Left backward inside three turn

LBI to LFO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

turnentry LBIexit LFO

On LBI · 7 other entries

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

LBI → LFO. A skater who rotates the other way traces RBI: the same element, generated from this one.

shoulder to hip —on the —

LBI · the blade turning half a circle on its edge, the cusp in the tracing · LFO. Negative twist means the shoulders are held back against the hips, which stores rotation before a takeoff and checks it on a landing.

Backwards on the inside edge, rotating into the circle, out forwards on the outside edge. This is where a good many skaters quietly stall, because the entry is the edge they practise least and the exit is a forward outside edge that has to be held. Reaching it is not enough.

Done properly it is one of the most useful turns on the ice: it converts a backward inside edge into a forward outside one, which is how a great many step sequences begin.

Derived

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

LBI three turn to LFO: the edge changes, the skater rotates into the circle, and the lobe continues.

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

Build on

Left backward inside edgeLBI: the left foot travelling backwards on an inside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.
Backward two-foot turnBoth turn from backwards to forwards, and the three turn does it on one foot.

Leads to

12 elements in the guide are built on this one, and the 8 nearest are listed here.

Left backward inside bracketLBI to LFO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
Left backward inside rockerLBI to LFI: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
Left backward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLBI → LFO → LFI → LFI: 3 elements on one foot.
Left backward inside double threeLBI → LFO → LBI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
Left backward inside double three-mohawkLBI → LFO → LBI → RFI: 3 turns on two feet.
Left backward inside three-mohawkLBI → LFO → RBO: 2 turns on two feet.
Left backward inside triple threeLBI → LFO → LBI → LFO: 3 turns on one foot.
Left forward inside counter-threeLFI → LBI → LFO: 2 turns on one foot.

From LBI

Left backward inside push backexits RBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Left backward inside step wideexits RBI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Left backward inside change of edgeexits LBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Left backward inside rockerexits LFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left backward inside bracketexits LFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Left backward inside loopexits LBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Left backward inside choctawexits RFO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left backward inside counterexits LFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left backward inside mohawkexits RFI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues

Clusters from LBI

Left backward inside double threeLBI → LFO → LBI
Left backward inside counter-mohawkLBI → LFI → RBI
Left backward inside rocker-mohawkLBI → LFI → RBI
Left backward inside rocker-choctawLBI → LFI → RBO
Left backward inside counter-2½ twizzleLBI → LFI → LBO
Left backward inside bracket-cross rollLBI → LFO → RFO
Left backward inside bracket-counterLBI → LFO → LBO
Left backward inside counter-threeLBI → LFI → LBO
Left backward inside rocker-counterLBI → LFI → LBI
Left backward inside three-mohawkLBI → LFO → RBO
Left backward inside choctaw-three-rockerLBI → RFO → RBI → RFI
Left backward inside double three-mohawkLBI → LFO → LBI → RFI
Left backward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleLBI → LFI → LBI → LBI
Left backward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLBI → LFO → LFI → LFI
Left backward inside triple threeLBI → LFO → LBI → LFO

Appears in

In the UK's grades

None of the British level lists in this guide name it outside the Skills tests below.

BIS Skills 3BIS · level 3
BIS Skills 4BIS · level 4
BIS Skills 5BIS · level 5
BIS Skills 6BIS · level 6
BIS Skills 8BIS · level 8

BIS Skills 3, exercise 2: Multi-directional 3-turnsAll four forward 3-turns and both backward inside ones on the first side, and 3-turns run into open mohawks on the second.
BIS Skills 4, exercise 6: Mohawk & 3-turn exerciseOpen mohawks alternating with backward 3-turns, inside on the first side and outside on the second.
BIS Skills 5, exercise 5: Skating exerciseA serpentine of backward inside 3-turns and open mohawks, two lobes on each foot, joined entirely by crossovers.
BIS Skills 6, exercise 7: Skating exercise 2Backward inside 3-turns into forward outside rockers, on power crossovers, covering at least three-quarters of the rink.
BIS Skills 8, exercise 2: Section 2The technical middle: a double 3-turn, a bracket, steps crossed behind, and a double twizzle reached through a change of edge.