7 Exercises to make you a better skater

These exercises are Guaranteed to improve your skating. Suitable for experts, intermediate or beginner skaters. Timestamps and description of exercises below.

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Exercise 1 - One skate, one shoe and play 0:37
This is the number one exercise to improve your skating. If you can master this you go from not just being a good skater but a great skater; the kind of skater that people will notice and say "that person knows what they are doing on skate."

Exercise 2 - One skate, one shoe, backwards 4:20
People often neglect backwards skating but it is so much fun. In fact, I would argue that our bodies are better built to skate backwards than forwards. Just like in the previous exercise this is the skill that will take you from beginner to beast.

Exercise 3 - Small wheel in the front 6:42
By removing or substituting the front will for a really small wheel we now are forced to skate on the back half of our foot. Being comfortable in this position is essential to becoming a competent city skater. Riding in this position is the fundamental position in city skating and if you can move freely in this position you can now enter the FLOW.

Exercise 4 - Predator slalom 8:47
Spend some time focusing your practice on slaloming in the predator position. This is great focused training to get your ready for the city.

Exercise 5 - One skate, one shoe and slalom 9:25
This exercise focuses on all our fundamentals balance, edging, rotation and weigh transfer in one exercise. A great exercise to help with muscle imbalances.

Exercise 6 - Lemon Cross 11:10
I use this exercise to focus on transferring from inside to outside edges. This move is a fundamental of slalom skating but its best application is creating more power in your stride.

Exercise 7 - Roller Squat 12:55
The roller squat is an essential body position for city skaters. Being able to get into this position will save you from a dramatic fall that would normally result in an injury.

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Edited By: Shaun Unwin
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[HalleyRose]

I think I never commented on a video before, but need to do it now to thank you.
In my second day skating, after a horrible first day, I followed this: " One skate, one shoe and play" of the first exercise. Was making that for 2 hours and despite I saw some improvement, thought it was not that big (managed to do some meters in the exercise).
Today, in my third day I tried with two skates, a little bit of "scooter" training, and god, it was working like magic. I had way better stability, and in minutes I was able to "skate" for 1 hour straight, not perfect, but more than decent.
I'm 28 and never ever skated in my life, so that's a HUGE improvement of what I was expecting to do over the days. Thanks a whole lot for this, really.

[snejanaliapi]

One skate, one shoe and skates, two shoes and.... pray

[allisonhay]

You're like the Bob Ross of skating. Really well explained. Great post!

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Share this video with a friend who needs some help with their skating. Time stamps for each exercise below.

Exercise 1 - One skate, one shoe and play 0:37
This is the number one exercise to improve your skating. If you can master this you go from not just being a good skater but a great skater; the kind of skater that people will notice and say "that person knows what they are doing on skate."

Exercise 2 - One skate, one shoe, backwards 4:20
People often neglect backwards skating but it is so much fun. In fact, I would argue that our bodies are better built to skate backwards than forwards. Just like in the previous exercise this is the skill that will take you from beginner to beast.

Exercise 3 - Small wheel in the front 6:42
By removing or substituting the front will for a really small wheel we now are forced to skate on the back half of our foot. Being comfortable in this position is essential to becoming a competent city skater. Riding in this position is the fundamental position in city skating and if you can move freely in this position you can now enter the FLOW.

Exercise 4 - Predator slalom 8:47
Spend some time focusing your practice on slaloming in the predator position. This is great focused training to get your ready for the city

Exercise 5 - One skate, one shoe and slalom 9:25
This exercise focuses on all our fundamentals balance, edging, rotation and weigh transfer in one exercise. A great exercise to help with muscle imbalances.

Exercise 6 - Lemon Cross 11:10
I use this exercise to focus on transferring from inside to outside edges. This move is a fundamental of slalom skating but its best application is creating more power in your stride.

Exercise 7 - Roller Squat 12:55
The roller squat is an essential body position for city skaters. Being able to get into this position will save you from a dramatic fall that would normally result in an injury.

[matthewwagner]

Been skating 28 years now... time to practice the basics again. ;-)

[PacalB]

Dude, you just too good at teaching ... so damn chilled, luv it. Yep, me needs to be getting one of those t-shirts.

[sumitsharma]

This video made a huge difference in my learning. I picked skates at 35 for the first time and a was bit nervous and my progress has been slow. But the one skate method has helped a lot. I wish I knew it sooner. Thanks Shaun!

[terimcgann]

I'm a quad skater, but I think I can use most of these! Your 7 exercises make for a definitive practice/warm up session! Thank you for offering this lesson! Namaste.

[Jakingz]

Thanks for the video. Its great to see you wearing a lid and taking safety seriously. Theres so many "inline skating tips" videos, where they don't even wear a lid, its laughable really that people can have "tips" videos and not even considering protecting their head. Subscribed - Thanks for taking it seriously, Id be happy if my kids learnt off you

[BlackyRay_Patrick]

As kids me and my neighbourhood started playing inline football with only one

Was a great exercise and pure fun to play.

[Jkw]

ONE foot?!? Beyond brilliant... After seeing THIS, no other beginner vid even makes any sense . I had given up trying to skate- but this vid has me up early practicing almost every day. 🙏🙏 vm!

[TheRhythmOfLife]

Looks like I'm getting back to inline skating after a 10-year hiatus. Never took a lesson but learned gobs from 3 videos today.

[golicar]

It's so obvious that you have experience teaching, seeing as you give yourself positive feedback every step of the way :D
Love your videos, keep it up!

[runrunsomethings]

Wow the best Inliner video ever seen. I like the idea with one shoe for beginers. It really makes sense.
The lemon glide is a nice move.Thanks

[_JamesMaybe_]

Oh this is brilliant, just bought a pair of FRX 80's and got crossovers down on my 2nd day!

[ApolloniumUranius]

You’re the first ever mate explained how exactly to stand your feet inside a skate, before it was so unclear in seen of balance. Thank you!

[merps]

Thank you Shaun and Alex for capturing and sharing these lessons. props to you both and be well!

[drumnjim]

Thank you so much for the one skate practice idea, you've got my 3yr old skating for the first time by herself and loving it. Otherwise when we previously tried with 2 skates she was all over the place, fell instantly. Now she's gliding on one for a bit and getting the idea. I predict good progress - it's a breakthrough. 👍👌

[ohwowsports]

Hey thanks for those exercices, I'm gonna practice them
Also, I really want to thank you for all your videos, because they made me start roller skating x)

[rozstap]

I'm 42 and started to skate after 25 years. My issue is that I can't bend down in a sitting position, let alone doing it on my skates. 😂