Left forward outside double three

LFO → LBI → LFO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.

combinationentry LFOexit LFO2 turnsone foot throughoutreturns to LFO

On LFO · 7 other entries

LFO (this page)LFO → LBI → LFO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
RFORFO → RBI → RFO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
LFILFI → LBO → LFI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
RFIRFI → RBO → RFI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
LBOLBO → LFI → LBO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
RBORBO → RFI → RBO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
LBILBI → LFO → LBI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
RBIRBI → RFO → RBI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.

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.

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outside edge: the paler lineinside edge: the darker line

LFO → LBI → LFO. A skater who rotates the other way traces RFO: the same element, generated from this one.

Two three turns on the same foot, one straight after the other, entering forwards. Each is an ordinary three turn; the difficulty is entirely in the join. You have to check the first one hard enough to stop the rotation, then release it again immediately for the second, and there is no time to reset the edge in between.

The tell is the second cusp. If it is shallower than the first, the check failed and the body carried the turn round. The blade did not cut it.

Derived

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

LFO, three turn to LBI, then three turn to LFO. 2 turns on one foot, and the skater finishes on the edge they started on.

Nothing above is stored on this page. The cluster records its entry edge and the order of its turns; every edge in between is chained out of the same rule that draws a single turn.

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

Build on

Left forward outside three turnLFO to LBI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
Left backward inside three turnLBI to LFO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

From LFO

Left forward outside edgethe plain edge, with no turn on it
Left forward outside chasséexits RFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Left forward outside crossoverexits 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 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 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 4BIS · level 4

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 4, exercise 7: Skating exerciseForward outside double 3-turns leaving directly into cross rolls, alternating feet down the ice.