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- Subject: In-line Skating FAQ: Figure Skating (2.5)
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- _r.s.s.inline FAQ: Techniques - Figure Skating_
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- INLINE FIGURE SKATING
-
- (Last changed May 31, 1995) by Jennifer Kretschmer (jen@rahul.net)
-
- Here's the first group of "tricks" that I have been able to take from
- ice figure skating and translating it to in-lines. I'll do one of each
- rating. The ratings again are:
-
-
- Beginner = *
- Intermediate = **
- Int/Advanced = ***
- Advanced = ****
-
- Tricks
- * Swizzles *
- * Spiral **
- * 3 Turn ***
- * Two-Foot Spin ****
- * Waltz Jump ***
- * Axels ****+
- * Loop Jump ****
-
- _Swizzles *:_
- This is a move that can be used to skate forward or later to
- skate backwards. (backwards requires your weight to be towards
- the toe, and going forward requires weight toward the heels.)
- It is good for building up groin muscles, and the inside of
- your thighs. In swizzles, your feet do not leave the gound.
- Start by gliding on two feet about 7-8 inches apart. Then allow
- your feet to slide out while moving until they are about 24-28
- inches apart. Here comes the harder part where your groin
- muscles come in. Without lifting your feet off the ground,
- glide and pull your feet back in until they are again 7-8
- inches apart. Repeat the move over and over. You will soon gain
- momentum, and the move will become easier to do with speed.
-
- _Spiral **:_
- This is a graceful move that you see figure skaters doing
- often. This will be easier for more flexible people to do. It
- requires good balance, so you should be able to skate on one
- foot with ease before you try this. Gliding on one foot, point
- your toe of your free skate and slowly lift your leg behind
- you. Arch your back, and bend at the waist only. Don't throw
- your body weight forward or you will loose your balance. You
- shoud try to balance all of your weight on your skating leg. A
- good spiral form is when you can get your free leg up higher
- than your head.
-
- _3 Turn ***:_
- This is a move that allows you to turn backwards by skating on
- one foot. This will require you to go almost onto one wheel
- only for a split second. You will fall trying to learn this, so
- be prepared. Once you get it, your friends will be impressed.
- Use whatever foot you feel most comfortable skating on one
- foot. Most people feel that this move is easiest if your
- skating leg is your left one.
-
- There are many types of 3 turns that deal with the "edge"
- (direction), but right now I will just describe it generically.
- Try holding onto something like a fence or bench when you first
- try this, and watch your chin if you fall. I had a friend who
- bumped her chin on a bench when she fell. Gliding on one foot,
- allow your free foot to hang behind you. Swing the free leg
- around slowly and shift your hips at the same time. Let your
- foot rock up towards your toe, and swing it backwards at the
- same time as your leg and hips go. You should now be skating
- backwards on one foot.
-
- _Two-foot Spin ****:_
- This is so fun to do, but be prepared to get dizzy. This
- requires you to be on only two wheels. You can do it on your
- heels, on your toes, or the easiest on one toe and one heel.
- Most people feel comfortable spinning counter-clockwise. This
- is the common direction to spin in figure skating unless you
- are left-handed and do everything in the opposite direction. I
- will explain a right handed, toe-heel two foot spin like would
- be done on ice.
-
- You will be on the toe of your left foot and the heel of your
- right and will spin counter-clockwise. Start with your arms out
- to your side and feet slightly apart. "Wind up" by swinging
- your arms 90degrees in the clockwise direction. This will turn
- your body a little but don't let your feet move. All at the
- same time, swing your arms back the other way and pop up onto
- your toe heel position. Pull your arms into your body like your
- are trying to hug yourself. This will make you spin faster. Let
- your arms out to slow down and drop back to all your wheels.
-
- _Waltz Jump ***:_
- You should be able to do 180s before you try this one. I will
- explain first how to do just the moves, with no grace attached.
- However, this is a very graceful jump, and when done properly
- almost gives the allusion of doing splits in the air. While
- skating forward, glide on your left foot (if you are
- left-handed or feel more comfortable skating on your right
- foot, do the exact opposite as I describe). Begin rotating your
- body counter clock-wise. Allow your free leg to come forward.
- When your body is 90 degress and your foot is still forward,
- jump off of your left skate. While in the air rotate you body
- the last 90 degrees, change feet in the air and land on your
- RIGHT skate backwards.
-
- To add some more grace, let your right leg swing forward to
- help you take off. Try this a few times holding onto a wall or
- bench or couch, with your skates on or off. Getting your body
- used to jumping off one leg and landing on the other is the
- hard part of this trick. Once you get this jump down, then more
- advanced figure skating jumps become easier to understand.
-
- _Axels_
- I've heard some poeple asking about axels on inline skates.
- Although I mentioned before that I will only discuss those
- figured skating moves that I can do on inlines properly, I will
- talk about axels anyway. My main problem is landing on one
- foot, so I two foot the landing. I tend to land with my weight
- a little forward (an old habit I also had on ice) so that on
- inlines, I roll up to my toe, and fall. I know that I can
- correct if only I would keep my body straight, but old habits
- die hard.
-
- An AXEL is a ****+ maneuver on my scale. It requires excellent
- balance, and a lot of strength to pull off on inlines. This
- jump takes off forward off your left foot (outside edge),
- rotates one and a half times (540 degrees), and lands on your
- right foot (outside edge) going backwards. An important part of
- the take off is usuing your free right leg to "kick" forward
- helping you to take off. If you are new to trying this
- maneuver, try doing it on carpet or grass without your skates
- on. If you can't get the rotation without your skates on, you
- won't be able to do it with the extra weight of your skates.
- Another tip for the takeoff, is that most ice skaters like to
- skate into the jump going backward, and then stepping forward
- onto your left foot an immediately taking off. You can do it
- this way, or from skating forward depending on your comfort. I
- have noticed that most roller skaters do axels from a forward
- skating position. Try both, and use the one that allows you to
- get the most height and control.
-
- _Loop Jump_
- Here's a new figure skating maneuver it's called a loop jump. I
- would consider this and advance jump to try. you must already
- be able to do a 360 jump starting backwards and landing
- backwards.
-
- LOOP JUMP: is a jump where you take off backwards on two feet,
- but land backwards on one foot. Skating backwards, scissor your
- feet so that your left foot is slightly in front of your right.
- Bend your knees deeply and glide in a counter clock-wise
- circle. Take off on an outside edge on your right foot still
- with your left foot trailing in front, and use your knee bend
- to "pop" yourself into the air.
-
- Turn your body in the air in a counter clock-wise direction and
- pull your arms into your body (grabbing your left shoulder with
- your right hand sometimes helps in the rotation). Also, while
- taking off, lift your left leg up slightly higher than your
- right ankle.
-
- When you have completed the 360 rotation, land on your right
- leg skating backwards on an outside edge, and allow your free
- leg to extend behind you. (Like the way you see ice figure
- skaters land) Remember to try this only when you can do a 360
- in the counter clock-wise direction on two feet from backwards
- skating to a backwards landing.
-
- You will fall many times learning how to do this so please wear
- protective gear including a helmet. The most common fall for
- this jump is in the landing. If you lean forward, you will roll
- up on your toe and do a face plant. Make sure that you bend
- ONLY AT YOUR KNEES AND NOT AT YOUR WAIST! Keep your back
- straight.
-
-
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- Other stuff
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- From: mins@cnj.digex.net (timothy mizerak)
- Newsgroups: rec.sport.skating.inline
- Subject: Re: Figure Skating on InLines!
- Date: 3 May 1995 22:21:45 -0400
-
- >|> *** 3 TURN: This is a move that allows you to turn backwards by skating
- >|> on one foot. This will require you to go almost onto one wheel only for
- >|> a split second. You will fall trying to learn this, so be prepared.
- >|> Once you get it, your friends will be impressed. Use whatever foot you
- >|> feel most comfortable skating on one foot. Most people feel that this
- >|> move is easiest if your skating leg is your left one. There are many
-
- Most people are right-handed and prefer to rotate counter-clockwise, so that
- would make the left outside 3 turn the easiest. The direction of turn is
- very critical with 3 turns. You'll want to find your strongest direction
- and stick with it until you have that mastered, then start learning the other
- way.
-
- >|> types of 3 turns that deal with the "edge" (direction), but right now I wil
- l
- >|> just describe it generically. Try holding onto something like a fence or
-
- What really made the difference to my three turn was to *really* stress the
- edge. My first 3 turn was the right outside, and once I realized that was
- what I was trying to do, it started to come much easier. I had always been
- holding a straight line and finding it so difficult. So, think about drawing
- that 3 when you do this move and it will help.
-
- >|> friend who bumped her chin on a bench when she fell. Gliding on one
- >|> foot, allow your free foot to hang behind you. Swing the free leg around
- >|> slowly and shift your hips at the same time. Let your foot rock up
- >|> towards your toe, and swing it backwards at the same time as your leg and
- >|> hips go. You should now be skating backwards on one foot.
-
- This is basically it, but I can picture a lot of over-rotated turns. The
- key is to set your arms and shoulders first, then to let the rest of your body
- and foot complete the turn. I wouldn't stress the swing on the free leg
- either as it would also seem to over-rotate or pull the whole thing off
- balance. It's in the shoulders first, the hips second, then the foot.
-
- Shooshie's advice to practice these with two feet at first is very good.
- If you realize it or not, you have actually taught yourself two 3 turns that
- way, one outside and one inside!
-
-
- Timothy Mizerak, mins@cnj.digex.com
-
-
- On Tue, 2 May 1995, Shooshie wrote:
- > I'm still pretty lame on 3-turns, but I'm in no hurry, and I notice
- > improvement all the time. I do have a question for you. Do you "snap" your
- > body around, or just gracefully turn it and snap your foot at some point
- > in the turn? Also, when doing it in reverse (from backward to forward), do
- > you still do it on your toes, or do you use your heel? I have done both,
- > but I suspect that the heel version probably goes by another name. I've
- > been needing to ask someone this... maybe you would help.
- >
-
- Shooshie,
- I tend to do the slow, "graceful" move with my body turning and at the
- last second when my body is almost backwards I "snap" my foot. I use my
- arms too, but that's mostly from my figure skating traing when I had a
- coach yell at me to keep my head up and my arms out to the side. I even
- position my hands the way she used to make me.
- The backwards one, I always did with my weight towards the heel, even on
- ice. I'm not sure how you mean when you say you use your toes. If you
- can go from backwards to forwards going up on your toe, I believe that
- you have invented a new turn. I'll check my handbook to see if I can
- find it. If not then we should call it a "Shooshie Turn!" I like the
- sound of that.
-
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