Left forward outside bracket

LFO to LBI: 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.

The same entry as a forward outside three, the same exit edge, and the opposite rotation. You turn away from the centre of the circle, so the body works against the curve for the whole turn and then has to be checked the instant it is done.

Because the lobe continues, the tracing looks like a three turn with the cusp pointing the wrong way: outwards, away from the circle, the shape the turn is named for. That single difference is felt as a much larger one. Nothing about a bracket is helped by the edge you are on.

Derived

Build on

• Left forward outside three turnLFO to LBI: 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 outside counterLFO to LBO: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
• Left forward outside bracket-counterLFO → LBI → LFI: 2 turns on one foot.
• Step sequenceA run of turns and steps skated as one element across the ice, to the character of the music.

From LFO

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

Clusters from LFO

• Left forward outside double threeLFO → LBI → LFO
• Left forward outside triple threeLFO → LBI → LFO → LBI
• Left forward outside rocker-counterLFO → LBO → LFO
• Left forward outside choctaw-three-rockerLFO → RBI → RFO → RBO
• Left forward outside bracket-counterLFO → LBI → LFI
• Left forward outside counter-mohawkLFO → LBO → RFO
• Left forward outside counter-threeLFO → LBO → LFI
• Left forward outside counter-2½ twizzleLFO → LBO → LFI
• Left forward outside rocker-choctawLFO → LBO → RFI
• Left forward outside rocker-mohawkLFO → LBO → RFO
• Left forward outside three-mohawkLFO → LBI → RFI
• Left forward outside double three-mohawkLFO → LBI → LFO → RBO
• Left forward outside rocker-counter-double twizzleLFO → LBO → LFO → LFO
• Left forward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLFO → LBI → LBO → LBO

Appears in

In British Ice Skating's tests: BIS Skills 5, BIS Skills 7.