Safe Skating Tips
Safe Skating Tips
1. Safety is a shared responsibility. Always skate within your ability. Skating lessons are a great idea.. if your just getting started.
2. Always skate on smooth terrain. A skating center is best because the surface is well maintained. Outdoors check the surface, remember any small rock, pothole, or crack could cause you to fall.
3. Always check your skates before skating.
4. When skating outdoors always obey all traffic and safety rules. Be courteous to pedestrians.
Here are some things to practice your skating skills
Braking
Skate at a comfortable speed… Then make an emergency stop in a straight line by raising one skate applying your brake. Try it again if you slide more than 10 feet.
Maneuvering
Hold your hands in front of you like your riding a bike. Do not wave them around, As your holding your imaginary handlebars turn the bar to the left and skate left, turn the imaginary handle bar to the right turn right.
Duck Walk
Position your feet like a V with the heals or back wheels close together and the toes spread apart. Then walk this way… do not roll. practice this many times as this will help you learn how to stroke and with balance.
Balancing
When skating bend your knees just a bit… try holding your hands on your hips, do not wave your hands around and skate forward.
Falling
If you fall do not use your hands or arms to brace the fall. Falling on your hands could cause serious wrist or arm damage. After the fall, relax before trying to get up, turn over after the fall while your on the floor, raise one knee up the other knee down. Put both hand on the knee that up and push yourself back up.
Healthy Benefits of Skating
Roller skating burns 400-600 calories per hour
The Consumer Product Safety Commission found
that skating is:
Twice as safe as playing on a playground
Three times safer than football or baseball
Four times safer basketball
Five times safer than bicycling
The Presidents Council on Physical fitness recognizes roller skating as a top aerobic activity. The American Heart Association recommends and recognizes roller skating as a top areobic fitness sport.
that skating is:
Twice as safe as playing on a playground
Three times safer than football or baseball
Four times safer basketball
Five times safer than bicycling
The Presidents Council on Physical fitness recognizes roller skating as a top aerobic activity. The American Heart Association recommends and recognizes roller skating as a top areobic fitness sport.
According to a study conducted by the University of Massachusetts, skating causes less percent of the impact shock to joints compared to running
