Inline Skate Soul Slide Tutorial - How to Stop on Inline Skates/Rollerblades
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- This is my take on how to do the soul slide to control your speed on inline skates. City or urban inline skating especially require a reliable way to control your speed. Of the many techniques I use to control speed while skating, I think the soul slide is the one that gets utilized the most. It's incredibly versatile and I think every urban skater should learn it.
Thank you so much for this, the soul slide is my go to for controlling speed on downhills, I only started skating at the start of the covid situation (at 54!) but due to previous knee injuries I can't do the drag (T) stop as it puts too much sidewards pressure on my joints. So this will definately help me improve and hopefully get to the magic slide soon! Thanks. keep sharing your experience
Wow, started skating at 54 - impressive! It's my go to for controlling speed on downhills as well. It's my go-to general purpose speed control technique. It's just so versatile and works in many situations. It's a drag stop on steroids! Thanks for watching and keep shredding :)
@@rerollinginline drag stop on steroids 😂😂😂😂
Nice one!
I've just started at 44, but I'm currently nursing fractured ribs for my troubles.
It's not gonna stop me though!
Same here with the knee problem!!! So cool to see another skater out there like that 😎 best of luck in your journey!!!
Wow. This is exactly what I needed! Please keep doing more videos like this! Bringing so much value to the skating community!!
Really really appreciate that, thank you! I'd be very grateful if this helped a single person. Speed control is something I very specifically put effort into as I got back into skating. It's my greatest safety mechanism. Sharing my experiences with others who are doing the same is something I really like doing.
Ah yes. Another fine addition to my collection of moves used in order to avoid crashing and burning.
Haha you can never have too many of those moves!
SQUAT, SHIFT, CARVE, EXTEND Are words of wisdom man. I've been replaying this video since last night. I just got back from a sesh and I was actually sliding every time the form was good! Weight (shift) being the key word, was one element I was missing from my equation and many tutorials fail to mention that. Shifting weight is way easier than putting weight on supporting leg, It's genius!
Tomorrow I'll focus on extension and hip rotation. YEE PEE!! Thank You for this Video it's pure Gold!
Awesome, glad to hear you're making progress! Yeah that weight shift is kind of the crux of my take on learning the soul slide for the first time. I don't know that it works for everyone, but it makes sense to me!
This tutorial is so good. I find the soul hard to do cause i pretty much put all my weight on the supporting leg.
For the longest time i thought i just wasn't flexible enough and that i needed to squat super low to even get it, but seeing the way you position yourself tells me i can definitely do it.
Thanks. I’m sure you can do it. Just a matter of repetitions and adjustments until something clicks.
Thanks to your video I've learned how to do the soul slide just now, huge thanks for braking it down and for your time. Now just need to drill it
Love hearing that, thanks for taking the time to let me know!
literally answered a question i had as i was thinking it. pretty cool!
Dude, make more skating tutorials for all level skaters! I need to learn more!
I’d like to! I just need to find the time and determine the ones I can do best.
Great tutorial.Learned this slide today. I'm 34. Thank you.
the only really practical tutorial on stopping
My most used speed control technique!
Exactly what I searched for weeks!😳Finally! A way to control your speed on a hill!
I seek for it but it didn't show me and it was getting frustrating!
Now, thanks to your video, I gonna use more my rollers('cause there's a lot of hills iin my zone) without getting🤕!
Thank you and nice tuto!
You're welcome, I hope it helps. Keep in mind there are many braking techniques and this isn't the only/best method available. You'll want to learn several techniques because they're all better in different scenarios. Braking is very important, especially on hills and takes a lot of practice! Be safe and stay within your ability and happy skating :)
Insane video! Watched it once all the way through went for a skate today and absolutely changed how I skate! Thank you!! Now I can soul slide!
Awesome, I’m glad I could help! Thanks for letting me know. Happy soul sliding :)
This is such a terrific tutorial, I've watched it many times. Haven't gotten the slide yet, but I feel like I'm close. Thanks a lot!!
It took me FOREVER to understand the mechanics behind this slide. What helped it click for me was learning to be on the outside edge on the supporting foot
Nice, I’m glad you figured it out! Outside edge is almost required to do the “full 90 degree” version where the sliding skate is perpendicular to the direction of travel. As just a stopping or slowing technique though, you can be on center edge or inside edge. But yes, if you can get on the outside edge of the supporting skate, it’ll allow more range of motion in the sliding skate.
@@rerollinginline Thanks! I guess once you develop the relevant muscles for it it becomes easier that it doesn't really matter what edge you are on as much (just like T stop). However when you're just learning it I find that being on the inside edge makes the braking foot try to "turn" you by braking force and if you don't have the muscles to resist it you'll either turn of your stance will degrade to an A which is not very good for sliding. Being on the outside edge primes your foot foot for an opposite side turn to counteract the turning forces of the slide.
That was a great tutorial, I'll be learning this as soon as my injuries heal up a bit.
Great video, made the first slide within a few seconds. It feels way more controllable than a power slide. The upper body rotation made the difference.
Thanks! Glad you were able to add another technique to your skating. You can never know to many speed control or stopping methods. Happy skating :)
thank for the tutorial, is the most complete about soul slide i've seen on yt.
Thank you for letting me know and best of luck getting this one down!
Best video so far I saw, describing most important things (weight distribution) as most important things. I wish I had this video before I spent hours of trying to learn this by other videos!
Thanks so much! One of the reasons I did the video at all was to try to bring my perspective and the weight distribution isn’t something I’d really seen in other videos, but I think it’s important. Happy skating!
Thank you, that was the explanations I would like to know. Cheers
Yeeeahhh! I have got it today after I watched your video for the third time 💪🏻 Thanks man! You are great advisor!
Hey thanks for letting me know, that’s awesome!
Dude this is an amazing video thank you! Will be studying this video for a few weeks to come
I've watched your tutorial at least 20 times.. and I still can't do it! Haha you make it look so easy!
I have the same!😄
Thank you very much, I'm still nervous because it's my first time on a rollerblade I'm also nervous about braking because maybe when I'm going fast I don't know what I'll do but thank you so much for this video.
I really appreciate that you wear a helmet in your videos!!!
this is really good tip for me to take urban skate! I'll try this practice during next week! thanks!
Awesome, good luck!
Thank you so much for the awesome tutorial on the Soul Slide!
Yes! Such a good tutorial. I’m definitely falling over the front leg so your points about body position and being strong on the support leg really helpful. I’m finding holding it long enough to come to a stop really tough.
Thanks for watching! Yeah I really hope that weight shift is what will help some folks unlock this if they've been struggling with it. And remember, you don't have to stay completely on that support leg, but it greatly helps with both learning how to do this slide, and initially engaging it when you go to do it. Good luck!
❤ Grabbed my skates and ran out trying! Thanks
Thanks for this. I'm skeptical that this will work on rough surfaces with extra large wheels, but I'm going to give it a go. I'll report back in a few days, if I'm still alive!!!!
Great tutorial. I've been trying to learn soul slide for well over two years now and have followed lots of online tutorials, and yours is about the best imo. I hope you make more. I'm not sure what my issue is. I think it's either poor flexibility or low confidence in taking the weight on the slight outside edge of the supporting skate, or a combo of the two. But your video suggests I seem to be not too far off in terms of technique! Thanks again 👍👍
Thanks so much! It’s likely a combination, but that’s why I put such an emphasis on where to put your weight and handle your hips. So many tutorials only focus on the feet. It does take some flexibility, but I’m not particularly flexible. I had a bit about that in the video that I cut out to be more succinct, but I didn’t think I’d ever be able to get to the 90 degree version of this.
Also keep in mind the most important thing is to learn to slide, period. It doesn’t have to be pretty or powerful. You can refine all that with practice. The biggest hurdle is getting that skate to slide, so get it way far out at first if you have to.
@@rerollinginline Thank you 👍👍
Your videos are really inspiring and motivating to pick up those skates again! Thanks a lot for sharing, would be great if you could upload more tutorials like this, your teaching style is really helpful!
Thank you so much, I appreciate the support! I finally got a microphone to make these tutorials better. I hate the audio in this one and might re-record it at some point. I'm going to be doing a magic slide tutorial next though!
Thank you for this video, if there is one thing I've been having trouble with is slowing down in a narrow path like a sidewalk, T-stop doesn't help that much while going down a slope, but this seems to work. Also, I find it funny that you would wear only your kneepads. Couple months ago, I forgot my protective gear, fell, and broke my wrist, since that day forward I consider the wristguards the most important part of all.
You're welcome, thanks for watching and the support, I appreciate it!
I also mostly use the soul slide. You’re terrific at it. Better than I am.
I strongly recommend viewing the Natan Swiss Roller School videos on this He has 3 Soul Slide videos. The key concept difference is he teaches to not unweight the sliding skate. Everything else is similar. You get low, carve a ‘banana’ to the side on a deep inside edge and to start sliding by kicking out your heel. You actually lean into the sliding skate from the beginning of the move.
Personally I tried both ways prior to seeing Nathan’s videos. But the weight bearing version made more sense to me and I stuck w it. Mike
I think the nature of tutorials is that not every one works for every person. It's one of the reasons I even decided to do any tutorials on the channel. Some people might not get anything from my particular approach and for other people mine might be the one that finally helps them out. I think it's great that there's a variety out there for people to find! Glad to see you use this technique though, it's such a great tool! Thanks for watching and happy skating :)
@@rerollinginline Thanks for the reply and all the great vids. Agree w everything you said. Mike
This is an excellent tutorial! I still find it hard to control speed especially on downhill sections. The T-stop isn’t very effective, neither is plough stop. The way you explained the soul slide absolutely makes more sense to me, so I’ll definitely put it into practice. Thanks!
I hope it helps! Soul is much more effective that T-stop for sure. Having the sliding skate out in front makes all the difference in stopping power. Good luck!
yep. T-stop isn't very effective except wears the wheels. i learn to soulslide, i hope i can do magic slide too because i think that is zero eject button for stopping on high speed
You can try stepping plough as well, it's probably my favorite stopping technique for downhills
Great video. I've been learning the soul slide for a few weeks and finally getting somewhere. Heaps of great info in this video
Thanks! Hopefully my ramblings have helped. I’m sure if you’re making progress you’ll be busting it out comfortably in no time with some practice. Good luck!
Your tutorials are excellent. Great insights and explanations.
Really appreciate that feedback, thank you!
You're a great teacher.
Such kind and encouraging words. Thank you 🙏
great videos. saw a post of yours on reddit, and came here. Thanks!
Thanks for stopping by!
Super helpful! Thank you. The upper body adjustment was key
Glad to hear it, you’re welcome!
Nice! 6:24 It's a common rule, but needs reminders ("boosting").
you teach so well! hopefully i master this tech at some point
Excellent, clear explanation! Thanks.
Thnak you so much you are the best!!!
Greetings from Serbia.
Thanks so much for watching and the support!
Still on my bucket list but i also accidently hit a soleslide when one day wanting to do a powerslide with dirty form.
love the tutorial and the way you break this move down! it's really great so thanks for that. If you're going to do more tutorials like this, then you might wanna get a lav mic for better audio.
Thanks! Yeah I hear ya on the audio. You should have heard it before I de-noised it. This was unfortunately the time and place I had to record it. There was a ton of background noise and echo in the space. A lav mic would have been much better and what I wanted to use in future videos of this style.
Really helpful. Thanks. Can't do it yet but I'm getting there.
Awesome, thanks for letting me know and good luck! Enough practice and you’ll get it.
Great tutorial and very well explained thanks
Great lesson dude thanks so much
Appreciate this. I really thought I didn't have the flexibility to do this. I'll have to give it a try with your tips. 👍🏽
Thanks! I honestly didn’t think I did either. Then I realized how important positioning and weight distribution are. But once you learn to slide at all, even if it barely loses much speed, you can work on making it better, using more pressure etc. good luck!
Very clear.. you're a good coach.. Thank you.. I wish to get more
Thanks so much. I’ll be recording a magic slide tutorial shortly (with much better audio, hopefully)
Thanks mate, I was struggling with this slide for a while and your tutorial helped me a lot for real. Keep up the good work!
Love it, that’s great! I appreciate you taking the time to let me know, it’s very encouraging.
Hey man! Thank you so much for the details explanation on this video! I finally managed to learn and do proper soul slide after watching your video many2 times in just a week! Your tutorial is so clear and precise! Now, i am so excited that i will be able to do Magic slide very soon! God bless ya! Greetings from Malaysia.
Awesome, I’m so glad I could help! I really appreciate you taking the time to comment. Good luck with the magic slide! I think I’m going to do a tutorial on it hopefully soon.
great job on this tutorial and slides. If you can get your non-sliding foot underneath you more, even better!
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Thank you very much! Awesomely detailed explanation! 🙌🏻👏🏻
Of course, the pleasure is mine! I hope it helps :)
Great tutorial! Thanks for the clear explanation on this, as it is a really effective way to help manage and control speed while skating in different situations.
Thanks! Yes, super effective. That’s why I use it so much and wanted to share the experiences I’ve gotten.
This is excellent, thank you for sharing! I watched this a few times and practiced at a low speed for a while, and I finally started getting it to happen. Initially, I was having a lot of trouble getting the skate to break free of rolling and go into sliding. You made this point briefly, but the key for me was: The foot goes OUT to the side a LOT. (at least for me so far). I was focused on the braking foot going forward at first, but mostly it needs to go out to the side to get the low angle. I'm probably only at 45 degrees so far, but already that's useful for controlling speed. I expect to gradually get more perpendicular and foot in front, with practice.
I wonder, are you left handed? I'm right handed and I can definitely only imagine using my right leg for braking. Left foot is way harder and I can't pull that off yet.
Awesome, glad you're making progress. Yeah, you never have to perfect the perpendicular motion, but it will give more stopping power. I couldn't at first, so it took me some practice. You'll most certainly refine the slide over time and improve it.
Oddly enough, I'm right handed and right footed. Not ambidextrous in any way, for any activity or sport. The only thing I can do left is kick a soccer ball for some reason. It was the first sport I really go into and I started at 4 years old, so maybe that's why? But yeah, my left is my dominant skating for everything. Slides, balance, one-footed wizard moves like lions, etc. It baffles me. But it also baffles me I can kick a soccer ball really well with my left.
Thanks for the sharing, what I like with this technic is the compatibility with ice skating ;)
I like decomposing new technics when I'm learning, your video gives many entries to other technics, Magic slide and even parrallel slide too ;)
@@airdaftskywalker yes! I have another video I’m working on which is “why I love the souls slide” which shows why it’s good, not just how to do it. And there’s a part in that in which I detail how a front entry powerslide, a soul slide and a magic slide all start with the same exact motion. At least, the way I do them. Discovering the soul slide is literally what finally unlocked the magic slide for me. It was a great epiphany.
finally nailed this thank to your tutorial... great stuff thanks... feels good to finally do it :)
You explain and demonstrate well. Great tutorials.
Appreciate you taking the time to make this comment, thank you 🙏 I've got more of this style of video in mind, so stay tuned!
Hey man loved the video. It reminds me too of the way I do Inline Instructional videos. I look forward to seeing your updated Magic Slide tutorial and hope it's as good & fleshed out as you did in this one. Great job buddy!
Really appreciate the kind feedback, thank you!
What a godsend!
Absolutely awesome. Thanks a lot for this one
Pleasure is mine, I hope it helps!
Great tutorial, Dude. It’s not a slide I use much but I can see where it’d be useful.
It’s funny how you happened upon it while attempting a power slide. I was out skating with a buddy who was using the soul pretty well on a downhill. At the bottom he told me he was trying to power slide and had no idea what a soul slide was! 😂
Haha, that’s great. When I did it, I could powerslide well, just for whatever reason I pulled some back that one time.
Awesome!! I can't wait to be able to soul slide. I'm getting the form good it's just getting the grip to break!
Nice! Good luck with the progression. Before long you’ll look back and realize how easy it’s become. Getting the grip to break is the big step in sliding in general. If you’re in good position, it shouldn’t take much force at all!
@@rerollinginline crossing my fingers!🤞Thank you for your great reply!
Thanks so much for making these videos! 👍👍👍
Thanks for the tutorial :)
Thx ! It helped me a lot
I watch this tutorial a few times a week and its been very helpfull. Ive been actually doing some soul slides but still doesnt look nowhere as good as yours , i did fall on my ass hard in the city center because i was leaning so far back and i was so low on my non sliding skate i couldnt get myself back up anymore haha.
The issue im having mostly is not getting into the slide but shifting the weight from the supporting leg to the sliding leg once i initiate the slide , i tend to keep the weight on my non sliding skate and this often causes my sliding skate to slip out away from me so thats what im going to focus on so i can actually feel the stopping power.
I’m glad it’s been helpful. Sorry you had a fall in the city! It sounds like all you need is practice, though. Maybe find a safe place to really put in the repetitions so you’ll feel comfortable doing it in the city. Eventually, you’ll be able to enter the slide at a steeper angle. You won’t have to get as low as possible to engage it after you get better at it, but I think it’s a good way of learning how to engage it at first.
@@rerollinginline Yeah you know what its like. You are in the city center you see a bunch of people looking at you and you wanna do something a little fancy haha.
This was very helpful for me thank you for make this video. Can you do one for how to do parallels turns ?
What a briljant tutorial thank you so much
Thanks for watching, hopefully it helps someone!
This is awesome … thank you
tanks you a lot for this video
I’ve been practicing the soul slide since Tuesday. I think this is my prefer way to stop.
That garage looks so familiar as I used to park there for work long time ago. Is that in the Conshohocken area?
BTW, nice tutorial! I’m a beginner rollerblader. ❤
Thank you very much for the video!
Useful!
Glad it was helpful!
I started speed skates, 4x100mm. It's very hard to stop. I got some hint from this video. I will try this way. Thanks!!
I unfortunately don’t have any experience with speed skates, or how best to stop with them. I know they’ll have almost no ankle support though, if they’re the kind I’m thinking of. The skates I use are urban skates, which are better suited for this style of skating and braking. Be safe!
@@rerollinginline Thanks reply me. I am trying to start urban skate. I can barely do soul slide carving only and keep watching your video to do same as you. Thanks!!!
Nice one, lots of details in there! Where is your magic slide tutorial? 🤩
Thanks! It’s coming… I’m just not exactly sure when. Now that winter is settling in, it’s harder to record something like that, but I do plan to make one and we’ll see what happens. As always, I appreciate you stopping by :)
Thanks for this upload…. I’m still struggling with this slide
Good luck and let me know if this helps at all, I sure hope it does!
So I just pulled out my 25-30 year old Rollerblade AeroBlades. I can't believe the plastic or wheels haven't cracked. Anyway, I tried the soul slide today for the first time. I was going pretty slow. I felt a little timid about my sliding skate sticking. I'm sure I'll get better. I have no idea the hardness of my current wheels. Do you think I might need new, harder wheels to learn this properly? I'm actually planning on buying new skates soon. Great videos! Thanks! P.S. I'm 68. 😉
I'm going to learn how to do this, or break my legs trying! Let's see how it ends.
Thanks for the details Coach. Oss 🔥
Coach has a nice ring to it, lol! Thanks for watching 🙏
Nice video. I never have gotten the hang of this, but I guess I've been focusing more on actually having the skates perpendicular to my motion of skating. That scares me, and I am legitimately concerned that I will wipe out hard after doing it. I find myself instinctively doing what you're showing in the video, but didn't consider that to be the end of what I'm trying to do, which I think would work out a lot better.
Right, I approach this slide purely as a speed control technique. Doesn’t have to be perfect and doesn’t have to be perpendicular, though that gives more stopping power. And you can always work on starting not perpendicular and trying ti transition as you slide. Or… as you say just be happy with whatever version you’ve got working :)
As always great Video.
As always, thank you for watching 🙏
Great tutorials
Appreciate the comment, thanks!
Thank you so much for this,
Of course, thank you for watching!
I love your videos! I just got into inline skating as a 41 year old! What wheel hardness do you recommend for learning slides? I'm on a Zetrablade with 80mm/82A wheels, and they feel too sticky to slide.
Thanks and welcome to inline skating, we're happy to have you! I learned to slide on 85a wheels (some hockey, some Rollerblade Hydrogen) but I was not a beginner. I think before you learn to slide, every wheel feels too sticky. My first slides were when I started this channel because I had no idea you could even slide inline skate wheels until then.
That being said... 82a is pretty soft for outdoor skating in general and also not ideal for sliding. I'm sure I could slide on them, but I already know how. I've heard the stock wheels on those skates aren't great in general. So I think when it's time for new wheels, you should get both something harder and better quality. The 2 wheels I can't recommend enough are Rollerblade Hydrogen and Undercover Team Blank. Both offer 80mm wheels and they're top notch quality. Hydrogen are 85a and Undercover are 86a. Undercover definitely slide easier. Even if you end up changing skates, you can always take the wheels with you if they're still good.
Thanks so much😊👍
My pleasure :)
Good tutorial, do u think this or t stop eats more of your wheels? What is better to slow down at high speeds? Also balancing leg really gets some workout, i was out of juice after 20 mins of traning.
looks a bit like a souls slide could be a good inbetween step to the magic slide?
Yes! I was magic sliding in practice sessions, but hadn’t gotten the confidence to try it in the wild or on a hill. Then I found the soul slide and it honestly all clicked. A few sessions later I was magic sliding out in the wild. The soul slide really tied it all together for me. My other recommendation is to get really good at the forward-entry powerslide. I hope to have videos on these topics, not sure exactly when though.
1,000 subs!🥳 🎉
more tutorials please
Thanks creating a lot of awesome videos 👍 Do you have pressure on the heel or toe on the sliding foot?
Also would like a link to your knee pads, wanna change the one I have at the moment
Me gustó como lo has explicado gracias
Muchas gracias!
I am struggling so hard to do this for the first time. I'm on FR Street Invader wheels (84a) that came with the skates and part of me wants to believe they're too grippy for a beginner to learn to slide on, but the other part of me is blaming myself.
I knew this exsited and tried to do it on my own but front always caught and stopped or never started sliding. was probably coming from to high angle. going to retry after practising the movement and position on foot.
genius move easy and comfortable but is it working on down hil
Thank you so much for the nice tutorial!! I'll try to do it!!
By the way, which knee supporter do you use?? It looks very simple and nice!
Thanks and good luck! These are the Triple 8 Kneesaver knee pads. I'll say they are nice and light, but they're also not super protective. I've fallen and had them slide down and still scrape my knees. But... I keep wearing them because they're light and have protected me plenty as well.
new subs here, thanks for sharing
Really appreciate it, welcome to the channel!
Are you left handed? Just curious because I'm a righty so should I be using my right foot or left foot to incorporate the soul slide. When I do the t stop I use my left foot to do the t. So would I be using my left foot as well to do the soul slide? Idk why but I'm trying to picture it in my head and I almost feel like I would feel more comfortable doing the slide with my right foot as opposed to my left foot. Please lmk what you think, thank you.
Really nice job on the video. Do you think it's easier to learn with a rockered or flat setup?
Thanks! I’m not sure because I learned it rockered. Of course now that I can do it, I’ve done it flat no problem, but it doesn’t feel any different. In theory, rockered could potentially have less surface are touching the ground, which would probably make it easier.