Skating Basics - Fall & Stand

Slalom Angel should write some tips on slalom, right? Maybe you are very anxious to read more about slalom skills instead of just watching videos. Before that, I shall write something about BASICS which are very important regardless of any sports any things you do.

To be frank, before you start off with any major discipline in skating, you must have started to train and grind on your basics very hard.

Everybody kept saying basics and basics again, but do you have any ideas on what basics are?

So, let's explore.

• When you are a child, before you learn to walk, what did you do first? Crawl.
• When you are a baby, before you learn to crawl, what did you do? Sit and roll.
• Before you came out into the world, what did you do? Kick your mum lor, and swim in her womb.

Basically for skating:

• Before you master any skating disciplines, you must choose one of the many skating disciplines and learn its or their basics.
• Before you choose a skating discipline and learn its basics, you must learn how to skate & stop.
• Before you learn how to skate & stop, you must learn how to stand and fall while in skates.

Standing requires alot of balancing and right postures. So while standing you may wonder why are you rolling back and not standing still? People are not rolling, because they used their legs to control the skates wheels and made them stuck against the ground - think frictions between wheels and concrete:

• Place one skates behind another and form a wider "V" shape.
• Lean forward, and bend your knees slightly. Try to relax your hands if you can. Please do not let your upper body bend down.

Falling requires guards and guts. Remember to fall on your front. Knees down first and next comes your wrists. Knees first because they have larger surface area and stronger. You can practise your fall on grass patch.

Next, you are ready to skate!

If you still find that standing while in a pair of skates is very dangerous and you still got the fear of falling, better grab your skates and guards to practise both! Please do not rush. Fall slowly and stand up slowly.

I think falling can be categorize under alot of stages, because I fell alot:

• Fall and lie on the floor then nap a wink to feel whether I'm ok or not.
• Slide, nearly fall and squat and do footgun. :P
• Fall and push the ground and back to sitting position.
• Fall and sit on the cones (just feel something cushioned my butt...)
• Spin, fall and squat spin and sit with my legs crossed.
• Trip on a gigantic fruit seed and fly like superman...
• Hit by some people who are speeding and fly off then sit down for few minutes.
• Hit by a bicycle and use all my strength to push it away and make the cyclist fall and I fell on my butt (plus act painful when it's not, to make the cyclist guilty for riding on the wrong track)

I think there are alot more falls that other pro-skaters experienced... Are you the pro? Feel free to discuss. Hee~