Right forward outside crossover

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

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.

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

• Right forward outside edgeRFO: the right foot travelling forwards on an outside edge, tracing a clockwise 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.

From RFO

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

Clusters from RFO

• Right forward outside double threeRFO → RBI → RFO
• Right forward outside triple threeRFO → RBI → RFO → RBI
• Right forward outside rocker-counterRFO → RBO → RFO
• Right forward outside choctaw-three-rockerRFO → LBI → LFO → LBO
• Right forward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRFO → RBI → RBO → RBO
• Right forward outside bracket-counterRFO → RBI → RFI
• Right forward outside counter-mohawkRFO → RBO → LFO
• Right forward outside counter-threeRFO → RBO → RFI
• Right forward outside counter-2½ twizzleRFO → RBO → RFI
• Right forward outside rocker-choctawRFO → RBO → LFI
• Right forward outside rocker-mohawkRFO → RBO → LFO
• Right forward outside three-mohawkRFO → RBI → LFI
• Right forward outside double three-mohawkRFO → RBI → RFO → LBO
• Right forward outside rocker-counter-double twizzleRFO → RBO → RFO → RFO

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.