How to Roller Skate : How to Do a Front to Back Roller Skating Transition

[sgomezsophia]

Like if you were watching the Boats.(:

[panterameetsrebel]

Less talk, more demo.

[SuperCloudBerry]

Bonnie D.Stoir from San Diego Derby Dolls got waaay better instruction videos, and she's infinately better at explaining how things are done...i'd check those vids in stead...oh, and yeah, BIG safety FAIL on this vid ! where's her freakin helmet, kneepads and elbow pads ?! Looks like, and sounds like, a fresh meat XD

[aggsonice]

I'm not a roller skater but I'm a high level ice skater and I agree too many words and she just doesn't seem to know mechanics/technique at all.



[Zanji1998]

it sounds lyk shes confusing herself -_-

[Kindertautenleider]

this is done easier if you first learn to skate backwards from standing still

[AdorableMiss13]

its better to go sideways 

[ItsTracyy]

*pause...pause*.... HI!

[Donnylutz00]

I can land double salchows, and this video confused me :)

[Puggy9874]

Well if I fall I like to fall on the cheeks with a nice slow painful crash and then get back up and leave with a limp

[FaxuFromRoblox]

I my roller skating place you aren't even ALLOWED to wear helmets, knee pads, or elbow pads.

[crazymoo456]

if your a proffesional skater, why do you where wrist guards.noone wears them at our rink and we're doing much harder stuff then this shit!!

[0000music9999]

@crazymoo456 its called being cautious and plus every one makes mistakes and can fall.... i am pretty sure u dont want a broken wrist then can't skate for 6 weeks

[TheKittyKatNat]

Hi :) I was wondering if there is anything to help me get my feet used to being sidwways when tranisitioning? I can skate backwards then go to forwards but im having issues going forwards to back. I find i get a big circle happening then cant go back. What part am i doing wrong at all?

Thanks

XX

[madybear72]

@TheKittyKatNat basically, if you are right handed, u take your left foot to the right side and turn first the left foot and then the right. if your left, you skate, turn your right foot to the left and turn your right leg after. you can do it eather way though...

[thorjuan5]

OMG...this woman makes skating look boring...she sounds like someones mother!!! (I can say that coz I am someone's mother...hope I don't sound that dull when I'm in skate talk mode!!!) Been watching these clips to pick up tips for my 7 year old, but he's better that her already...well done Conan....3 weeks skating & on grade 4 already...mummy luvs u!!!!

[kayhar3]

@thorjuan5 you are fucking stupid, learn to spell, your kid should be taken away from you

[autumn172000]

u suck lady

[MrBob1101]

does this work with rollerblades?

[andlastly]

haha, funny i've seen so many expert village videos, i thought 'i wonder if this one will be as bad as those'.. spoiler, it's worse.. ! It's like she's never been on skates until they filmed this ...? It seems it's better to watch instead of listen to her blab on using her hands, no. no. no.

[verynicegirl176]

im pro at skating... my problem is i have trouble stopping...

[Scatman4Caboose]

@verynicegirl176

when your using quads you wanna diagnol ur foot then bring the heel up and stop on the front stopper or the only stopper

rollerblades lean your heel back

[cutecupcake10]

It is so wierd thet i dont know how to skate on those type of skates i can only skate on inlineskates

[nickandtim12]

you mean a pivot

[DemonShadowV2]

Does all this stuff work as well with roller blades or is this for regular skates only?

[Zoticoo]

@DemonShadowV2 Roller blades aren't made to go backwards. =p

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[almightygusto]

great video. F the negative critics!

[MisumiAyumi]

more acting and less words pls

[rbaswell96]

Ur wheels suck!!!!!

[darkeyes1960]

According to others-- To turn front to back,,,,it might be easier just to spin clockwise with the left side skate toe up and the right side skate heel up ... It looks less difficult...

[Cardmaster100]

i can just imagine someone turn their domamant leg behind the other leg than they put there wheight on that leg and snap breaks there ancle lol

[69meat]

sure, if you are going about 35 and you try doing this you are going to completely f up ur ankle. What i do is turn my less dominant foot, my left, backwards and my right foot to the right. creating a "straight line" where back wheels of both feet are facing each other, then i just transfer wheight to my left foot and slightly spin left, causing u to go backwards. or, my favorite way, is when you just jump into backwards. you have to just plan out how long you are in the air and turn in air :)

[6Twisted]

I can't stand this woman... She makes everything seem 10 times more confusing than it is.

[RollerSkatingIsFun]

she should have demonstrated the back to front. i don't care how much talking you do, there's nothing better than actually seeing it. i learned dance steps from a youtube chinese dude who taught it in chinese, but just from watching him, i learned to do it. in fact, that was the best instructional dance video on youtube. amazing, ain't it?

[LouiseBommele]

Roller skates are more stable then roller skates,

but they go really slow and you look dorkish on them.

[Wynndham]

awkward first 3 seconds..

[cloudsbringnsexyback]

I warn you this isn't they way you should turn around. I'm an artistic skater and this is the most improper way to turn from front to back.

[chrisJongil]

@cloudsbringnsexyback please enlighten all of us and tell us .. i dont wanna fall cuz shes teaching me wrong... would you explain?

[cloudsbringnsexyback]

@chrisJongil Sure....basically the proper way to turn forward to back and vice versa [or mohawk as it is the proper name for this step] when going forward, is to pick up one foot and turn it so it is heel to heel with your grounded foot, then step onto the free foot and turn your new free foot to the diriction your body is facing. To turn back to front repeat the movement. If you are confused or would like a better explination let me know and I'll make a video.

[raleojay]

learn to go sideways... then learn to move the other foot and you will pretty much be spinning, no need for 2,000 words!

[coffscoastderbydolls]

Instead of talking about dominant, and non-dominant, you should tell them to turn on the leg which is inside of the turn. People should learn how to do it both ways, always turning on the inside foot first, not encourage dominancy in one side.

[SkatingRoller1]

London Bridge Roller Skating 8pm-2am each & every Friday. Bring 10 People & you get in for FREE.

[sarah9191919]

Did u put any how to do

'Shoot the Duck' on roller skates, or

'Waltz Jump'?

Cause I can do both of 'em

[makrela1984]

OMg Women, you saved my life!!!

[bkssr1]

Many thanks .. This is useful. Particularly, you do not forget to mention about basic safety. To bend the knees !

[LilHoneyMama]

standing with your feet in a forward-facing position, you're going to turn either foot around by turning at the hip/thigh, like in ballet, so that your heels are now facing each other. as you do this, rotate your hips and shift your weight onto the moved foot, and finally bring your other foot around to face the new direction. you can practice these steps without your skates if you're a beginner, and you'll get a better idea of what she tried to show you in the vid.

[LilHoneyMama]

dear expert village, this is not an expert. :/

[TheRadarBlip]

she's too fat to be a good skater or even more so trainer

[flora91161]

Could you go a tad bit slower plz?

[Isaacsac4]

She is not wearing a helmet.

[gonzza77]

@Isaacsac4 She doesn't have nothing to protect

[Sarahjanam]

@gonzza77 L2English

[gonzza77]

@Sarahjanam What?

[zharne11504]

im going outside 2 see if this works

[azarattura]

Get the pink sweater lady to demonstrate this please.

[MrTamnus007]

okay... way too many words... very confusing. it would have been better to have a video with her giving instructions as a voice over

[devilray96]

residue is evil

that scares me

[Kevin86x]

In line is better, learning up!!!

[IpodMcGee]

hahhahahahah

[toytown72]

i keep falling and im scared to go down a hill because im bad at stopping cause mine blades are different~! :( ill keep practising though, thx~<3

[Marius7ss]

use your ass :P

[ryanstunk]

@Marius7ss  yes she does freaks

[sexymaquita]

she makes dis sound all boring cause i fell asleep halfway through da video

[cinor34]

seriously shut the fuck up and stop posting stupid videos like this.!

[twilightchik9794]

wtf??????

[luizpigeon]

i would like to understand english language very well . im doing my best to skating

[lilmiznikki12]

0:48Cant explain that right?? xDDD

[qaster123]

xd its actually easier to jump 180 you get same

[ajokuro72]

i love you , im trying to skate i have an ijuri in a leg , i have the same rollers that you are wearing im in mexico there is no roller places you have to see the video sunny boogie pimps i love you

[Dirvance]

i love when she paused in between "then quickly bring your other [pause] LEG around". i could swear her mind said arm or dick lol

[rollerskater54]

or you could do a 3 turn

[H0NNiEN017]

i learned this the hard way.

[bigblkballr]

She's got a cute big a55 tho ;-)

[Poxxybaybee]

Quad.

[mastercode95]

if she was a better speaker..this video cpuld have been like 1:20....im 13 and i have way better spekin skills!!

[PixelKing18]

Mastercode95

..well then lets just hope you dont pronounce words like you spell them.

Btw pretty good tutorial even though on quads it still works on inline blades.

[JBandnewyork]

I teach how to roller too... you just watch and try what I do ... bus your ass. get up and try it again.. in time, about 5 months , you'll be just like me. .. check it out....

[elizey96]

"And you need to be at a comfortable momentum........speed." "And you would bring it behind you, in an opposite uh uh uh uh" ROFL

[surfininalaska]

she probably didn't know the best way to word what she was saying......

[NineDaggers]

this is so weird...how insecure are you that you need to pick on other people?

[H0NNiEN017]

nah, i thought it was pretty funny. :D

[midnightxkrow]

omg! this chick cant evenroller skate let alone teach it ive been skating for 12 years i shoudl know.

[Kalipathekid]

if you're so good why dont you upload a video and prove it

[suezani]

Yeah, there are hardly any good videos on front to back transitions and I keep falling on my tush! Criticism without a plan for improvement is LAME.

[Grapesoda1]

which is better quad or inline skates?

[vickysmithy]

quads... 100%

[loris234]

inline

[tranghotspero]

great, i can learn it

[pimas11]

Friggin lucky :(

I got the ones with 4 wheels in a straight line

[LiTtLeMoNk3yBaBy]

just to let u kno there called inline skates

[amernob]

I still can't do it, even when i tried doin it this way i fell on my backside =P

[rockynstac]

i have 2 sons one is 13 and the other is 10 and they both do it way better than that and they say that she did it all wrongfrom my 13 year old

[oOJimmyBwoiOo]

sigh.. this is a freaking beginners tutorials so tell you son to go fuck himself :/

[Daftajest]

Jesus christ...I'd at least think you being a parent, you'd be mature and enlightened enough to understand this is for people starting out.

[7olusegun]

I thought skates are skates; roller skates i thought are versatile for indoor or outdoor activities?

[PoobahSCRG]

Outdoor wheels are VERY soft, designed for dealing with cracks in the sidewalk, tiny stones, twigs, etc. The harder indoor wheels would vibrate your feet to death outdoors and have you tripping over everything. And they'd probably get torn to hell.

There's a wide variety of wheels for different surfaces and needs. Speed wheels tend to be wider, and get a lot of use in roller derby. Narrows tend to be used for artistic skating.

Harder wheels are faster but slippery, soft wheels are grippy/slow.

[misscamflynn]

um...just for curiosity, how did you manage to get wheels that are alright to take outside? my wheels are made specifically for indoor skating, and there's no rinks around here for me to skate at...so I need outdoor wheels because there's no way for me to get ahold of replacement wheels for my current ones (the store that I got lucky enough to find quad skates in didn't have any replacement wheels...go figure)

[PoobahSCRG]

The kinds of quads you'd find at a store tend to be low-quality skates. Chicagos or Roller Derby brand skates. For good quads you'd want something by Riedell, Sure Grip or maybe Vanilla.

[7olusegun]

Is learning to roller blade more difficult than learning to rollerskate?

[misscamflynn]

depends on the person. for me it was the same, for other people it's harder and for some it's easier. It just depends on who you are.

[7olusegun]

Thanx

[Daftajest]

Depends on ankle strength...If you have strong ankles, it's easy to go on blades, but otherwise, best go for quads.

[XturntodustX]

aggrsive skating pwns

[Shizzlest4]

YEA CUZ EVERYONE USES THOSE SK8S NOW.

believe me u wil be a lot more helpful if u didnt use quads and used roller blades...

[grampaharold]

you shithead roller skates are super cool roller skates suck!!

[grampaharold]

opps i meant roller blades!!!!

[grampaharold]

roller blades suck!! quads forever!!

[david85711]

ya i like quad better

[misscamflynn]

for the sheer fact of price, quads are better...as for blades vs. quads...I'd prefer blades if I was competing with skateboarders...but quads are waaay better for just about everything else.

[pmelle2]

chisama is right, what yall are doing is just ignorant

[carlacaca]

that is wron .. thats not how you turn back.. im a figure skating and thats wrong.. you can felt down... that woman does not know nothing about skating

[gwrash]

You are correct, I do not know why she is called an Expert skater, because she looks to be very uneasy on skates, and when she is skating backwards, she is leaning forward over the front of her skates, and that is the first thing you learn NOT TO DO!!! she will end up tipping onto her toe stops, and falling.

[gwrash]

carlacaca:

Usted es correcto, ¡no sé por qué es llamada un patinador experto, porque parece estar muy incómodo sobre los patines, y cuando está patinando de atrás para adelante, se está inclinando sobre el delantero de sus patines hacia adelante, y ésa es la primera cosa que usted aprende a not hacer!!! Terminará dar propina en sus paradas de dedo del pie, y caer.

[brock0310]

wow you cant even skate!

[retsnomonster]

tooooooooo difficult:(

[philly4u24]

i cnt even hea it s mute the ady...

[synthesisofyou]

This is a horrible way to demostrate a transition from forward to backward. This is not even a turn, it's a spin. For those of you who really want to be successful in skating, specifically turning around backwards from forwards, you should search for a video illustrating a move calle the "Mohawk Turn". I'll try to post a video of it up sometime later this week. I do not recommend any of these videos.

[Gwyndion500]

well duh its a spin u idiot

[synthesisofyou]

I turn and a spin are different moves you moron.

[baltimorecity1]

Please make a video showing how to go from back to front position. I can't do it just by telling me.

[andrewgoesyeah]

i dont get thisss.

[baltimorecity1]

Please demonstrate going from back to front.I can go front to back, but not back to front. Very hard for me and I need to SEE how it's done.

[DukeDanny21]

she has no idea what she is talking about

[Chisama0079]

Then why comment or even watch it? I may not agree with everything she says, but if you want to tell someone that this information is incorrect, you need to give a solution afterwards. All you end up doing is being more of a nuisance for not only others who you could help but the viewers who try to skip such comments like these. Be more mature and thoughtful of others.

[Chisama0079]

Then why comment or even watch it? I may not agree with everything she says, but if you want to tell someone that this information is incorrect, you need to give a solution afterwards. All you end up doing is being more of a nuisance for not only others who you could help but the viewers who try to skip such comments like these. Be more mature and thoughtful of others.

[sconexsucks]

thanx