Aggressive Skating Tips

Aggressive Skating Tips
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Aggressive skating tips will help you improve your speed and trick repertoire. Aggressive skating is an extreme sport that involves modified inline skates and the performance of difficult stunts and tricks through a cityscape. Aggressive skating ranges from forward grinds to backward skating. Aggressive skating breaks down into two categories. Vert park and street skating are the two environments where aggressive skating occurs.

Skating Uphill Tip

As you start skating uphill, shift your toes outward and shift your weight from one foot to the other. Moving your skates out before up is equivalent to dropping a gear while biking. Although this technique will force you to slow down as you skate up a hill, it will decrease resistance and make it a less fatiguing endeavor. In addition, you should increase your knee bends as you skate uphill. The more you bend your knees, the more power you can put behind your skating. In addition, swinging your arms while skating will help you get up the hill faster.

Barrel Role Tip

This tip will help you perform technically perfect barrel roles and increase your turning ability. Stand at the top of a hill and slowly start skating down the hill. As you increase your speed, bring your upper body down to your legs and get into a tuck position. Shift your weight from your left leg to your right leg and slowly turn your left foot until it is facing the opposite direction from where you started. Follow your left foot with your right foot and slowly spin around until you perform a clockwise barrel role. Repeat this move until your transitions become smooth.

Heel-Toe Skating Tip

This heel-toe skating tip will help you increase your speed while skating. Start by learning to skate on the heel of your front foot. Keep even weight on both feet while you lift your front foot off the ground. Keep the heel of your front foot down while your back foot remains firmly planted on the ground. Lower your front foot and raise the heel of your back foot off the ground. Start shifting between these two positions while maintaining a constant speed. London Skaters recommend keeping your legs in a scissored position the entire time you are performing a heel-toe skating routine. This helps maintain both speed and balance.

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Article reviewed by Kirk Ericson Last updated on: Apr 29, 2012

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