5 Common mistakes made by intermediate level skaters when they start distance skating

Asha Kirkby from Skatefresh identifies the 5 most common mistakes she sees in intermediate level skaters when they begin to skate longer distances. After 21 years teaching she is very familiar with the common pathway taken by skaters who decide to get into speed and distance skating and the errors that come from this.

Skating is an incredible sport for building fitness and endurance while preserving your joints with low impact movements. However there are still risks involved if you do not train specific aspects of your skating and simply up the distance.

Can you recognise making any of the common mistakes Asha identifies? Let us know in the comments below which of the problems you now know you need to work on.

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[skyhymitch]

"Practice makes permanent." - Asha

Great advice especially since it is possible to badly practice, which means you drill bad form until you're perfect at that instead!

[Proactivity]

Even as a skater of 20 years there was lots to learn from here, and stuff I knew but forgot or just got bad habits with

[JohnGyare]

I've just started learning how to rollerblade. I must say your videos have really helped me. They are very practical. You make skating very easy.

[maloneycraig]

I somehow knew that whatever the problem was, the answer was gonna be scooter push drills and toe roll drills.

I’m pretty regular about toe roll drills, but I’ve got to get back to the scooter push to see if I can build up some more endurance. Great stuff!

[jeffpearce-qxbe]

Thanks so much Asha - this was exactly what I needed. I've been wanting to push out my speed/distance, but had hit a wall (figuratively, I suppose I should clarify). I thought I had enough bend in my knees, but these exercises showed that I did not. And, turns out my right leg/glute is indeed much weaker and that was affecting the quality of my strides. Turns out that skating with this level of control and technique is just what the physio ordered, to wake up my lazy glute and provide some balance and stability through my hips/back. But way more enjoyable than the physio exercises for the same purpose!!

[NikZvi]

Oh yeah my right foot is exactly as you've shown every time I stop focusing on the stride.

[emanuelantunes]

Great tips. I just don't get why would you use the plow-stop in emergency situations... The braking distance is huge compared to other stops which (admittedly) shred the wheels, like the powerstop or parallel slide...

[brunobarros]

wow Very well explained. congratulations!

[bshaida]

Excellent tutorial, very helpful! Thank you.

[TJ-cfro]

wow 20 years we just got them and practised and did it .. now we have this. its good just so much detail .. good for people who want it though

[jettv]

Great Advice...
Help me take my skating to another level :)

[Charlie_He]

Thank you very much for such a great video 🙏🙏🙏

[playlist]

I'd recommend looking at Pascal Brand's or Joey Manatia's channels for more tutorials of even more refined speed technique

[alb]

The trail I skate on in Upstate NY has some grades, one is 2% over a mile or so. Any good techniques for keeping speed on grade and not tiring out? I would like to do 36 miles on this trail, which is 2 full passes.

[paulblichmann]

So the gliding skate lands pointing straight forward, angles out on the outside edge, then pushes off the center of the wheel?? Fascinated you can do anything other than bounce from one inside edge to the other.

[paulblichmann]

Shot in Brighton? @5:29 is that the abandoned pier?

[wheelsonfire]

Stepping plow is excellent for flat ground but I think it's far too tiring for downhill

[kratos]

This video is so good! And Your pants are so cool! Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷

[TinaandBellesMom]

I love your channel. I just bought boots that are just never going to close on my ankles enough. They are FR. Do you have any ideas on what to get for a tighter fit there? The boot part fits perfect but the ankle is huge and I took it to a ski boot person and he said there’s no way we can make these any smaller. I also live in a place where I have to buy online. I would love some input thank you so much for all your skating help

[melvinsmith]

So iceskating pushes & inline skating pushes are different???