Teapot

A low glide on one foot with the free leg reaching forward, a balance exercise disguised as a trick.

positionentry LFI

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

inside edge: the darker line

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

shoulder to hip —on the —

held position · low glide, free leg forward. Negative twist means the shoulders are held back against the hips, which stores rotation before a takeoff and checks it on a landing.

You sink over the skating knee until you are close to the ice, the free leg reaching forward with the blade clear of it. The edge is shallow and stays shallow: there is very little you can do about it once you are down there, which is most of what the position teaches.

The difficulty is dropping under control. The weight has to stay over the middle of the blade the whole way, because a heel that catches sits you down and a toe that catches does worse. Coming back up is the harder half, and the half most people skip.

Names vary from rink to rink (teapot, sit glide, shoot the duck), and the deepest one-footed version tends to attract the last of those.

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 traces a clockwise lobe seen from above the ice. Change any one of the three letters and it curves the other way; change two and it curves the same way again.

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

Build on

Left forward inside edgeLFI: the left foot travelling forwards on an inside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
DipThe teapot holds a low knee bend on one foot with the free leg forward. The dip is a deep bend on two.

Leads to

One element in the guide is built on this one.

Sit spinA spin held with the skating thigh at least parallel to the ice and the free leg forward.

From LFI

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 three turnexits LBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
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 bracketexits LBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
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.