When you look at experienced skaters, it is breathtaking how gracefully and quickly they perform pirouettes. To maneuver on skates, you need to master turns to the sides and rotations around your axis. How to turn on casters?
Instructions
Step 1
In order to make a turn while rollerblading, you need to push the outer leg forward and lean slightly in the direction where you want to wrap. Place the boot in front of you the full length of the skate. Legs should not be spread wide, optimally slightly less than shoulder width. You can help yourself with your whole body: the unfolded body and arms drag your legs and you as a whole.
Step 2
Turn around in small steps, stepping over with skates in the right direction. Alternately, body weight is transferred from one leg to the other. This method is used when changing the front direction of travel to "reverse" and vice versa. This technique is perhaps the most popular among both amateurs and professionals. Such a turn can be done at any speed, turning the required number of degrees around yourself and choosing a direction.
Step 3
Since we are all different and the body functions asymmetrically, it is more convenient for some to turn to the right, others to the left. Start learning to turn in the direction that makes it easier. And then master the rotation in the other direction.
Step 4
Turn with the compass. To do this, slightly bend one leg and sit on it. The second leg is extended to the side, slightly forward, and its toe turns in the direction of the desired direction. With this method, the center of the circle is a bent leg, around which an arc is made with a roller skate.
Step 5
Pivot on your heels and toes. To do this, bend your knees slightly, distributing your body weight evenly on both skates. Feet in a position slightly narrower than shoulder-width apart, but with one foot in front of the other, depending on the direction of rotation. If you want to turn to the left, then put your right boot in front of you.
Step 6
The next step is to transfer your body weight to the toes of both feet evenly, raising your heels about two centimeters from the floor, but no more. At this point, turn around on your toes, then lower your heels to the ground and distribute the weight of the body equally on both feet.
Step 7
Be careful when turning this way. If, when turning, the body weight is shifted by one leg, you will move according to the principle of "compass" and the skate can go forward or roll back. After completing the rotation, with your heels on the ground, quickly and evenly distribute the center of gravity on both feet. If the support is still on the toes, the rollers will slide out from under you.
