Learning to perform tricks on figure skates only makes sense if you stand perfectly on the ice and know how to control your own body almost flawlessly. All tricks, regardless of complexity, consist of a set of simple elements.
Instructions
Step 1
If you have already mastered the technique of initial skating, then it's time to move on to more complex elements of skating, namely, turns.
Step 2
Extend your right shoulder and right arm forward (for turning to the left), tilt the body slightly towards the center of the roller to “lie on the arc”. The left leg is bent at the ankle and knee joints.
Step 3
Push off with the outside edge of the skate blade of your left foot, moving your right foot in an arc and placing it on the ice with the inside edge of the skate blade.
Step 4
With your left leg, swing to pull it up, and with your right leg, push with the inner edge of the skate in the direction of rotation until the leg is fully extended at the knee joint.
Step 5
A full cycle will consist of repulsion movements of the right and left legs. The greater the speed and the steeper the turn, the greater the flexion of the legs and the tilt of the body, so as to resist the increasing centrifugal forces. The same principle is used to turn to the right.
Step 6
In addition to simple sliding and turning, you need to be able to brake correctly in order to insure yourself against sudden collisions. There is a hockey way of braking at right angles on two feet or on one foot. This method of braking must be performed from a straight slide position on parallel legs.
Step 7
Begin the turn by moving your head and body in the direction of the turn.
Step 8
Briskly turn both skates 90 ° directly perpendicular to the direction of your movement, while the body involuntarily deviates in the opposite direction of movement. Bend your knees at the same time.
Step 9
Shifting the total body weight in the direction opposite to the movement increases the force of pressure of the skates' blades on the ice, and hence the speed of braking. Timely bending of the knees leads to a sharp reduction in the speed of the forward movement of the skates.
