Transitions, one foot and the low position
Ready when: Backward and crossovers (i1) started.
What you are learning
Turning from forward to backward and back while still moving, gliding on one skate for 5 seconds, and skating in a deep crouch. These build the balance used in every kind of skating.
Words on this card Glide, Transition, One-foot glide, Crouch, Loop
- Glide
- Rolling along without pushing.
- Transition
- Turning from skating forward to skating backward, or back again, while moving.
- One-foot glide
- Rolling along on one skate.
- Crouch
- Skating with the knees deeply bent and the body low.
- Loop
- The circuit skated round; a rink is a hall or court made for skating.
Show it first for the one teaching
- Skate forward slowly, then turn the hips and shoulders and step round to roll backward.
- Turn back to forward the same way.
- Lift one skate and glide on the other for a count of 5.
- Bend the knees deeply and skate a stretch in a crouch.
Your part while they practise
Call "change" or "one foot".
Step by step
- Change from forward to backward and back while moving.
- Glide on one skate for 5 seconds on each foot.
- Skate a loop in a low crouch.
How much: 3 laps 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: Call and move
You call "change", "one foot" or "low"; the skater does it straight away.
Who plays: the skater against their own best; you call.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- The skater rolls round the loop
- Call a move every few seconds
- 12 calls
- Fair play
- A grown-up does each move on the weaker side.
- Points
- 1 point for each call done straight away without a stop or a fall.
- Fouls
- No point for that call
- Stopping to change direction
- Putting the other foot down before 5 in a one-foot glide
- Standing up during "low"
- Winning
- Beat your best from 12 calls.
- 5 points for 1 star
- 8 points for 2 stars
- 11 points for 3 stars
Easier or harder
Slow transitions.
Faster.
What you will see, and what to say
- the transition is a stop
Turn on both wheels
Keep rolling as you turn. - the balance foot wobbles
Look at one spot
Eyes fixed ahead.
Self-check
5 seconds on one foot, each side, and a crouched loop without falling.
Stop and get a coach when
Ankle pain.
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 transitions, balance, low position.
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