Left forward outside three turn

LFO to LBI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying 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.

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

• Left forward outside edgeLFO: the left foot travelling forwards on an outside edge, tracing an anticlockwise 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.

Off the ice

• A deep, soft kneeThe bend skating lives on: strength to hold it, and an ankle that uses all the boot allows.
• Core and carriageA trunk that holds its shape while the shoulders and hips move separately.

Leads to

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

• Left forward outside bracketLFO to LBI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Left forward outside rockerLFO to LBO: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
• Waltz jumpThe first jump, and the only one with a forward takeoff apart from the Axel it grows into.
• Left backward inside double threeLBI → LFO → LBI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left backward inside double three-mohawkLBI → LFO → LBI → RFI: 3 turns on two feet.
• Left backward inside triple threeLBI → LFO → LBI → LFO: 3 turns on one foot.
• Left backward outside counter-threeLBO → LFO → LBI: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left forward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLFO → LBI → LBO → LBO: 3 elements on one foot.

From LFO

• 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 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.