Right backward outside crossover

RBO to LBI: the free foot crosses in front of the skating foot onto the same lobe, still travelling backwards.

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.

Backwards, the free foot crossing over and going down on the inside edge of the other foot, on the same circle. Every backward entry in the guide starts with these, so they deserve more attention than their difficulty suggests.

The common fault is turning the shoulders into the circle to help. It does help, briefly, and then there is no rotation left to check with when the crossovers stop and the element starts. Keep the shoulders square to the circle and let the feet do it.

Derived

Build on

• Right backward outside edgeRBO: the right foot travelling backwards on an outside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.
• Backward half-swizzle pumpsLearn to Skate USA teaches backward crossovers one level after these pumps. Ice Skating Australia keeps the crossing foot on the ice and every push going outwards, away from the circle.

From RBO

• Right backward outside change of edgeexits RBI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Right backward outside cross rollexits LBO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Right backward outside choctawexits LFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Right backward outside three turnexits RFI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Right backward outside mohawkexits LFO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Right backward outside bracketexits RFI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Right backward outside crossed step behindexits LBO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Right backward outside chasséexits LBI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Right backward outside counterexits RFO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Right backward outside loopexits RBO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Right backward outside rockerexits RFO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Right backward outside slip chasséexits LBI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues

Clusters from RBO

• Right backward outside three-mohawkRBO → RFI → LBI
• Right backward outside double threeRBO → RFI → RBO
• Right backward outside counter-threeRBO → RFO → RBI
• Right backward outside rocker-mohawkRBO → RFO → LBO
• Right backward outside bracket-counterRBO → RFI → RBI
• Right backward outside counter-mohawkRBO → RFO → LBO
• Right backward outside counter-2½ twizzleRBO → RFO → RBI
• Right backward outside rocker-choctawRBO → RFO → LBI
• Right backward outside rocker-counterRBO → RFO → RBO
• Right backward outside choctaw-three-rockerRBO → LFI → LBO → LFO
• Right backward outside double three-mohawkRBO → RFI → RBO → LFO
• Right backward outside rocker-counter-double twizzleRBO → RFO → RBO → RBO
• Right backward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRBO → RFI → RFO → RFO
• Right backward outside triple threeRBO → RFI → RBO → RFI

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.