossed step behindexits RFO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left forward outside loopexits LFO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues

Clusters from LFO

• Left forward outside double threeLFO → LBI → LFO
• Left forward outside triple threeLFO → LBI → LFO → LBI
• Left forward outside rocker-counterLFO → LBO → LFO
• Left forward outside choctaw-three-rockerLFO → RBI → RFO → RBO
• Left forward outside bracket-counterLFO → LBI → LFI
• Left forward outside counter-mohawkLFO → LBO → RFO
• Left forward outside counter-threeLFO → LBO → LFI
• Left forward outside counter-2½ twizzleLFO → LBO → LFI
• Left forward outside rocker-choctawLFO → LBO → RFI
• Left forward outside rocker-mohawkLFO → LBO → RFO
• Left forward outside three-mohawkLFO → LBI → RFI
• Left forward outside double three-mohawkLFO → LBI → LFO → RBO
• Left forward outside rocker-counter-double twizzleLFO → LBO → LFO → LFO
• Left forward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLFO → LBI → LBO → LBO

Appears in

• BIS Skills 1BIS · level 1
• BIS Skills 2BIS · level 2
• BIS Skills 3BIS · level 3
• 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 1: Forward edgesThe four forward edges, joined by chassés on one side and crossovers on the other.
• 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 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 2, exercise 4: Forward cross rollsForward cross rolls in both directions, joined by a crossover and a step wide onto the inside edge.
• 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.
• 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 3, exercise 6: Forward inside 1 ½ twizzleA one and a half rotation twizzle on each forward inside edge, leaving the skater travelling backwards.
• BIS Skills 4, exercise 6: Mohawk & 3-turn exerciseOpen mohawks alternating with backward 3-turns, inside on the first side and outside on the second.
• BIS Skills 5, exercise 2: Forward rockersForward outside and forward inside rockers alternating with crossovers, finishing on a held back outside edge.
• BIS Skills 5, exercise 4: Inside bracketsForward and backward inside brackets, entered from crossovers, on a shape the skater chooses.
• BIS Skills 5, exercise 5: Skating exerciseA serpentine of backward inside 3-turns and open mohawks, two lobes on each foot, joined entirely by crossovers.
• BIS Skills 6, exercise 6: Bracket-counterA forward inside bracket and a backward counter in one cluster, on both feet, entered from crossovers.
• BIS Skills 7, exercise 5: Outside bracketsForward and backward outside brackets, four to six of them, on a figure of eight or a circle.
• BIS Skills 7, exercise 6: Bracket-counter-twizzleA forward inside bracket into a backward counter into a one and a half twizzle, finished with a change of edge.
• 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 1: Section 1Rockers on both feet, a one and a half twizzle in the direction the skater chooses, a bracket into a cross roll, and a pivot movement to close.
• BIS Skills 8, exercise 3: Section 3The longest section: choctaw into mohawk, a rocker, a counter into a mohawk, an open choctaw, and a rocker-counter into a double twizzle to finish.