How to skate backwards: essential stride and stability exercises for all levels of backward skater.

In this tutorial I show you why learning to skate backwards well relies on evening out your weaker side (which WILL BE more accentuated backwards).
Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced versions of the same stride exercise are shown, demonstrating how velocity is the most fundamental of progressions when learning.

Most people skate backwards with both skates on the ground. You wouldn't dream of skating forwards in the same way and would consider it very inefficient, so why do so many people do that while skating backwards? I think it's because they are unable to comfortably support their weight on their weaker leg while going backwards. It's a huge full body challenge.

I have seen skaters develop their backward skill set MUCH faster when they really did this practice each time they skated for 10-15 mins at a slow and perfect speed for them. This is how we learned to skate forwards so we are just reproducing that process but backwards.

Who is Asha?
• Powerslide Brand Ambassador (since 2011)
• Skate Coach for BBC and Disney
• Champion quads figure skater who represented Great Britain internationally.
• Founder of Skatefresh.com (since 2000)
• Skating for 36 years
• Teaching inlines and quads for 20 years
• 342 Instructors Certified worldwide (with ICP)

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BEGINNER QUADS - FREE VIDEO TRAININGS
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INTERMEDIATE QUADS - FREE VIDEO TRAINING
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DANCE QUADS - FREE VIDEO TRAINING
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BEGINNER INLINES - FREE VIDEO TRAININGS
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4. Static Preparations + Basic Movement
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5. Heel Brake Stop
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6. Develop your Basic Stride
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INTERMEDIATE INLINES - FREE VIDEO TRAININGS
Have you hit a wall in your learning?
The harder stuff doesn't come so easily anymore.
7. Lunge Turn
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8. Spin Stop
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9. Develop your Fitness Stride
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ADVANCED INLINES - FREE VIDEO TRAININGS
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10. Barrel Roll
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11. Backwards Powerslide
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12. Develop your Double Push Speed Skating Technique
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YOGA FOR SKATERS
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13. https://skatefresh.com/yoga-for-skaters/

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