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Roller skating · Intermediate · i1

Backward and crossovers

Park or court 10 min 1 to 2 players Hall or court

Ready when: Forward around the loop (b3) done.

Start a session

What you are learning

Skating backward with lemons (feet pushed apart and pulled together, looking over the shoulder) and the crossover turn, where the outer foot steps over in front of the inner foot on a curve. Both are needed before any team or contact skating.

Words on this card Stride, Lemons, Crossover, Loop
Stride
Pushing one skate out to the side to move forward.
Lemons
Moving by pushing the feet apart and pulling them together, making a lemon shape.
Crossover
On a curve, stepping the outer foot over in front of the inner foot.
Loop
The circuit skated round; a rink is a hall or court made for skating.

Set up

A lane; cones in a circle.

Weather: dry ground

The base setup for roller skating

Show it first for the one teaching

  1. Stand with the toes together and heels apart; push the heels out, then pull them in: you roll backward in a lemon shape.
  2. Look back over one shoulder as you go.
  3. On the circle, step the outer skate over in front of the inner one, then push the inner skate out from under.

Your part while they practise

Stand beside; do not hold.

Step by step

  1. Backward lemons, looking over the shoulder.
  2. The crossover turn round the circle.
  3. Both directions.

How much: 2 lengths backward and 10 crossovers each way 10 min a session 3 days a week

Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.

The game: Backward relay

Skaters race backward down the lane and touch the next skater.

Who plays: 2 teams of 1 or more, or the child against their own best time.

How to play, turn by turn
Turns
  1. Each team lines up at the start of its lane
  2. The first skater skates backward to the far cone, turns and skates forward back to touch the next
  3. The first team to finish wins the race. 3 races
Fair play
A grown-up skates the whole race backward.
Points
2 points for each race won; 1 point for each skater who did the backward length without stopping.
Fouls
The skater goes back to the start of the length
  • Skating backward without looking over the shoulder
  • Going into the other lane
  • Setting off before the touch
Winning
The most points after 3 races.
Stars
  1. 2 points for 1 star
  2. 4 points for 2 stars
  3. 7 points for 3 stars

Easier or harder

Easier

A short lane.

Harder

A tighter curve.

What you will see, and what to say

  • the child looks down Look over your shoulderSee where you go.
  • the crossover is a step Push and cross in one moveSmooth, no stop.

Self-check

2

2 lengths of the lane backwards without stopping, and 5 crossovers each way.

Stop and get a coach when

Repeated falls on the wrists.

Fitness for this

Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.

This card trains backward skating, crossovers.

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