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Paula’s Inline Skate Training Diary – Part 5

I finally have some feedback from Asha directly when she looked at a couple of short videos of my training. Seems like what I am feeling in terms of improvement is confirmed by Asha. She said I have no inside edge pronation on either of my skates when pushing or...

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Paula’s Inline Skate Training Diary – Part 4

I’ve been very frustrated by the weather over the last month - too wet or snowy in London to skate most of the time. But I got out today for a quick skate before the rain and DRUMROLL..... I started the Intermediate "How to Skate for Fitness" course. I just did the...

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Pope Asha

Pope Asha

Liam Andrews from Belfast uses Asha’s Online Courses to help him develop his skating skills. Here he recalls the moment he received a ‘Pink’ gift from his family on his 70th Birthday… “Not so long ago my two daughters organised a surprise birthday party for my 70th. I...

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World Teaching Tour 2018-19

World Teaching Tour 2018-19

I hope your January is going well even if you are in winter and skating less. Rest time is often good for our skater bodies and you can indulge in other activities like skate video watching or editing what you shot in the summer. I have SUPER exciting news which I...

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Asha’s advice for inline skating knee pains

Asha’s advice for inline skating knee pains

Juan Peirotti from Argentina wrote to me with this question about his knees; Q: I've been rollerskating (inline) for a year and a half. I love the sport and watched your videos. I learnt a lot with them, specially the Mohawk Transition and Backwards Powerslide Stop...

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Wrist Guards and Broken Bones. What’s the deal?

Wrist Guards and Broken Bones. What’s the deal?

An ICP1 instructor (who wishes to remain anonymous) recently wrote to me with this question. Q: Sadly, I'm writing to inform you that two 5 year old girls I know both broke their arms (Ulna and Radius) at the upper end of the wrist guards (in separate falls 9 months...

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Do you ever get “the fear” when trying something new?

Do you ever get “the fear” when trying something new?

Here is this weeks' Q&A all the way from Brazil. Q: When I am learning some new skill (intermediate/advanced), like a transition, a jump, or a powerslide for example, my body just freaks out when I am practicing. Even when I know all the theory, the basics, the...

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Top 5 Tips On How To NOT Fail At Being A Skate Instructor

Top 5 Tips On How To NOT Fail At Being A Skate Instructor

Today’s question comes from a skate instructor who wishes to remain anonymous: Q: “I’m struggling to make ends meet as an inline skate instructor and I wondered if you could share your main tips with us on “How To Not Fail at your Dream Job”.   A: If Facebook had...

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Q&A: How to stop taking lots of small steps

Q&A: How to stop taking lots of small steps

Q: "Ive been skating for about 2 years semi regularly, though I took to it pretty naturally I still feel like I could be a lot stronger staying on my center-outside edges to be able to increase my glide length! I feel like I am working too hard to keep up with other...

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Vídeo tutorial de cross over de costas em linha reta

Vídeo tutorial de cross over de costas em linha reta

Estava mexendo no computador procurando por algo, quando esbarrei neste vídeo filmado ano passado sobre como realizar o Cross over em linha reta patinando de costas... Não sei como aconteceu, mas finalmente aqui está ele pra vocês. O pré requisito para se tentar isso...

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Cruzados de espaldas en línea recta – Vídeotutorial

Cruzados de espaldas en línea recta – Vídeotutorial

Patinar de espaldas es una petición común y aquí está un nuevo Vídeotutorial sobre cómo usar los Cruzados de Espaldas para patinar hacia atrás rápido en línea recta (sin usar la curvatura habitual de los cruzados…) El requisito previo para intentar esta técnica es que...

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Back crossovers in straight line – Video tutorial

Back crossovers in straight line – Video tutorial

Skating backwards is a common request and here is a new Video Tutorial on how to use Backward Crossovers to skate fast backwards in a straight line (without the usual curving of crossovers and crossunders....) The pre-requisite for trying this is that you can already...

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