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This section is geared towards Advanced-Beginner Skaters.
Advanced Beginner skaters have a fair understanding of the basics and has put in some time on wheels. Adv Beginners know how their skates work and aren't surprised when it's rocking a little left to right when they lean. This is actually the time when the skater starts wanting to take advantage of more degrees of motion that come with it.
The name of the game is spatial awareness. Advanced Beginner skaters are figreing out how to actively manipulate their position in space. The two key movements are transitions (turning from forwards to backwards and vice versa) and crossovers (crossing one skate in front and over the other). The key technical skill explored is the purposeful use of edges.
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Dictionary of roller-skating technical terms/jargon
Descriptions of wheel materials and sliding properties
Descriptions of skate surface materials
Diagrams and flowcharts for the visual learners
There are lots of things that Advanced-Beginner Skaters want to get down. Usually it's skating backwards. Skating backwards looks pretty cool and is useful for checking surroundings. It is usually a skill that more advanced skaters end up taking for granted for how much it is used in passing. Artistic skaters regularly use backwards crossovers to build speed and enter some of their most impressive jumps. Learning these movements that give mastery over spatial awareness will make an advanced-beginner shine.
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Cheating moves out
I am a bit of an outlier with respect to how I learned to skate. My teaching style reflects this unorthodox upbringing.
"I no longer care about bearing quality - the difference between a $200 set of bones and an $8 Amazon set is very, very minimal if not entirely imagined. The only place I “think” I feel it is in the bowl. And even then…"
~ phoenixperry
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