Left forward outside choctaw-three-rocker

LFO → RBI → RFO → RBO: 3 turns on two feet.

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On LFO · 7 other entries

LFO (this page)LFO → RBI → RFO → RBO: 3 turns on two feet.
RFORFO → LBI → LFO → LBO: 3 turns on two feet.
LFILFI → RBO → RFI → RBI: 3 turns on two feet.
RFIRFI → LBO → LFI → LBI: 3 turns on two feet.
LBOLBO → RFI → RBO → RFO: 3 turns on two feet.
RBORBO → LFI → LBO → LFO: 3 turns on two feet.
LBILBI → RFO → RBI → RFI: 3 turns on two feet.
RBIRBI → LFO → LBI → LFI: 3 turns on two feet.

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

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

Three turns in a row, forwards: a step onto the other foot with the edge changing, then a three turn on that foot, then a rocker. The lobe reverses, continues, then reverses again.

The reason it is taught as one cluster is that each turn sets up the next badly. The choctaw leaves you on a fresh lobe with no time to settle; the three turn spends the rotation you were checking; the rocker then asks for that rotation back, the other way. Getting through it at all is an achievement before it is ever quiet.

Derived

LFO is three letters (foot, direction, edge): left 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.

LFO, choctaw to RBI, then three turn to RFO, then rocker to RBO. 3 turns on two feet, and the skater finishes on RBO.

Nothing above is stored on this page. The cluster records its entry edge and the order of its turns; every edge in between is chained out of the same rule that draws a single turn.

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

Build on

Left forward outside choctawLFO to RBI: a step onto the other foot, changing edge and reversing onto a new one. No cusp.
Right backward inside three turnRBI to RFO: half a turn into 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.

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 rockerexits LBO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left forward outside slip chasséexits RFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Left forward outside bracketexits LBI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Left forward outside counterexits LBO · same foot, the edge holds, 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 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

In the USA's grades

None of the American level lists in this guide name it.

In British Ice Skating's tests: BIS Skills 7.