How To Learn To Skate In Reverse

2023 Author: Madeline Holiday | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-07-30 22:01

Many people, having learned to skate confidently, begin to strive to improve their skills. For example, by acquiring the skills to ride backwards. To learn this, first of all, you will have to overcome your fear, because there is complete uncertainty behind your back. But any task can be solved. Location: Location: Learning to ride in reverse is best done on an ice rink equipped with fences, benches or walls. Also, choose a time when there are not too many skiers on the rink, so that they do not interfere with your studies, and you do not bump into someone. Be sure to use protective equipment to protect yourself from injury from falls. And there will be falls - few people do without them.

First of all, try to feel the very movement with your back forward. To do this, simply push off the support with your hands and ride in reverse. This will help you learn the movements much faster.

Now take the starting position: stand straight, put one leg on a half shoe in front of the other, bend your knees a little. Make sure there are no obstacles or obstructions in the direction in which you want to move your back. Place your jogging foot at an angle and push off the ice. Do all repulsions in an arched manner. In other words, do all the same operations as when moving forward, only in the opposite order.

Move with the help of successive thrusts in an arc. Keep your center of gravity approximately halfway between your legs. After mastering the basics, you can learn how to alternate backward movement with left and right dashes.

When reversing, do not forget to constantly monitor the situation behind your back, looking over your shoulder. This will avoid collisions at first, and then become a habit. For better balance, remember to keep your knees slightly bent.

For a more advanced backward movement, try the hourglass exercise. As the name suggests, the pattern on the ice left by the skates should resemble the shape of an hourglass. The legs should first separate and then converge.

Stand straight, feet together, spread your heels slightly to the sides, touch each other with your toes. With your knees bent, imagine that you are in the narrowest point of the hourglass. Begin to push the skates outward and with this force begin to move in reverse. Straighten your legs as you move. Pick up speed due to the pushing force. Lightly transfer your body weight to the front of the skates - this will greatly facilitate maneuvering.