BIS Skills 7

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The last test before the programme, and the one where the syllabus stops introducing new kinds of turn and starts stacking the hard ones. A counter into a 3-turn, a counter into a two-and-a-half twizzle, a rocker into a counter into a cross roll: by Skills 7 most of the turns arrive attached to another one.

What is new is the demand that the difficult turn survives being entered from another difficult turn, with no glide in between to organise it on. No element here is new in the way the loop or the bracket were new.

October 2026 adds two more, and both take it as far as the level goes: a cluster of four counting the change of edge, which the guide lists as its parts, and the choctaw-3-turn-rocker, which has a page of its own.

For a competitor it is the Advanced Novice threshold. Entering a national championship in that category needs this test and a National 6 in technical and components, under the 2026/27 requirements.

Exercises

1. Forward inside choctaws & backward outside counterschanges 01/10/2026Closed choctaws from a forward inside edge, and backward outside counters run into 3-turns, down both lengths of the rink.
2. Backward outside choctaws & forward inside countersAn extended back outside edge into a closed choctaw, with a forward inside counter and a change of edge on the way out.
3. Backward inside counters & twizzlesA forward outside 3-turn into a backward inside counter, which carries on into a two and a half rotation twizzle.
4. Rocker-counterA rocker and a counter back to back on one foot, inside on the first side and outside into a cross roll on the second.
5. Outside bracketsForward and backward outside brackets, four to six of them, on a figure of eight or a circle.
6. Bracket-counter-twizzlenew 01/10/2026A forward inside bracket into a backward counter into a one and a half twizzle, finished with a change of edge.
7. Choctaw-3-turn-rockernew 01/10/2026A closed choctaw into a backward inside 3-turn into a forward outside rocker, down both lengths of the rink.

Elements

Every element its exercises call for, gathered from them.

• Right forward inside choctawRFI to LBO: a step onto the other foot, changing edge and reversing onto a new one. No cusp.
• Left forward inside choctawLFI to RBO: a step onto the other foot, changing edge and reversing onto a new one. No cusp.
• Left backward outside counter-threeLBO → LFO → LBI: 2 turns on one foot.
• Right backward outside counter-threeRBO → RFO → RBI: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left backward outside crossoverLBO to RBI: the free foot crosses in front of the skating foot onto the same lobe, still travelling backwards.
• Right backward outside crossoverRBO to LBI: the free foot crosses in front of the skating foot onto the same lobe, still travelling backwards.
• Left forward outside edgeLFO: the left foot travelling forwards on an outside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.
• Right forward outside edgeRFO: the right foot travelling forwards on an outside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
• Left backward inside step wideLBI to RBI: a step onto the other foot placed wide, nothing crossing, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Right backward inside push backRBI to LBO: a push off the inside edge onto the other foot's outside edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.
• Right backward inside step wideRBI to LBI: a step onto the other foot placed wide, nothing crossing, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Left backward inside push backLBI to RBO: a push off the inside edge onto the other foot's outside edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.
• 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.
• Extended edgeA plain edge held for a third of a circle, long enough to be a position in its own right.
• Left forward inside counterLFI to LBI: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
• Right forward inside counterRFI to RBI: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
• 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.
• 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.
• Left backward inside counter-2½ twizzleLBI → LFI → LBO: 2 elements on one foot.
• Right backward inside counter-2½ twizzleRBI → RFI → RBO: 2 elements on one foot.
• Right backward outside edgeRBO: the right foot travelling backwards on an outside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.
• Left backward outside edgeLBO: the left foot travelling backwards on an outside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
• Right forward inside rocker-counterRFI → RBI → RFI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left forward inside rocker-counterLFI → LBI → LFI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left forward outside rocker-counterLFO → LBO → LFO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Right forward outside rocker-counterRFO → RBO → RFO, 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.
• Left forward outside bracketLFO to LBI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Right forward outside bracketRFO to RBI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Right backward outside bracketRBO to RFI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Left backward outside bracketLBO to LFI: half a turn against 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.
• Right forward inside bracket-counterRFI → RBO → RFO: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left forward inside bracket-counterLFI → LBO → LFO: 2 turns on one foot.
• Right forward outside 1½ twizzleRFO to RBI: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
• Left forward outside 1½ twizzleLFO to LBI: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
• 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 forward outside choctaw-three-rockerLFO → RBI → RFO → RBO: 3 turns on two feet.
• Right forward outside choctaw-three-rockerRFO → LBI → LFO → LBO: 3 turns on two feet.
• 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.

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