Left backward inside three turn

LBI to LFO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

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Backwards on the inside edge, rotating into the circle, out forwards on the outside edge. This is where a good many skaters quietly stall, because the entry is the edge they practise least and the exit is a forward outside edge that has to be held. Reaching it is not enough.

Done properly it is one of the most useful turns on the ice: it converts a backward inside edge into a forward outside one, which is how a great many step sequences begin.

Derived

Build on

• Left backward inside edgeLBI: the left foot travelling backwards on an inside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.
• Backward two-foot turnBoth turn from backwards to forwards, and the three turn does it on one foot.

Leads to

12 elements in the guide are built on this one, and the 8 nearest are listed here.

• Left backward inside bracketLBI to LFO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Left backward inside rockerLBI to LFI: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
• Left backward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLBI → LFO → LFI → LFI: 3 elements on one foot.
• Left backward inside double threeLBI → LFO → LBI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left backward inside double three-mohawkLBI → LFO → LBI → RFI: 3 turns on two feet.
• Left backward inside three-mohawkLBI → LFO → RBO: 2 turns on two feet.
• Left backward inside triple threeLBI → LFO → LBI → LFO: 3 turns on one foot.
• Left forward inside counter-threeLFI → LBI → LFO: 2 turns on one foot.

From LBI

• Left backward inside push backexits RBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside step wideexits RBI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside change of edgeexits LBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside rockerexits LFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside bracketexits LFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside loopexits LBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside choctawexits RFO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside counterexits LFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside mohawkexits RFI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues

Clusters from LBI

• Left backward inside double threeLBI → LFO → LBI
• Left backward inside counter-mohawkLBI → LFI → RBI
• Left backward inside rocker-mohawkLBI → LFI → RBI
• Left backward inside rocker-choctawLBI → LFI → RBO
• Left backward inside counter-2½ twizzleLBI → LFI → LBO
• Left backward inside bracket-cross rollLBI → LFO → RFO
• Left backward inside bracket-counterLBI → LFO → LBO
• Left backward inside counter-threeLBI → LFI → LBO
• Left backward inside rocker-counterLBI → LFI → LBI
• Left backward inside three-mohawkLBI → LFO → RBO
• Left backward inside choctaw-three-rockerLBI → RFO → RBI → RFI
• Left backward inside double three-mohawkLBI → LFO → LBI → RFI
• Left backward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleLBI → LFI → LBI → LBI
• Left backward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLBI → LFO → LFI → LFI
• Left backward inside triple threeLBI → LFO → LBI → LFO

Appears in

In British Ice Skating's tests: BIS Skills 3, BIS Skills 4, BIS Skills 5, BIS Skills 6, BIS Skills 8.