2 ways to stop backwards
If you've done our 2 hours of backwards you will have learnt that transitioning to forwards is one way to avoid having to stop going backwards. Now you can learn how to stop when you can't do that!
A lot of people are worried about being able to stop when they are going backwards and this course gives 2 ways to stop yourself: backward power slide and backward t-stop.
The next course takes place on Saturday 24 May 2008, from 13:30 to 15:30, at The Royal Albert Memorial and costs only £40.00 per person.
Book by calling Mark on 07753 489669 or add it to your .
We're offering the following discounts when you book this course in combination with another:
- 2 hours of backwards and save £20.00
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Skills Being Taught
Here is a list of the skills we'll be teaching on this course. It might not be a complete list as some of the skills could be special, so you want to check the course description carefully.
- Backward power slide
- An impressive backward slide stop that is achieved by sweeping the wheels of one skate against the traveling direction of the wheels on the other skate.
- Backward T-Stop
- Exactly like a forward T-stop, except done when you're skating backwards, your trailing foot is placed onto an inside edge perpendicular to the direction of travel. You'd think that this was easy but actually it is quite a difficult skill to master.
Skills Required
- Backward skating
- Backward skating opens up a whole load of new, impressive and fun stuff to do on inline skates. It's commonly believed that backward skating is reserved for the wizzy pro skaters but not so. If you have ever been on one of Mark's beginner group lessons, the chances are that he had you taking your first backward steps even then. There are many ways to skate backwards but most of them are built on the backward swizzle which is a forward swizzle in reverse and a backward step.
- Directional transitions
- A directional transition allows you to change from forwards to backwards or backwards to forwards whilst still rolling. There are many different ways to do this depending on your skill level.
