Can I ask the obvious? WHY do so many find it hard to do turns in both directions? Particularly mohawks? I don't understand since I use both direction a lot when I am skating, particularly the inside mohawks, I use the RFI (CCW) to set up for most edge jumps, but then I use a LFI (CW) to set up for most forward spins (unless I'm doing the 3 entrance). I don't find one harder than the other because I've worked on them a lot, and I do them a lot - they are almost second nature, as they honestly should be for anyone who is ready to test at any level.
I don't personally feel that being a CCW skater gives me any advantage on the moves. End patterns are not where I struggle - if I struggle with a given move it's actually the move itself and not what happens in between each side, and I would presume I could actually do any of the moves CW and it wouldn't bother me. If what happens in the end pattern was really that hard, I would put more energy into fixing whatever I was struggling with. I don't really see the "bias" towards CCW skaters in the moves.
I know that some adult onset skaters like to point at a skater like me and say "well you learned as a kid, what you have to say doesn't matter" but let me make it clear - I stepped back on the ice two years ago after taking 10 years off, and nothing has come back to me easily. Even stroking was challenging at first.. forget any turns, or skating backwards, or jumping, even spinning was really scary. I've worked really hard to regain skills and often my progress is slower than I would like, but I still get out there and I try. I sometimes fall and I often feel pretty stupid trying to do things that "used to be" easy that just aren't anymore. Apart from teh fact that I have a fundamental understanding of the mechanics of many moves/jumps/spins whatever, that doesn't usually translate into being able to do them right away. I've never once used the "well I'm an adult so I can't do ___" as an excuse. Some days I get out on the ice and my body doesn't want to cooperate (maybe my knees hurt, maybe my back is sore, etc), so I work on what I can.. and some days that means I do nothing but moves and no jumps or spins, and sometimes I just work on figures. Basically that means I avoid certain moves if I know they are going to hurt me, but I am still working on other things. I don't get nearly as much time on the ice as I would like - if I get two days to skate about an hour each time I'm doing pretty good. Some weeks I don't even get that much.
It's hard to make progress when you have limitations, I know and completely understand that, but I think when any skater sets themselves up with the mindset that they can't do something, then of course they're not going to be able to... that's your basic self-fulfilling prophecy.
Now, back on the topic of the adult track moves, I wish they could be broken apart more... the adult track really seems to try to pack "too much" into each test. Compare Pre-pre to Pre-Bronze and Pre-B has an extra (harder) move. How discouraging for an adult skater who is considering testing for the first time. Why even bother testing adult track at that point? Both tests are pass/fail but Pre-B is technically more difficult... really THAT makes no sense. Bronze starts and ends with moves from Pre-Juv!
I am all for offering alternatives (such as if you can't do spirals, maybe an alternative step pattern or something?) and lower passing standards for adults if those numbers actually MEAN something in real-world testing, but the way it seems right now, the adult track is harder than it needs to be, and it's definitely not encouraging for new adult skaters... or even returning adult skaters who didn't test very high before (I had just passed pre-pre and got injured - and I never renewed my club membership after that, so I never tested again). I have posted before but I'm 99% sure I am going to continue testing standard track moves and not worry about the adult track apart from the FS levels, where the changes they've made to those tests actually make sense compared to standard track.