Left forward outside counter

LFO to LBO: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.

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.

Forwards on the outside edge, rotating away from the circle, out backwards still on the outside edge and onto a new lobe. Both of the difficult things at once: the rotation fights the curve, and the lobe reverses underneath you.

Counters are usually the last of the four to arrive, and the reason is checking. The body has to be wound against the edge, released just enough to get round, and stopped dead on a curve that is now going the other way. Any looseness anywhere shows up immediately in the tracing.

Derived

Build on

• Left forward outside bracketLFO to LBI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Left forward outside rockerLFO to LBO: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.

Leads to

7 elements in the guide are built on this one.

• Left backward inside bracket-counterLBI → LFO → LBO: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left backward outside rocker-counterLBO → LFO → LBO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left backward outside rocker-counter-double twizzleLBO → LFO → LBO → LBO, back where it started: 3 elements on one foot.
• Left forward outside counter-2½ twizzleLFO → LBO → LFI: 2 elements on one foot.
• Left forward outside counter-mohawkLFO → LBO → RFO: 2 turns on two feet.
• Left forward outside counter-threeLFO → LBO → 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 three turnexits LBI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left forward outside mohawkexits RBO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• 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 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

No test syllabus recorded yet.