Left backward outside bracket-counter

LBO → LFI → LBI: 2 turns on one foot.

combinationentry LBOexit LBI2 turnsone foot throughout

On LBO · 7 other entries

LFOLFO → LBI → LFI: 2 turns on one foot.
RFORFO → RBI → RFI: 2 turns on one foot.
LFILFI → LBO → LFO: 2 turns on one foot.
RFIRFI → RBO → RFO: 2 turns on one foot.
LBO (this page)LBO → LFI → LBI: 2 turns on one foot.
RBORBO → RFI → RBI: 2 turns on one foot.
LBILBI → LFO → LBO: 2 turns on one foot.
RBIRBI → RFO → RBO: 2 turns on one foot.

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.

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outside edge: the paler lineinside edge: the darker line

LBO → LFI → LBI. A skater who rotates the other way traces RBO: the same element, generated from this one.

A bracket into a counter from a backward edge. Entering blind, rotating against the curve twice, and changing circle at the second turn.

The two turns look similar on the ice and feel quite different: the bracket has a cusp pointing out of the circle and leaves you on the same lobe, the counter has the same rotation but takes the lobe away. Doing them back to back is the clearest way to learn which is which.

Derived

LBO is three letters (foot, direction, edge): left foot, backwards, outside edge. Every edge in the guide is written that way, so RBI is a right foot travelling backwards on an inside edge.

LBO, bracket to LFI, then counter to LBI. 2 turns on one foot, and the skater finishes on LBI.

Nothing above is stored on this page. The cluster records its entry edge and the order of its turns; every edge in between is chained out of the same rule that draws a single turn.

A skater who rotates the other way does the same thing from RBO. Same element, mirrored.

Build on

Left backward outside bracketLBO to LFI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
Left forward inside counterLFI to LBI: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.

From LBO

Left backward outside edgethe plain edge, with no turn on it
Left backward outside crossoverexits RBI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Left backward outside change of edgeexits LBI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Left backward outside cross rollexits RBO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Left backward outside choctawexits RFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left backward outside three turnexits LFI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Left backward outside mohawkexits RFO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Left backward outside crossed step behindexits RBO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Left backward outside chasséexits RBI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Left backward outside counterexits LFO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left backward outside loopexits LBO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Left backward outside rockerexits LFO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left backward outside slip chasséexits RBI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues

Clusters from LBO

Left backward outside three-mohawkLBO → LFI → RBI
Left backward outside double threeLBO → LFI → LBO
Left backward outside counter-threeLBO → LFO → LBI
Left backward outside rocker-mohawkLBO → LFO → RBO
Left backward outside counter-mohawkLBO → LFO → RBO
Left backward outside counter-2½ twizzleLBO → LFO → LBI
Left backward outside rocker-choctawLBO → LFO → RBI
Left backward outside rocker-counterLBO → LFO → LBO
Left backward outside choctaw-three-rockerLBO → RFI → RBO → RFO
Left backward outside double three-mohawkLBO → LFI → LBO → RFO
Left backward outside rocker-counter-double twizzleLBO → LFO → LBO → LBO
Left backward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLBO → LFI → LFO → LFO
Left backward outside triple threeLBO → LFI → LBO → LFI

Appears in

In New Zealand's grades

None of the New Zealand level lists in this guide name it.