Left forward inside bracket

LFI to LBO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

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On LFI · 7 other entries

LFOLFO to LBI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
RFORFO to RBI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
LFI (this page)LFI to LBO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
RFIRFI to RBO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
LBOLBO to LFI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
RBORBO to RFI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
LBILBI to LFO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
RBIRBI to RFO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

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.

mirror

outside edge: the paler lineinside edge: the darker line

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

shoulder to hip —on the —

LFI · the blade turning half a circle against the curve, the cusp pointing out · LBO. Negative twist means the shoulders are held back against the hips, which stores rotation before a takeoff and checks it on a landing.

Forwards on the inside edge, rotating away from the circle, out backwards on the outside edge. The exit is the good one (a checked back outside edge), and that makes this a turn worth having even though the rotation fights you all the way in.

The common failure is turning early. Rotating against the curve is hard work, so the body starts before the edge is ready and the blade scrapes round where it should cut a clean cusp. If you can hear the turn, it went early.

Derived

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

LFI bracket to LBO: the edge changes, the skater rotates against it, and the lobe continues.

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

Build on

Left forward inside three turnLFI to LBO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

Leads to

3 elements in the guide are built on this one.

Left forward inside counterLFI to LBI: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
Left forward inside bracket-counterLFI → LBO → LFO: 2 turns on one foot.
Left forward inside bracket-cross rollLFI → LBO → RBO: 2 elements on two feet.

From LFI

Left forward inside edgethe plain edge, with no turn on it
Left forward inside step wideexits RFI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Left forward inside change of edgeexits LFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Left forward inside mohawkexits RBI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Left forward inside rockerexits LBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left forward inside choctawexits RBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left forward inside counterexits LBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left forward inside loopexits LFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues

Clusters from LFI

Left forward inside double three-mohawkLFI → LBO → LFI → RBI
Left forward inside bracket-counterLFI → LBO → LFO
Left forward inside rocker-counterLFI → LBI → LFI
Left forward inside double threeLFI → LBO → LFI
Left forward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleLFI → LBI → LFI → LFI
Left forward inside bracket-cross rollLFI → LBO → RBO
Left forward inside counter-mohawkLFI → LBI → RFI
Left forward inside counter-threeLFI → LBI → LFO
Left forward inside counter-2½ twizzleLFI → LBI → LFO
Left forward inside rocker-choctawLFI → LBI → RFO
Left forward inside rocker-mohawkLFI → LBI → RFI
Left forward inside three-mohawkLFI → LBO → RFO
Left forward inside choctaw-three-rockerLFI → RBO → RFI → RBI
Left forward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLFI → LBO → LBI → LBI
Left forward inside triple threeLFI → LBO → LFI → LBO

Appears in

In New Zealand's grades

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

In British Ice Skating's tests: BIS Skills 5.