Forward inside 1 ½ twizzle
A one and a half rotation twizzle on each forward inside edge, leaving the skater travelling backwards.
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.
New on 01/10/2026, and it sits directly on top of exercise 4. The same entry edge, half a rotation more, and an exit that faces the other way. That is why the extra half turn makes it a different element.
That is the thing worth understanding here: rotation count on a twizzle decides where the skater ends up. A single leaves them travelling as they started, and adding half a turn reverses the direction of travel and takes the edge with it. The guide stores each rotation count as its own element for that reason, and each page derives its own exit.
It also starts from a moving start, where its Skills 3 predecessor started from standing, so there is entry speed to control as well as rotation. More speed makes the rotation easier and the exit harder, and the exit is the part the exercise names.
Elements
- Right forward inside 1½ twizzleRFI to RBO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
- Left forward inside 1½ twizzleLFI to LBO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
- Left forward outside crossoverLFO to RFI: the free foot crosses in front of the skating foot onto the same lobe, still travelling forwards.
- Right forward outside crossoverRFO to LFI: the free foot crosses in front of the skating foot onto the same lobe, still travelling forwards.
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.