Good idea. You don't need to confuse your brain yet with more "new" information about wheels. Forwards is enough. Master some stops and that will help your progress. I can help you more if you use some of my Free Trials on my new course. Some are for complete beginners and there's a range of skills, skating, stopping, turning etc. All Free (and much better than these KZfaq vids). Hope they help you even more. www.InlineSkateCourse.com

@@SkatefreshVideos Thanks. I'll do that. Used to have your App on my phone which was excellent, until my phone packed up. I think you can transfer apps on Android now but not then.

@@SirPrancelot1 If you bought and paid for your original apps then get in touch with my admin teach via the contact box on skatefresh.com and we can get you access to the videos if you can prove purchase. www.skatefresh.com/contact-us/ All the apps courses are available on my new website so I can grant you access. There are also Free Trials of all the old and new online trainings on my new site; www.InlineSkateCourse.com

I think we need to learn how to balance on one skate to have good control.

Lmao same

This is great advice yes. Practicing lots of things on the grass is a good idea, for example jumps if they r new, falls, things like that. The body needs lots of tries to get something into its 'bank' to be used later. Thats why I use static exercises (on but mostly off the grass) to speed up the process of 'getting it' later.

Phew! Lucky indeed. I am very, very selective with my surfaces going backwards. When it starts to get rough I've already transitions to forwards. Chicken? or Sensible? You decide. But my professional advice is stay out of the rough stuff when skating backwards. Life's hard enough as it is! Glad the shirt survived. Nothing worse than ruining clothes along with ligaments....

wow i gotta do that now damn

Similar story while skating foward. I guess I rolled over a pebble I didn't see. The wheel seized up and I rolled forward on my shoulder tucking my head in landing sitting my my butt. Shoulder was slightly bruised, but otherwise I was ok. You are on another level rolling backwards. Hahaha.

Great, yes it's important to know what the gear is designed for and how to use it. If you'd like this kind of detailed beginner pathway, I made an online course which has chapters on just protective gear, skates, places to skate, static preparations on grass etc. There's a free trial of one full lesson from the course. Thought it might be useful. inlineskatecourse.com/how-to-skate-beginner/ All the best on wheels.

Hi. This is Sergio from Skatefresh Team. I'm glad this video helped you. Skating backwards is not too complex, BUT the fact that you need to be twisted in order to watch where you are going it makes everything weird. You need to get used to it very slowly and following certain techniques that are not really intuitive. That's why skating backwards is challenging for most people. Asha has developed a specific course that contains backward skating and tricks. You can check it out here skatefresh.com/product/how-to-skate-advanced-level-full-course/

Thank you so much for your thanks Emily. It means a lot. If you really want to improve your skating I suggest you come and join one of my online classes. They’re absolutely free.I’d love you to see my "real work" which is in my opinion 1000 times better quality (and content) than any of my KZfaq Tutorials. For 5 yrs I've been making more in-depth video classes which are more like actually being in a real class with me. I'm now offering a series of Free Trials of 9 of those courses. This is by far the most valuable content I've ever given away and so far people are loving them. Trust me, compared to KZfaq it's a Whole Other Level. Check out the 9 Free Trials on the "Courses" page of www.InlineSkateCourse.com Skate Well. Feel Alive! Asha (also follow me below) Facebook: Skatefresh Asha Instagram: @SkatefreshAsha

Glad you think so! I've been doing this a long time so I've practised and think I've got a great collection of the best methods.....

Thank you! Will do! Come check out my free content on my website which is way higher quality and more useful actual "what to practice" content. Grab 10-15% of any online course free for 2 weeks and notice what happens to your understanding of skating while using those drills next time you're out skating. Hove on "Learn Online" and click any course with * for a free trial. Just pick your course theme and level. www.skatefresh.com

Glad you like this one.

Hi. This is Sergio from Team Skatefresh. If you like these videos you will love Asha's online courses. They are way more detailed than the tips videos she uploads here. You can try them out for free here skatefresh.com/learn-to-skate-online/

Daniel Jr Yes, Asha! Como to Brasilia! Pretty please with sugar on top!

Ahhh so glad this made you see your weak leg and wrong leg. They are ven more aparent in backwards skating (the stronger leg stronger and the weaker leg weaker)...... I'd love to go to Brasilia and I will, on my next trip to Brazil. I'm about to leave in a couple of weeks. But 'll be back hopefully. Next trip I need to have official invitations from the Sports Council of each city so I'll be asking Facebook groups in various cities to make an request for me to be "invited". So hopefully we'll have things organised with lots of time.... See you there!

Thanks for a great question. Your experience will help others not suffer the same. It's great you are studying your skating while you are off healing. Your brain can already do some of the practice! Speedy recovery.

No problem 👍 If we aren't safe we can't really enjoy skating.

Great job! A little technique goes a long way on wheels!

You're so welcome!

So glad! Keep at it and check the free (better) free lessons on my website skatefresh.com under "online learning". These here are super summarised and not as good. xxx

Yeah the position you are describing on one leg is a more accentuated version of the Scissor in the vid, just all the weight on the trailing skate! That's quite advanced for most new backward skaters, but well done you. Hows the other leg? I bet you have stronger thigh muscles on that skate from doing that. It takes a lot of strength. I imagine you re under 30?

I’m actually over 40 and been skating since the early 90s - but have not been getting out much as of late. But yeah - I do tend to do things more on my right leg than the left, but both legs are fairly strong.

@@infinitycrops Ahhh, over 40 but with long skate muscle memory = under 30 in lots of areas. I was right!

That's great news. Please check out my full length (much better) tutorials on my website for all levels. If you like these tunes then the others will serve you even deeper. Skatefresh.com - online training for inlines or quads

You don't put weight on your legs. You transfer your weight, from leg to leg. Stand on one, push with the other, then stand on the push leg, and push with the standing leg, transferring, weight and balance, to momentum. Pay attention to where you heading.

Here is a video tutorial about backward to forward transitions which I filmed in Uganda in 2018 at the beginning of my World Tour. It gives you the technique points to look for. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h5xjgKSerZObf4U.html You may also want to watch some of my flow videos where I do lots of transitions usually. Hope you spot what you're looking for. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j9N6obl0ksDNlpc.html&t kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pcubdJh2mdnTpJs.html Hope these help.

Tambem. Sinto muitas saudades do Rio....

So sorry to hear this, that's really bad luck. Bless you for getting right back on KZfaq to find more info. Glad this was useful. After a fall (at any age but particularly when we're older) it's natural to feel very cautious and apprehensive because the body KNOWS that it doesn't want that to happen again. The secret to returning I'm afraid is to do so very slowly and gejntly coerce the body through all the learning stages again. It will be a faster process than when you first started of course, but often people rush back to right where they were and expect the body to be OK with that. It wont be, and tension, fear and hesitancy will its way of telling you "I wanna go slow here". And slow in velocity as well as learning progression. After a fall I highly recommend that you relearn everything with an instructor or at least a structured PROCESS. And I'm sorry but I don't mean KZfaq. KZfaq (even my lessons here) are at best glossed over summaries. They are not fully structured lessons with multiple core skill progressions. I would recommend you at least use my online training course "How to Skate Intermediate" which will take you through the learning backwards skating again (and fill in the gaps you missed). I don't know how fluent your beginner skills were but if the intermediate still feels scary then I'd recommend the beginner series. Learning each skill in order is another way to reduce the risk of falling and to become an altogether superior skater to the one you were before the bad fall. Many people have taken this path successfully. Check out their testimonials on this page; skatefresh.com/product/how-to-skate-intermediate-level-full-course/ You could even work through the progressions off-skates while you are healing so you don't loose your skate mojo completely. I really hope you choose this path as I know it will help you return to skating and become better than you ever imagined.

Thank you Paulo. I Love Brazil. I'll be back.

Hola. Soy Sergio del Team Skatefresh. Muchos de los videos de Asha están en español, no doblados; es ella la que habla. Lamentablemente por el problema del Covid-19 ahora tuvo que enforcarse solamente en idioma inglés, por el tiempo que demanda hacer multilenguaje. Si algo no se entiende puedes preguntar aquí.

I wear Roces wrist guards but this particular kind have been discontinued for many years. I bought 10 pairs of them years ago and I'm slowly using them up! I don't like any other model or brand as these are so comfortable. Very sad they stopped making them.

Yes I remember that 'small space' video just as the pandemic started. I've been getting some advice on my channel from various professionals and seems I've been doing a tonne of things wrong so I was recommended to reduce the video load and make some changes. I'm really sorry for this as I know some of you were actively working or using some of the videos. But learning how to run an online business is harder than I thought and turns out I'm shooting myself in the foot (I had no idea). I'm working on some new plans for this year which I can announce in the spring. I hope to be able to provide a much more thorough service then.

Thanks so much! 😊 Lots more coming.

@@SkatefreshVideos can you do a video on how to skate smoothly for beginners?

Hi. This is Sergio from Team Skatefresh. Smoothness comes with good practice and confidence, that are two factors working together as a team. You can build it up starting with this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rL1pgq15ydLSn2Q.html and the channel playlist for beginners. Better yet Asha has a video course way more detailed here skatefresh.com/product/how-to-skate-beginner-level-full-course/

Fell on my tailbone about 2 years ago (at 24 years old) because of slippery pavement due to rain. It was like a lightning of pain went up from my lower back to my neck....it really sucked.

Sorry to hear about your falls. Not enough knee bend has to be at the cause of why you are falling. Get someone to video you and check. I do not practice backwards falling. For me that's like saying "let's practice having a car crash and not doing any damage". If you fall backwards (whether travelling forwards or backwards on skates) you have just mad ea HUGE error (consciously or unconsciously). Or you didn't see the thing that stopped your skate (also your error I think). I prefer to get my students doing the right thing that produces no falls. So fr Ive never had a bad backwards fall in a class in 19 years. I don't think that's fluke. It's because they are doing it right. When its right, you don't fall. I do not believe we learn by trial and error on skates. Unless you have a butt made of air!

For that tailbone, unscrew the shower, let the hot water beat down on that tailbone. Quick relief.

Oh yeah I always advocate wearing wrist guards for everything, everything (except hockey when you can't hold the stick)! They do help for sure. Some are better than others etc etc. Totally agree.

I should have made it clearer in the vid that the scissor position is a cruising position (ie not propelling or producing speed at that moment). This is for all the times you are not pushing or propelling. There are many ways of producing speed backwards and maintaining it for different abilities, starting with "normal" backwards skating which is identical to forwards but backwards. The half lemons for training, then lower strides, then crisscross then crossovers and finally crossovers with crossunders which I think is the only viable and equal sided energy method which is sustainable (for me anyway) for long(er) periods of time. There are some backward skating full video trainings on backwards skating on my Online Course site www.InlineSkateCourse.com. Backward Basics (which everyone misses) on intermediate course; inlineskatecourse.com/how-to-skate-intermediate/ More advanced, Back Crossovers and detailed Back Crossunders lessons. This is THE definitive how to skate backwards course; inlineskatecourse.com/how-to-skate-advanced/ There are free trial on both those courses (although not backward skills, but you can check out the course format. It's everything that's missing on KZfaq in my opinion. Enjoy

Hi. This is Sergio from Team Skatefresh. You are asking this question in a video about backwards and I don't think backwards is actually for beginners. Backwards is for intermediates and intermediates already have a "mindset" which is quite different from the one beginners have. That being said, if you mean how to not freak out as a beginner in general what I suggest is this: first, protective gear (if you know how to wear it and use it you hardly ever get seriously injured, though it's not invencible of course); second, heel brake (this is the best beginner's method to stop, it's really a lifesaver, it works if you know how to use it, even in slopes); third, positions (the ready position and the scissors position are some of the very first stances a skater should master; these positions and switching between them are essential and it's really difficult to fall over if you do them well. This is all explained in the How to Skate: Beginner online course made by Asha here skatefresh.com/product/how-to-skate-beginner-level-full-course/ The freak-out moment comes when you find yourself in a situation you have never experienced before. When you don't have everything under control, then you freak out. All those 3 factors mentioned come into play to avoid the freak-out moment. With the heel brake you can decelerate very quickly, with the scissors position you have a safe place to glide and stay until the speed goes away by itself, if the fall is inevitable you will be protected by your gear. So you see how you will be under control all the time. There is nothing bad about being a beginner, we all have been there once, but it's good to understand the difference between a reckless beginner and a smart beginner. If you are a smart beginner you don't take slopes, you don't go on streets surrounded by heavy traffic, you don't skate without a heel brake or without protective gear relying on good luck, etc. Now, I might have gone too far with my answer, the point with speed and freaking-out is very simple: you can go as fast as you are able to stop at that speed. Your subconscious knows this way better than your conscious level does, and when you are just about to pass the speed threshold it sends a red alert to your body/mind connection. You, as a smart beginner, must pay attention to this alert immediately, because it's the moment you can still save yourself using your knowledge; if you overlook this alert you get to the point of no return and are left to your own devices (mostly luck) because your body/mind connection won't respond. You can train your speed threshold practicing everything consciously in a controlled environment and increasing your speed gradually.

Keep calm, spread legs, toes together, heels apart is the position of reverse. Going forward in this position, will bring you to a stop. You can do it going downhill, to slow momentum, by crouching like a Racehorse Jockey. Slopes are not for beginners.

Hi. This is Sergio from Team Skatefresh. I don't quite understand your question. Anyway, when gliding backwards in a scissors position the weight should be on the trailing leg. It can be on the leading leg for a bit (to do a fake soul slide for example) but it's safer to stay on the trailing leg. When striding backwards the weight changes from one leg to the other. It never stays on one leg only, both legs are used for propulsion and both legs get a moment to rest.

I'm not a doctor and each surgery and individual are different. Only your doctor can give you advice on when its safe to exercise after surgery and I would recommend following their advice and physio exercises before returning to skating so you have some muscle recovery already and then skating will fortify you even more. But its very important to learn right without tension in your body, so try and get some lessons or follow an online program like my own so you don't fall or pick up bad habits. I do know many students who have returned successfully to skating after all kinds of surgeries so yes it's possible.

Thanks asha

Brazil, Rio de janeiro

@@SkatefreshVideos Thanks

Hi. This is Sergio from Team Skatefresh. You can disagree but the truth is that no place of plastic will save you from a hit hard enough to break a bone. Wrist guards protect, of course, and they are great to keep everything in place to avoid a dislocation which can happen if you don't wear anything, because wrists are naturally weak. But wrist guards, and protective gear in general, were not designed to make you invencible, no matter their quality. They were designed to protect you from debris, and to make you slide and spread the force, hence it's better to fall forwards, because the knees (that are stronger than wrists) protected by knee pads will catch the fall first dispelling most of the force, and only later the wrists and elbows will hit. This doesn't happen falling backwards where most of the force will be caught by your butt or in the worst case by your wrist directly without any prior dispersion of energy. Your fall was not hard enough for a fracture, that's it. She never said that falling backwards always means a fracture.

Yea..... on ice 🙄

I added D30 strips on the sides of my straps of wrist guards by wrapping the strips in cut up Mtn bike gloves so I could sew them on where the top & bottom straps wrap around. This will save the outside of my hands if I fall not directly on the plastic (which I did before & really hurt my hand) I also wear impact gloves under them. Also added D30 to the knee pads, this has saved me a few times. Live to Sk8 another day!

are you ok now bro ?

Hi. This is Sergio from Skatefresh Team. Everything needs to be mastered gradually. First, assume the scissors position going forwards. When that feels really familiar to you, progress to do it backwards on a surface completely free of obstacles, without watching. This is to allow your brain to stay calm while getting used to the position going backwards. Only when you can go backwards 5-6 meters totally relaxed in that position (without watching), then you start looking at your side, extend your arm to the side too and watch your hand (it will helps!), and later when you feel comfortable, move that arm pointing your hand to the direction of travel. Now you're looking at your hand, and completely backwards without losing your scissors position. Later you can lay down your arms. You will see that it's not actually "looking over your shoulder", it's actually a whole torso twist. The arms will make that twist possible. If you just "look over your shoulder" you force your neck and it's not natural, some people assume even strange positions such as looking below their armpits.

Correto! Muitos anos atras. Amo aquele lugar, vazia assim, de dia, 50 graus!!!! Aguentei muita coisa naquela panela!

Hi. This is Sergio from Team Skatefresh. Don't worry. It's pretty natural to be scared after an accident like that. The general rule to avoid any kind of fall is to bend the knees, this places your weight on the ball of the foot. So it's not about leaning forwards or backwards. Once you're fully recovered you will need some time to get over it, so take it easy and go progressively. Sometimes what happens to us it that we're very enthusiastic and we're not ready for certain things. If you ever check Asha's online courses in www.skatefresh.com you will see how one thing takes you to the other, this makes the process smooth and easier. Maybe you were not ready for the crossovers yet or you tried to do it without going through the different stages that technique requires. Sometimes we just want to achieve stage 5 overlooking stage 1, stage 2, etc. Besides, protective gear is really useful but we also need to know how to fall. The wrist is quite weak no matter the body, so wrist guards are a must for every skater. Even wearing wrist guards you can break a wrist because they are actually designed to save you from debris and diffuse the energy when you take the hit, but ultimately they are not invincible.

@@SkatefreshVideos Thank you so much! This makes me feel much better!

I've done a more recent series of backwards skating videos so check those out on the "Latest Content" playlist.

Well done you. Check out this free Powerslide full lesson from my site. It's THE stop to get from backwards. My favourite. Just click free trial on this page for lifetime access; skatefresh.com/product/how-to-stop-advanced-level/

When falling backward, your instincts should place your hands behind you, but, sometimes instinct doesn't work fast enough. without your hands, u could be hurt a little. Big elbow pads can feel, obstructing.

This is really good advice. I discovered early on in my teaching that everyone is so different in their bodies and their physical capabilities are also varied. I used to make everyone fall on their pads on the grass and if someone didn't or couldn't Id always her them and make sure they did it..... but once someone who was apprehensive went and did it on my insistence and she hurt herself, just falling onto her knee pads on grass, not moving. After this I realised that I couldn't force everyone to do this 'practice falling' routine. I simply observe who declines it and know in advance they will more tense, more stiff and need more attention.

U are 1000% right. tuck and roll is the name of the game. Just flow with the fall, otherwise, trying to stop yourself from falling, you could end up hurting yourself. Skating is Science. Balance, Center of Gravity, Centrifugal Force. If you can conquer these, then you can be the Master of your Rollerblades/Quads.

SO sorry. Dod you know why you fell? Sometimes we can use fall as a diagnostic to what's wrong with our skating. This can then help us progress. Sometimes we don't remember anything. Hope you're OK.

Don't be harsh on yourself. Now you know to check the channel for new posts and tips (or spend some time catching up on things you might have missed. Check out the correct Playlist for your level or themes. Enjoy!

He invented wizard skating and for that I'm really grateful.

As long as it's not the tailbone :(