Right forward inside twizzle

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

twizzleentry RFIexit RFI

On RFI · 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.
LFILFI to LFI: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
RFI (this page)RFI 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

RFI → RFI. A skater who rotates the other way traces LFI: 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

RFI is three letters (foot, direction, edge): right 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.

RFI twizzle to RFI: 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 LFI. Same element, mirrored.

Build on

Right forward inside edgeRFI: the right foot travelling forwards on an inside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.

Leads to

3 elements in the guide are built on this one.

Right forward inside 1½ twizzleRFI to RBO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
Right forward inside 2½ twizzleRFI to RBO: 2½ rotations on one foot, travelling, 2 curls and no cusp.
Right forward inside double twizzleRFI to RFI: 2 rotations on one foot, travelling, 2 curls and no cusp.

From RFI

Right forward inside step wideexits LFI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside change of edgeexits RFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside three turnexits RBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right forward inside mohawkexits LBI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right forward inside rockerexits RBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside choctawexits LBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside bracketexits RBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right forward inside counterexits RBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside loopexits RFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues

Clusters from RFI

Right forward inside double three-mohawkRFI → RBO → RFI → LBI
Right forward inside bracket-counterRFI → RBO → RFO
Right forward inside rocker-counterRFI → RBI → RFI
Right forward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleRFI → RBI → RFI → RFI
Right forward inside bracket-cross rollRFI → RBO → LBO
Right forward inside counter-mohawkRFI → RBI → LFI
Right forward inside counter-threeRFI → RBI → RFO
Right forward inside counter-2½ twizzleRFI → RBI → RFO
Right forward inside double threeRFI → RBO → RFI
Right forward inside rocker-choctawRFI → RBI → LFO
Right forward inside rocker-mohawkRFI → RBI → LFI
Right forward inside three-mohawkRFI → RBO → LFO
Right forward inside choctaw-three-rockerRFI → LBO → LFI → LBI
Right forward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRFI → RBO → RBI → RBI
Right forward inside triple threeRFI → RBO → RFI → RBO

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.