Right forward outside three turn

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

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You glide forwards on the outside edge, rotate half a turn towards the centre of the circle you are already tracing, and come out backwards on the inside edge of the same foot. The tracing left on the ice makes the shape the turn is named for.

The thing worth understanding is that the circle does not change. You start on it and you finish on it; the edge and the direction you are facing are all that change. That is what separates a three turn from a rocker, which looks similar and leaves you on a new circle curving the other way.

Rotate towards the centre and the cusp points inwards. Rotate away and you have a bracket instead.

Derived

Build on

• Right forward outside edgeRFO: the right foot travelling forwards on an outside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
• Two-foot turnBoth turn from forwards to backwards, and the three turn does it on one foot. Ice Skating Australia teaches the two-foot turn first.

Leads to

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

• Right forward outside bracketRFO to RBI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Right forward outside rockerRFO to RBO: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
• Left backward inside choctaw-three-rockerLBI → RFO → RBI → RFI: 3 turns on two feet.
• Right backward inside double threeRBI → RFO → RBI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Right backward inside double three-mohawkRBI → RFO → RBI → LFI: 3 turns on two feet.
• Right backward inside triple threeRBI → RFO → RBI → RFO: 3 turns on one foot.
• Right backward outside counter-threeRBO → RFO → RBI: 2 turns on one foot.
• Right forward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRFO → RBI → RBO → RBO: 3 elements on one foot.

From RFO

• Right forward outside chasséexits LFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• 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 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

• BIS Skills 1BIS · level 1
• BIS Skills 2BIS · level 2
• BIS Skills 3BIS · level 3
• BIS Skills 4BIS · level 4
• BIS Skills 5BIS · level 5
• BIS Skills 6BIS · level 6
• BIS Skills 7BIS · level 7
• BIS Skills 8BIS · level 8

• BIS Skills 1, exercise 5: Forward outside & forward inside 3-turnsThe first turns in the syllabus: forward outside three turns onto a held back outside edge, then forward inside ones.
• BIS Skills 2, exercise 3: Forward 3-turnsForward inside and forward outside 3-turns in one run, with the back edge after each turn held before the next lobe.
• 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 3, exercise 3: Backward cross rollsA forward 3-turn into a held back outside edge, rolled from there into backward cross rolls on both feet.
• BIS Skills 4, exercise 1: Backward changes of edgeBackward changes of edge held for half a circle, first from crossovers and then entered from a forward 3-turn.
• BIS Skills 4, exercise 2: Backward double 3-turnsBackward outside and backward inside double 3-turns, each running out into a cross roll.
• BIS Skills 4, exercise 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.
• BIS Skills 5, exercise 3: Choctaws & mohawksClosed mohawks from a back outside edge on the first side, and open choctaws with slip chassés on the second.
• BIS Skills 6, exercise 3: Backward inside loopsFrom a stationary start on both feet: a forward outside 3-turn and, on the same foot, a backward inside loop.
• BIS Skills 6, exercise 5: Skating exerciseForward 3-turns run through a change of edge into a closed choctaw, and a 3-turn into a cross roll, across the full ice surface.
• BIS Skills 7, exercise 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.
• BIS Skills 8, exercise 1: Section 1Rockers on both feet, a one and a half twizzle in the direction the skater chooses, a bracket into a cross roll, and a pivot movement to close.