Wow, can we take a moment to really appreciate the elegance and precision of her skating. Even though this is a demo you can tell she is a master! Ty for sharing your knowledge 🙏
Bless you thanks. I'm en ex-figure skater on quads so am almost happier backwards than forwards. It is definitely one of my specialities and I just love to get people engaged with their backward skating. My smoothness is because I have correctly bent knees in every moment which allows the right weight distribution. That's always the secret!
I used to play hockey, so I thought i"m good at skating backwards. I could generate almost as much speed as forwards, I've always been confident on ice going backwards. It turned out to be total bs on rollerblades :D They specifically teach you not to look where you go, cause you're supposed to know your surroundings very well, and you do, usually when you go backwards, the only person behind you is your goalie. So when I tried skating while looking where I go it was a disaster, body weight all over the place, can barely do crossovers without planting my face
Don't worry, you're not alone. We ALL favour our stronger leg when we start backwards, but this has to be worked on so you end up with a more even ability to weight bare on both legs going backwards (in leading and trailing positions). In my Advanced How to Skate online course there's a whole chapter about this very issue and how to train it. I call it "the secretes to backward skating", because I think it is. Good luck with your less dominant leg!
Asha to the rescue again. I had no idea how to stride backwards in a more elegant way and always keep my wheels on the floor. Nice! something new to learn!
Love the cross over - push - cross under idea! Looks so fluent! Backwards skating on my power slides coming along nicely... thank you for that brilliant tutorial! 😃👍🛼🛼
You are welcome. There's even better content on my website also available free of charge. Pick your theme and level and then click free trial to get that course's free lesson. You'll learn more than what's being taught there I promise. skatefresh.com/learn-to-skate-online/ Enjoy
I'm finding it hard it hard to work on backwards this year as being away a lot the places I'm skating there is always a lot people traffic and I'm not comfortable unless I know everything behind me is clear. Oh well, it 's good to get the theory drummed into my head at least!
My backwards flow could defo use some work. But t’s nice to know that I use one of your preferred methods -the single crossover/parallel turn. Just need to start working that cross under in to it. Great tips as always! 👏
Well done! Yes The addition of the crossunders then makes that backwards flow faster as you don't loose the speed on the parallel turns when no propulsion is happening, plus they look kinda cool. I haven't taught the crossunders as they are a large lesson which is part of the Advanced How to Skate course online. Summarising it would be somewhat irresponsible of me as get the crossunder wrong and it's pretty hideous way to go (stepping behind yourself and tripping yourself up). Good luck!
Side note: if you have rockered *FRAMES* (e.g. nn frames, rockin frames, endless frames etc) (not to be confused with wheel rocker) then you can do that 'weird lemoning thing' she talked about. however, if you're skating flat or with wheel rocker, then this video is perfect.
Glad it helped. Why don't you start working on the barrel roll and variations with my free detailed lesson. Click free trial on this page and you'll have lifetime access. It'll expand your backwards skating hugely. skatefresh.com/product/how-to-skate-advanced-level-full-course/
I love this but I can't do it unless I am turning, but the cross under is touchy so that might mean more practice or weight on trailing leg, but I will persist with it because I want so bad to do this in straight line. Thanks Asha!!!
Yup the cross under is one of the most difficult (simple looking) moves because as you say "touchy" is the knowledge that if you step behind you for the cross under and get that foot placement just 1-2cm wrong and you can trip yourself up. This is why the body is naturally hesitant to do it and it must be learned very slowly until the confidence and consistency is developed. Good luck!
Mad skills, am currently trying to learn to backwards skate but on quads, I will be honest, I am finding it really hard but I am not 100% sure if its easier on inlines/ices skates or not but I did find ice skating transitions from front to back unbelievable easy after quad learning.
This miss, is bad A. Great coach! She makes me want to try 90’s in my next core 80’s I have the 273 frame. One day I’ll get some big 3’s really want to try the off road tire 3 with all of this coaching... imagine free skating on big tires in the Idaho snow :) take care all, I’ll keep dreaming.
So should i also use crossovers-crossunders technique for the forward stride? :D Very helpful information in fact, i've been through all these stages while learned to skate backwards myself. Now I'm mainly using crossover-parallel turn, never tried the crossunders yet.. good reason to try them:)
That's an interesting question and a good topic for a video.....what does forwards crossovers + crossunders look like and is it a useful/viable option? It certainly makes for some interesting looking footwork but compared to normal striding it won't produce as much instant power or speed. I'l add this to the 2022 list for vids!
Wow, can we take a moment to really appreciate the elegance and precision of her skating. Even though this is a demo you can tell she is a master! Ty for sharing your knowledge 🙏
Bless you thanks. I'm en ex-figure skater on quads so am almost happier backwards than forwards. It is definitely one of my specialities and I just love to get people engaged with their backward skating. My smoothness is because I have correctly bent knees in every moment which allows the right weight distribution. That's always the secret!
I used to play hockey, so I thought i"m good at skating backwards. I could generate almost as much speed as forwards, I've always been confident on ice going backwards. It turned out to be total bs on rollerblades :D
They specifically teach you not to look where you go, cause you're supposed to know your surroundings very well, and you do, usually when you go backwards, the only person behind you is your goalie. So when I tried skating while looking where I go it was a disaster, body weight all over the place, can barely do crossovers without planting my face
I'm certainly guilty of putting my weight on my leading leg 😅. Asha with great tips, as always.
Don't worry, you're not alone. We ALL favour our stronger leg when we start backwards, but this has to be worked on so you end up with a more even ability to weight bare on both legs going backwards (in leading and trailing positions). In my Advanced How to Skate online course there's a whole chapter about this very issue and how to train it. I call it "the secretes to backward skating", because I think it is. Good luck with your less dominant leg!
This is the best video I have seen on skating backwards. Thank you so much ❤
Asha to the rescue again. I had no idea how to stride backwards in a more elegant way and always keep my wheels on the floor. Nice! something new to learn!
should have taught myself all this in my teens but back then there was no youtube like this. I was 15 when youtube first came out.
Awesome! Thank you. So much to learn. I can't wait to master all of them😊
great tips, thanks a lot Asha!
Love the cross over - push - cross under idea! Looks so fluent! Backwards skating on my power slides coming along nicely... thank you for that brilliant tutorial! 😃👍🛼🛼
I'm still struggling with backwards skating and tips really helped; thanks
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge
You are welcome. There's even better content on my website also available free of charge. Pick your theme and level and then click free trial to get that course's free lesson. You'll learn more than what's being taught there I promise.
skatefresh.com/learn-to-skate-online/
Enjoy
Thank you very much …for taking time and zeal to share.
I'm finding it hard it hard to work on backwards this year as being away a lot the places I'm skating there is always a lot people traffic and I'm not comfortable unless I know everything behind me is clear. Oh well, it 's good to get the theory drummed into my head at least!
My backwards flow could defo use some work. But t’s nice to know that I use one of your preferred methods -the single crossover/parallel turn. Just need to start working that cross under in to it.
Great tips as always! 👏
Well done! Yes The addition of the crossunders then makes that backwards flow faster as you don't loose the speed on the parallel turns when no propulsion is happening, plus they look kinda cool. I haven't taught the crossunders as they are a large lesson which is part of the Advanced How to Skate course online. Summarising it would be somewhat irresponsible of me as get the crossunder wrong and it's pretty hideous way to go (stepping behind yourself and tripping yourself up). Good luck!
Side note: if you have rockered *FRAMES* (e.g. nn frames, rockin frames, endless frames etc) (not to be confused with wheel rocker) then you can do that 'weird lemoning thing' she talked about. however, if you're skating flat or with wheel rocker, then this video is perfect.
Very informative and helpful! Thank you very much
Mil gracias por este tutorial
You're so professional! This video explains a lot. Very helpful. Thank you so much (;
Omg I was missing this video completely, such gem!
Glad it helped. Why don't you start working on the barrel roll and variations with my free detailed lesson. Click free trial on this page and you'll have lifetime access. It'll expand your backwards skating hugely.
skatefresh.com/product/how-to-skate-advanced-level-full-course/
thx asha
I love this but I can't do it unless I am turning, but the cross under is touchy so that might mean more practice or weight on trailing leg, but I will persist with it because I want so bad to do this in straight line. Thanks Asha!!!
Yup the cross under is one of the most difficult (simple looking) moves because as you say "touchy" is the knowledge that if you step behind you for the cross under and get that foot placement just 1-2cm wrong and you can trip yourself up. This is why the body is naturally hesitant to do it and it must be learned very slowly until the confidence and consistency is developed. Good luck!
Mad skills, am currently trying to learn to backwards skate but on quads, I will be honest, I am finding it really hard but I am not 100% sure if its easier on inlines/ices skates or not but I did find ice skating transitions from front to back unbelievable easy after quad learning.
This miss, is bad A. Great coach! She makes me want to try 90’s in my next core 80’s I have the 273 frame. One day I’ll get some big 3’s really want to try the off road tire 3 with all of this coaching... imagine free skating on big tires in the Idaho snow :) take care all, I’ll keep dreaming.
Good tips!
Very cool! Thank you!
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Thank you so much mor helping video Big Big fan 💓
You are welcome, I'm glad it helped.
So should i also use crossovers-crossunders technique for the forward stride? :D
Very helpful information in fact, i've been through all these stages while learned to skate backwards myself. Now I'm mainly using crossover-parallel turn, never tried the crossunders yet.. good reason to try them:)
Please make a video of your crossunder learning journey.
@@freshasadaisy4782 nice idea, I will
Progression Clips bro 😎
That's an interesting question and a good topic for a video.....what does forwards crossovers + crossunders look like and is it a useful/viable option? It certainly makes for some interesting looking footwork but compared to normal striding it won't produce as much instant power or speed. I'l add this to the 2022 list for vids!
@@SkatefreshVideos Add also the backwards skating double push to the 2022 list please.
Hi! Thanks guys... ILY Asha..
Bless you. I'm happy to help.
Oo, so I’m advanced!
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