Left forward inside 2½ twizzle

LFI to LBO: 2½ rotations on one foot, travelling, 2 curls and no cusp.

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.

The one the British syllabus asks for, at Skills 7, and it is not entered from a standing start: a backward inside counter hands it over. So the twizzle inherits whatever the counter left, and a counter that could not be checked leaves nothing worth inheriting.

Two full curls and a half, on an edge that was already working hard. What separates this from a double is where the extra rotation has to come from, since there is no fresh push and no new edge between them. Skaters who can do both will tell you the double is a twizzle and this one is an exit.

Derived

Build on

• Left forward inside edgeLFI: the left foot travelling forwards on an inside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
• Left forward inside twizzleLFI to LFI: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.

Leads to

One element in the guide is built on this one.

• Left backward inside counter-2½ twizzleLBI → LFI → LBO: 2 elements on one foot.

From LFI

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

Clusters from LFI

• Left forward inside double three-mohawkLFI → LBO → LFI → RBI
• Left forward inside bracket-counterLFI → LBO → LFO
• Left forward inside rocker-counterLFI → LBI → LFI
• Left forward inside double threeLFI → LBO → LFI
• Left forward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleLFI → LBI → LFI → LFI
• Left forward inside bracket-cross rollLFI → LBO → RBO
• Left forward inside counter-mohawkLFI → LBI → RFI
• Left forward inside counter-threeLFI → LBI → LFO
• Left forward inside counter-2½ twizzleLFI → LBI → LFO
• Left forward inside rocker-choctawLFI → LBI → RFO
• Left forward inside rocker-mohawkLFI → LBI → RFI
• Left forward inside three-mohawkLFI → LBO → RFO
• Left forward inside choctaw-three-rockerLFI → RBO → RFI → RBI
• Left forward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLFI → LBO → LBI → LBI
• Left forward inside triple threeLFI → LBO → LFI → LBO

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