BIS Skills 4

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The turn family opens up here. Every turn below Skills 4 is a 3-turn, a mohawk or a forward inside twizzle, and this test adds the rocker and the choctaw: the first turn that holds its edge through the rotation, and the first change of foot that changes the curve as well.

It is also the level where turns stop arriving one at a time. Double 3-turns, a choctaw with a mohawk immediately after it, a twizzle rolled straight into a cross roll: the exercises are built so that nothing gets a clean landing to settle on.

The two exercises added on 01/10/2026 are both about running things together. One alternates mohawks with 3-turns, the other puts a forward double 3-turn into a cross roll. Neither brings a new kind of turn: the forward double 3-turn is the one from exercise 2, which starts it backwards.

Exercises

1. Backward changes of edgeBackward changes of edge held for half a circle, first from crossovers and then entered from a forward 3-turn.
2. Backward double 3-turnsBackward outside and backward inside double 3-turns, each running out into a cross roll.
3. Inside rockersForward and backward inside rockers, alternating down the full length of the rink, six at a minimum.
4. Forward inside twizzles & backward outside twizzle movementOne and a half twizzles forwards, exited in an extended position, and single backward outside twizzles rolled on into cross rolls.
5. Backward choctawsA held back outside edge into a closed choctaw, an open mohawk immediately after it, and crossovers between the lobes.
6. Mohawk & 3-turn exercisenew 01/10/2026Open mohawks alternating with backward 3-turns, inside on the first side and outside on the second.
7. Skating exercisenew 01/10/2026Forward outside double 3-turns leaving directly into cross rolls, alternating feet down the ice.

Elements

Every element its exercises call for, gathered from them.

• Right backward outside change of edgeRBO to RBI: the blade rolls across without turning, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Left backward outside change of edgeLBO to LBI: the blade rolls across without turning, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Left backward inside change of edgeLBI to LBO: the blade rolls across without turning, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Right backward inside change of edgeRBI to RBO: the blade rolls across without turning, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Right backward outside crossoverRBO to LBI: the free foot crosses in front of the skating foot onto the same lobe, still travelling backwards.
• Left backward outside crossoverLBO to RBI: the free foot crosses in front of the skating foot onto the same lobe, still travelling backwards.
• Left forward outside three turnLFO to LBI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Right forward outside three turnRFO to RBI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Right backward outside double threeRBO → RFI → RBO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left backward outside double threeLBO → LFI → LBO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left backward inside double threeLBI → LFO → LBI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Right backward inside double threeRBI → RFO → RBI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left forward outside cross rollLFO to RFO: a step onto the other foot, still travelling forwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Right forward outside cross rollRFO to LFO: a step onto the other foot, still travelling forwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Right backward outside cross rollRBO to LBO: a step onto the other foot, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Left backward outside cross rollLBO to RBO: a step onto the other foot, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Right forward inside rockerRFI to RBI: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
• Left backward inside rockerLBI to LFI: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
• Left forward inside rockerLFI to LBI: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
• Right backward inside rockerRBI to RFI: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
• Left forward inside 1½ twizzleLFI to LBO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
• Right forward inside 1½ twizzleRFI to RBO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
• Extended edgeA plain edge held for a third of a circle, long enough to be a position in its own right.
• Right backward outside twizzleRBO to RBO: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
• Left backward outside twizzleLBO to LBO: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
• Right backward outside choctawRBO to LFI: a step onto the other foot, changing edge and reversing onto a new one. No cusp.
• Left backward outside choctawLBO to RFI: a step onto the other foot, changing edge and reversing onto a new one. No cusp.
• Left forward inside mohawkLFI to RBI: a step onto the other foot, holding the edge and staying on the same lobe. No cusp.
• Right forward inside mohawkRFI to LBI: a step onto the other foot, holding the edge and staying on the same lobe. No cusp.
• Right backward inside edgeRBI: the right foot travelling backwards on an inside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
• Left backward inside edgeLBI: the left foot travelling backwards on an inside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.
• Left backward inside three turnLBI to LFO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Right backward inside three turnRBI to RFO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Right backward outside three turnRBO to RFI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Left backward outside three turnLBO to LFI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Left forward outside crossoverLFO to RFI: the free foot crosses in front of the skating foot onto the same lobe, still travelling forwards.
• Right forward outside crossoverRFO to LFI: the free foot crosses in front of the skating foot onto the same lobe, still travelling forwards.
• Left forward outside double threeLFO → LBI → LFO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Right forward outside double threeRFO → RBI → RFO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.

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