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Are you nervous about your child beginning to roller skate?  The article below might ease your nerves and help YOU teach them with confidence:

Roller skating is just one of the fun exercises that parents and children can do together that incorporates a healthy lifestyle. Roller skating burns the same amount of calories as running, without the shock impact on your knees that running brings. It is a great workout and it also helps improve balancing skills.

Before you begin to teach your children how to roller skate make sure you have the right skates and safety equipment. Always have your children wear a helmet, knee pads, elbow pads and wrist pads, even if you are with them roller skating.

Preschool
Young children should wear skates that are specifically made for preschoolers. You can buy skates that have adjustable wheels for the stable progress of your little one. You can adjust your child’s skates as they learn and grow with skating.

When your children’s skates have adjusted to the highest level possible, teach them the skating stance and proper pushing techniques. The skating stance starts with your feet in a simple V shape and children should be asked to push their feet out from their other leg. If they start with the left leg have them push their left foot outward and then continue with the right foot. Be close by your preschooler as this will take time and patience for them to understand and manipulate properly.

Main points to address:

• Buy skates that are intended for preschoolers.
• Give them time to comprehend the skater stance and pushing techniques.

Grades K-3rd
Skating is merely pushing yourself with wheels on your feet. Show your children the stance of skaters (if you are unaware of this technique it is provided above). It shouldn’t take them long to get the hang of doing this, as it is a simple technique to learn. But you both should understand that none of this will come without one, two or a few hundred falls. Yet, this is a relatively easy technique to pick up for most children in this age group, so they’ll be skating like a pro in no time.

Unlike the preschooler skates, if you have given them a regular pair of skates to work with, you’ll have to teach them to stop. Which can be done by instructing them to place the ball (that is directly on the front of the skate) on the ground and pull it along until they come to a complete stop.

Main points to address:

• Teach them the skating stance and proper pushing techniques.
• Teach them proper stopping techniques.

Grades 4th-6th
Once your children reach this age group and they already know the simple techniques to skating and stopping you can teach them the proper format to skate backwards. They will take the same stance they used for skating forward but this time they will push their feet inward instead of outward. This may take a few times, because most children will tangle their feet together when they first attempt to skate backwards, and let them know that’s okay. But the trick is to push your feet outward just before they meet up. Their feet will be making connected figure eight motions. In, then out, in, then out…have them continue this backward routine a few times a day to really get the hang of it.

If interested, you can introduce inline skating with your child. The same stance and pushing techniques are used with inline skates as they are with roller skates therefore the only thing that will be different is trying to balance on inline skates. Once they get the hang of skating with them better they will be able to use them properly. Practice makes perfect.

Main points to address:

• Teach them how to skate backwards.
• Introduce inline skates to your child.
• Provide the same instructions for inline skates as roller skates.

Article by:

http://www.teachkidshow.com/teach-your-child-how-to-roller-skate/

Chad Hedrick - His parents owned a roller skating rink, at 17 months he was in roller skates.  By the time he was 2 he was skating circles around kids three times his age.  He won his first National Championship at the age of 8.  At the age of 16 he was the youngest in history to qualify for the Senior National Team.

He is 50 time World Gold medalist Champion inline skating, 9 time “overall World Champion Title.”  1995 inline skating at the Argentina Pan American games,  he won 4 gold and 1 silver medal.  In 2002 Chad switched to ice speed skating.  He is known for revolutionizing the sport of inline skating for his technique called “The Double Push.”

Check out his website http://chadhedrick.com/

Go USA!!

With the olympics coming up in Canada for 2010, many a focus turns to the events of Ice Skating and Ice Speed Skating. There is a long watched grace and style that caresses the stage everytime any skater goes and performs for the world.

However, there were more than just snow colds and blizzards here; there were hopes for the gold as Team Usa in Roller Skating hit Germany for the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships.

It is kind of cool to hear about people skating in different countries. I was surfing the net this morning and came across a news article all the way from India.

How much a seven-year-old girl can achieve in sporting events and tournaments? The answer might be difficult to answer, but Rishika Sawlani has won 16 medals by having excelled in skating. Rishika has been practising skating only for past two years, but she has won medals in all events she has participated in.

Rishika, a class I student of Sri Sri Ravishankar School here and resident of Ghoddod road, has the knack for skating. In last two years, Rishika has won eight gold, six silver and two bronze medals in national, state and district level competitions. The kid also won the National Level Youngest and Fastest Young Roller Skater of India award. The event was held at Kolhapur in Maharashtra in 2008.

Rishika’s success lies in her dedication towards the sport. She practises skating for more than three hours daily to maintain speed and balance in the game.

“On her fifth birthday, Rishika demanded roller skating shoes and I brought her one. She used to practise on her own, but we never took her seriously. Once she participated in a competition organised in her school and she won the first prize. Then we realised her ability and began to motivate her,” says Pankaj Sawlani, Rishika’s father.

Rishika is overjoyed with her success and dedication and wish to participate in international events. And her parents are happily supporting her.

“We have decided to switch Rishika to inland skating to compete at international levels. She hold good record in roller skating and has been taking coaching prior switching to Inland skating,” Sawlani added.

I found this article on http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1252317

As I was surfing the net I came across one of those websites that lets you submit your questions and “the public” can answer them for you.  The title of this particular question was “Is Roller Skating a Good Form of Exercise?” Intrigued, I clicked and found answers such as…

Absolutely! It builds leg, back, thigh, butt and ab muscles….not to mention the cardio!

Study after study have found that roller skating is a great source of exercise and is recommended by the American Heart Association.

Instead of going out for a run, try dusting off your skates and see what a 30 min skate can do for you! One of my favorite ways to skate is at a skating rink, it has air conditioning, great music, and even better if you invite a friend or two along!

Here is a nice article about the sport of Roller Derby…

Remember Roller Derby? The sport was on TV in the 1970s. Women would skate around an oval track, knocking each other off their feet. Well now a handful of dedicated women have started a team right here to Lynchburg.  Reporter Brian Damewood put on some skates to practice with the Hill City Derby Dollz.

Typhoid Carrie, Jammer - “O.k what we’re starting with tonight are suicides!”

Don’t let the checkerboard socks, fishnet stockings, and miniskirts fool you.

Carrie- “Some of us are moms, some of us aren’t.”
Kersten - “We have nurses, school teachers. You’d be surprised.”

The Hill City Derby Dollz are the everyday women of Lynchburg.

Carrie -”You know, we’re just all different chicks out here to have a good time.”

Rebeccah is a social worker by day.

Beccanator, Hill City Derby Dollz - “By night I’m a roller girl.”

And becomes the Beccanator.

Beccanator - “Roller Derby is the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I’ve never been involved in organized sports, and I’m in the best shape of my life. I’m making new friends, I’m having fun.”
Kersten - “Hitting girls, hitting chicks. It’s awesome.”

As much as the Derby Dollz enjoy hitting each other.

Carrie - “We have fresh meat here… Brian.”

They loved serving me a man-sized slice of embarrassment.

Kersten - “When you knock down a man, that’s even better.”
Carrie - “I hit like a girl and I’m proud of it.”

Typhoid Carrie, one of the Derby Dollz’s Jammers, says roller derby is about more than just hitting.

Carrie - “The Jammer’s goal is to get through the pack of girls without getting hit and knocked down. And each girl that she passes she gets a point. And then she goes around and does it again.”

Each match is called a Bout and they last for an hours, so that means a lot of skating and push ups to stay in shape.

Kersten - “It’s just as equal to like spin class or running.”
Carrie - “I’ve lost 50 pounds in seven months. And I’m in the best shape of my life.”

It’s turned out to be a big stress releaser for Britten, mother of a two-year-old.

Britten - “It’s a different kind of mommy time for me.”

Skating under the name Love To Hate Me, she founded the team last year.

“It’s crazy. I never would’ve thought it would’ve grown so big so fast.”

And with the team now more than a dozen strong, the Hill City Derby Dollz expect their numbers to grow.

Carrie - “Who wouldn’t want their wife or girlfriend to be a butt-kickin, derby girl?”

The Hill City Derby Dollz are always looking for new members. Right now they’re just scrimmaging teams from cities across Virginia, but they plan to have their first official bout in Lynchburg’s Amazement Square Warehouse in November.

Thanks to WSET - http://www.wset.com/news/stories/0409/612812.html

We had the pleasure of helping out a school district in Napakiak Alaska becoming physically fit by supplying them with roller inline skates!

They have sent us some pictures of the kids opening their skates and trying them on.

Here is a note from the school…

We have received the shipment in March and have already begun to skate! In-line skating, an aerobic activity, can now be enjoyed by the students in our gym. We plan to have community evenings for students to skate with their families in April/May.

Students now have another activity in their school that can be a life-long learning activity to further develop physical health. As an example, our Jr. High plans to practice skating and then measure their cardio workout for the Health Class curriculum. The Kindergarten and First Grade students have each written an ‘experience story’ about their first in-line skating.

Hello y’all, I want to let you know that I am excited. Spring is finally arriving (although it was freezing temperatures last night here in Atlanta).

None the less, my favorite time of the year hands down is spring, I love the fresh air, the trees, the smell of freshly cut grass, and also the fact that it is not cold anymore!

One awesome thing about spring is that you can roller skate outdoors. Many parks are skate friendly and welcome skaters along with bicyclers, joggers, and walkers. One of my favorite things about roller skating is the fact that it is an excellent way to stay in shape.

I belong to a gym and love to work out, however, it is a drag to be inside on a treadmill when it is such a beautiful day outside. As soon as I get the chance I will be grabbing my skates and going outside. I live in Atlanta and one of my favorite places to go is the Silver Comet trail. You can even skate with your dog! (You are on the skates, not Fido). Just “Google” outdoor paved trails in your city to find the best places to skate outside.

Happy Skating,

Adam

adam@theskateauthority.com

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