Forward inside twizzle
A single forward inside twizzle on each foot, from a stationary start, with the axis left to the skater.
Not checked yet. The requirements 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 first twizzle, and the first element that rotates and travels at the same time. That distinction is the one to hold on to: a turn happens at a point on the ice and a twizzle happens along a line, so a twizzle that stops moving has become a spin on one foot however tidy the rotation was.
It starts from standing, which is unusual here and deliberate. There is no entry speed to carry it, so the rotation has to come from the body being wound before the foot leaves the ice, and the travel has to come from the edge alone. Nothing is hidden.
The exit matters more here than the turn does. A single twizzle from a forward inside edge leaves the skater on the other foot’s business entirely (the guide’s element page derives what it becomes), and controlling that means the free side stays quiet while the skating side does the work. The axis is optional at this level, which is the one concession: the twizzles have to be good, and they do not have to be lined up.
Elements
- Right forward inside twizzleRFI to RFI: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
- Left forward inside twizzleLFI to LFI: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
- Right forward inside edgeRFI: the right foot travelling forwards on an inside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.
- Left forward inside edgeLFI: the left foot travelling forwards on an inside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
This page lists which elements the exercise calls for and what it is working on. It does not reproduce British Ice Skating's sequence, pattern or wording. For the exercise as published, go to their own document.