Skate like a Pro
Welcome to the third installment of our three-part skating
series that’s designed to take the recreational, inline skater
from the schoolyard to the trail within a single season. You’ve
spent 10 hours in the schoolyard mastering the basics and
8 days on the trails learning the inline skating techniques
from the last lesson named Intermediate Trail Skating.
You feel confident and ready to tackle the maneuvers
in this advanced inline skating lesson. If so, let’s get
going!
In Lesson #3: Advanced Trail Skating, you learn
how to take your skating to the ultimate level on trails
where the terrain is hilly, the surface conditions are variable,
and the distance is between 20 and 25 miles round trip. The goals
of this lesson are to improve your abilities on longer, winding,
hilly trails, increase your fitness level even further with sprints,
and add an element of style and fluidity to your skating.
Why did we set these goals for the lesson?
It is our belief that the advanced inline skater needs to
develop a complete set of skills to master all of the terrain
on the trail. If the skater has a tool box full of tactics at his
or her disposal, he or she can reach in and apply the correct maneuver
at the right time on the trail. This is the essence of advanced inline
skating! This is also the reason why we set such a lofty set of
goals for this lesson. In short, we want the student to become
a complete skater!
Lesson #3: Advanced Trail Skating
This is the third and final lesson in our three-part skating
series. Five maneuvers are covered in this advanced inline skating
lesson.
First, we introduce a new method for stopping, dubbed the T-stop.
Second, we look at the Crossover procedure, which you can use to skate
around wide bends or sweeping curves in the trails. Third, a new maneuver
for controlling your speed on steeper hills is covered, namely, the
Short-Radius Parallel Turn. Next, we present a second way to
enhance your fitness from trail skating called Sprinting. Finally,
we've added a maneuver called the Speed Skater's Stride and Glide,
so you know how to conserve your energy on those long trails that never
seem to end. This technique can also be used to impart an element of style
and rhythm to your skating.
Why these five inline skating techniques?
The reasons have to do with the underlying structure of the three-part
series. The lessons were designed as a series of progressive steps. To
maintain the progression the advanced inline skating lesson needs to build on
the foundation that was established in lessons #1 and #2. What do you mean?
In lesson #1, the beginner learned
how to go into a skaters stance, employ the heel stop, make a single, parallel turn,
and do short strides and glides. In lesson #2, the intermediate learned how to
use the heel stop and staggered stance together in the pump the brake maneuver,
make a series of linked, mid-radius, parallel turns, and do longer strides and glides.
The advanced inline skater uses the same basic movements and
maneuvers as the intermediate, but modified for skating on harder trails. For instance, the
pump the brake stop has now evolved into the t-stop maneuver, for quicker stopping action.
In addition, the mid-radius, parallel turn for speed control on gentle hills has now progressed into a series of
smaller, linked, short-radius, parallel turns for speed control on steeper hills. Finally, the
longer striding and gliding procedure has changed into the long-track speed skater's
striding and gliding maneuver for efficient and fluid skating over longer distances.
Since there are no drastic changes in movements, just modifications, the advanced
skater leverages what he or she learned in the intermediate lesson. This continuity,
from lesson-to-lesson, helps to accelerate the student's understanding of the material, as well as the
application of the inline skating techniques.
Ordering the Lesson or Module
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About our Rollerblading Lessons
Our inline skating lessons are unique for the following reasons:
Step-wise Instructions
All procedures are written in clear and concise English in a step-wise manner,
with feedback where necessary, so the maneuvers are easy to understand. In addition, all of our skating lessons
are well illustrated. The numerous photos and drawings serve to clarify the instructions.
Solid Foundation in the First Lesson
The student is free to advance at his or her own pace,
but it's recommended that he or she only moves on after mastering
the maneuvers in a particular lesson, which often entails a certain amount
of practice and mileage. In this way, the student builds the correct foundation
right from the start in lesson #1 and adds more and more skills as he or she
progresses from lesson #1 through to lesson #3.
A Progressive Structure
The inline skating lessons are designed to take the
beginner from the schoolyard to the trails within a single season.
To reach this goal, the lessons are set up as a progression so the beginner
can get comfortable with the basic maneuvers in lesson #1 before moving
on to the intermediate instructions in lesson #2, and then onto the
more in-depth procedures for the advanced inline skater in lesson #3.
In addition, our inline skating lessons teach you everything you
need to know to become an advanced inline skater. There
is no need to go anywhere else for lessons. Our three-part skating series
provides complete coverage of the subject matter.
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