Right forward outside chassé

RFO to LFI: the free foot comes down beside the skating foot, nothing crossing, still travelling forwards on the same lobe.

Also called open chassé or simple chassé. Other names.

transitionentry RFOexit LFI

On RFO · 3 other entries

LFOLFO to RFI: the free foot comes down beside the skating foot, nothing crossing, still travelling forwards on the same lobe.
RFO (this page)RFO to LFI: the free foot comes down beside the skating foot, nothing crossing, still travelling forwards on the same lobe.
LBOLBO to RBI: the free foot comes down beside the skating foot, nothing crossing, still travelling backwards on the same lobe.
RBORBO to LBI: the free foot comes down beside the skating foot, nothing crossing, still travelling backwards 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.

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outside edge: the paler lineinside edge: the darker line

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

Forwards, the free foot placed on the ice beside the skating foot with nothing crossing, and the old skating foot lifted with the blade parallel to the ice. The tracing is a crossover’s (same circle, same change of foot and edge) and the feet are doing something quite different.

Worth stating plainly: this guide draws what the blades draw, and here the blades draw the same thing. The difference is placement, and placement is what the body-frame view is for. Open, slip and slide chassés differ from one another the same way.

Derived

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

RFO chassé to LFI: the skater steps onto the other foot, the direction of travel does not change, and the lobe continues.

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

Build on

Right forward outside edgeRFO: the right foot travelling forwards on an outside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
Forward strokingBritish Ice Skating defines a chassé as two edges, the free foot put down next to the skating foot for the second and then lifted with its blade level.

From RFO

Right forward outside crossoverexits LFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Right forward outside change of edgeexits RFI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Right forward outside cross rollexits LFO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Right forward outside three turnexits RBI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right forward outside mohawkexits LBO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right forward outside rockerexits RBO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward outside slip chasséexits LFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Right forward outside bracketexits RBI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right forward outside choctawexits LBI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward outside counterexits RBO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward outside crossed step behindexits LFO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Right forward outside loopexits RFO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues

Clusters from RFO

Right forward outside double threeRFO → RBI → RFO
Right forward outside triple threeRFO → RBI → RFO → RBI
Right forward outside rocker-counterRFO → RBO → RFO
Right forward outside choctaw-three-rockerRFO → LBI → LFO → LBO
Right forward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRFO → RBI → RBO → RBO
Right forward outside bracket-counterRFO → RBI → RFI
Right forward outside counter-mohawkRFO → RBO → LFO
Right forward outside counter-threeRFO → RBO → RFI
Right forward outside counter-2½ twizzleRFO → RBO → RFI
Right forward outside rocker-choctawRFO → RBO → LFI
Right forward outside rocker-mohawkRFO → RBO → LFO
Right forward outside three-mohawkRFO → RBI → LFI
Right forward outside double three-mohawkRFO → RBI → RFO → LBO
Right forward outside rocker-counter-double twizzleRFO → RBO → RFO → RFO

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 1BIS · level 1
BIS Skills 3BIS · level 3

BIS Skills 1, exercise 1: Forward edgesThe four forward edges, joined by chassés on one side and crossovers on the other.
BIS Skills 3, exercise 1: Forward changes of edgeForward changes of edge held for half a circle, entered from an open chassé on one side and from a crossover on the other.