from How To Inline Skate on 16 Mar 2017
SkatefreshAsha : https://youtu.be/MRCTOOaRZC8?t=1m53s
Backward Powerslide – 7 One-Leg Balance Exercises
Today I did some drills to improve my backward powerslide
#1 One-Leg Backward
First I tried to keep balancing on one leg going backward.
#2 Front Wheel Touch
Then I tried to gently put down the front wheel.
It’s easier said than done.
Too much weight on it and it starts to wobble.
I also tend to drift to one side …
Hmmp …
[crash]
#3 Tight Turn
Okay, time for the first powerslide.
I try to make a sharp turn to trigger a slide.
It doesn’t really work … or you could say … it works too well… too much slide
But this was on a wet area.
Let’s try on a dry spot.
Yea, that works better.
#4 Put Down
Instead of a tight turn, I lift the skate a bit and put it gently down to trigger a slide.
I like it this way better, although that’s just my personal preference.
#5 Slide to Stop
If you push just a bit harder the skate will come to a full sudden stop.
Learn to control. It sure takes practice to master.
And yea, I still get it wrong sometimes.
Too much weight and it either stops immeditaly .. or it bounces
A tip is to stay low and extend your leg to make a steep angle between your skate and the pavement.
#6 All-in-One
To do the backward powerslide you need three different skills
1. Transition to backward
2. Roll backward on one leg
3. Place down the skate gently at a steep angle
You can do these one by one, or all in one smooth motion.
…I like it smooth…
#7 Powerslide vs Powerstop
Normally I like to stop another way.
Make a sharp turn that trggers a slide.
It eliminates the need for a transition.
It’s less of a slide and more of stop. Therefore I like to call it the Power STOP!
While what we’ve been practicing today is more of a slide, thus better call that the Power SLIDE!
And there you have it. That’s the difference between powerslide and powerstop.
Comments
– SkatefreshAsha
I got the ideas for this video from SkatefreshAsha’s tutorial. I recommend you watch her video.
Link in the description below.
She does it better than me, so absolutely, watch her video as well.
– Rockered Skates
Today I used slightly rockered skates.
The wheels in the front and the back were slightly smaller.
The reason they have different size is I’ve used them on triskates.
First time on triskates, you can see here:
And second time in this silly experiment:
This means two wheel for each skate are less worn.
Rockering made powerstop much easier. If you look at the marks, only back two or three wheels are touching.
– Stuck Wheels
Last session killed the bearings completely
That’s why I replaced them today.
Interesting thing though, is that from snow skating in winter, the bearings were almost unharmed.
I think clean snow isn’t that bad as long as i dry the skates properly and spin the wheels every few hours while drying.
The last session was on dirty melt water from roads, and all that sand and salt must be what killed the bearings.
At least that’s my theory. What’s your experience? What do you think?
– Old Skates
These skates are frikkin’ old.
We’ve been through so much toghether, can’t let you go! Don’t die on me! Don’t!
No, seriously, there’s still some melt water around and roads are still full of sand, so still not the time to put on the good skates yet. But heck do I look forward to that.
– Subtitles
Oh, yea, and a final note! I didn’t know that, but YouTube lets you upload the transcript and inserts subtitles.
Surprisingly it knows when to put the correct lines, so that pretty impressive on YouTube’s end.
Just click the subtitle icon to get subtitles if you want.
You may even set another language, and google translate is well …
I tried with Norwegian, my native language, and it’s yea gramatically a bit [hehe] off. But understandable for sure, so it’s a good idea if you’d don’t understand my English or English in general.