How To Skate For Beginners

Hi! I'm Stuart Thomas, I'm here at Roller City and I'm going to teach you how to roller skate. hi! I'm going to show you the basics of skating. Once you've got your skates on and you're on the rink and you've got the right clothing and you feel comfortable, were going to start with putting one stopper down, either foot.

Whatever you feel comfortable with, and pushing off in a forwards motion. Once you've got that momentum going you want to keep your momentum going by stopping your weight on each foot and pushing each time you go. Once you've got that momentum going, you just keep it going.

A lot of beginners when they start skating, when they try stopping they use the bar a lot, which is ok but it can damage your wrist. A lot of people approach the bar with far too much speed and go like this, not good, it can damage your wrist, it can damage your feet as well, and also your skates, the best way to stop is u is you T-stop, if your coming towards a wall you want to skate forward and drag the second foot behind you creating this T-shape which should stop you in time before you get to the wall, if not, the bar is still very good to stop in. A lot of beginners when they start skating, when they try stopping they use the bar a lot, which is ok but it can damage your wrist.

A lot of people approach the bar with far too much speed and go like this, not good, it can damage your wrist, it can damage your feet as well, and also your skates, the best way to stop is u is you T-stop, if your coming towards a wall you want to skate forward and drag the second foot behind you creating this T-shape which should stop you in time before you get to the wall, if not, the bar is still very good to stop in. and that's how you skate for beginners.