Tag: crossovers
The Biggest Crossover Mistakes – Part 2
You're probably making at least one of these 4 big crossover mistakes. But they're easy to correct if you know what to change. So let's learn how to crossover more comfortably and confidently! In this video I identify the four biggest crossover mistakes …
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The Biggest Crossover Mistakes – Part 1
You're probably making at least one of these 4 big crossover mistakes. But they're easy to correct if you know what to change. So let's learn how to crossover more comfortably and confidently! In this video I identify the four biggest crossover mistakes …
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How to Improve at Derby’s 27 Laps Test
Photo courtesy of my favourite skate shop, www.Rollergirl.ca One of the biggest challenges that haunts all new derby athletes is their minimum skills testing, and particularly the endurance skill – the ol’ "25 in 5" as it used to be called, now the m…
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They’re New But Are They Improved?
Ask yourself these two very important questions: 1. when is the last time you performed a baseball slide in game play? And, 2. how many times per bout do you turn around 180 degrees and quickly skate in the opposite direction? Did you say “uh, never ev…
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The secret to easy crossovers: Crossunders
Attention new skaters! You look ridiculous trying to reach your outside skate out in front of you to cross it over your inside skate because someone told you you needed to do crossovers in the corners but damn if this doesn't seem like a waste of energy …
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The other direction…
Ever notice that shorts don't fit your left cheek the same as they do the right? That one side rides up your inner thigh more than the other? Please try to find ways to incorporate skating in the opposite direction wherever you can in practice. Your mass…
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