Left forward outside crossover

LFO to RFI: the free foot crosses in front of the skating foot onto the same lobe, still travelling forwards.

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The free foot crosses in front of the skating foot and goes down on the inside edge of the other foot, on the same circle. It is how a skater builds speed on a curve, and it is the first thing after plain edges that most people learn.

The push is the whole point and the part most often thrown away. Both feet push: the outside foot as it crosses, and then the inside foot as it comes out from under. A crossover done as a step over, with no push from either foot, looks tidy and produces nothing.

Derived

Build on

• Left forward outside edgeLFO: the left foot travelling forwards on an outside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.
• Half-swizzle pumpsLearn to Skate USA teaches forward crossovers one level after the pumps, on the same circle. In Ice Skating Australia's description the outside leg crosses in front and each foot pushes outwards, away from the circle.

Off the ice

• A deep, soft kneeThe bend skating lives on: strength to hold it, and an ankle that uses all the boot allows.

From LFO

• Left forward outside chasséexits 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 choctawexits RBI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• 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 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

In British Ice Skating's tests: BIS Skills 1, BIS Skills 2, BIS Skills 3, BIS Skills 4, BIS Skills 5, BIS Skills 6, BIS Skills 7, BIS Skills 8.