How to learn to skate - the first lessons on a skating rink

You do not like winter, be sad in anticipation of the return of warm dusk, prefer instead to walk in the cold wrapped in a woolen blanket and watch a movie? Or maybe you just think that you do not like winter, because you still do not know how to have fun at this beautiful time of the year? Some even complain that they always gain 2-3 kilos of excess weight in a couple of cold months. Of course, this also does not bring joy.

Is it possible to turn boring cheerful evenings into fun ones when no frost is terrible, and in any weather will want to go out into the street? Can! To do this, you need to master the simple art of skating and skiing.

It's never too early to learn

skating rink Not everyone likes skiing, although it's hard to find a person who has never practiced this winter sport. In addition, they require quite significant financial costs for the purchase of equipment and sports suit. Yes, and ride a ride around the city, if you do not have your own car, with them is not very convenient.

It's quite another thing - skates. They can be put in a backpack and go at least for the city, even in any sports complex near the house. But how to learn to skate, if you, for example, have long been not 15 years old, and sports training leaves much to be desired? Some people are convinced that it is possible to master this art only in childhood and adolescence.

Where to start the lessons? And when is it better to do this? After all, there are now indoor skating rinks that work in the summer. But the best time for the beginning of classes will still be winter. A real ice, a sparkling sun, loud, cheerful music - what better way to drive a winter melancholy? Of course, the first lessons should not take place in proud solitude. But the personal trainer does not make sense to hire. You just need to go to the ice rink with a group of friends. Among them, for sure, there will be someone experienced and patient who will support and cheer the beginner.

After all, there is( very small!) The likelihood that you will remain unhappy with your successes and give up lessons for an indefinite time. And new skates will dust in the closet. To prevent this from happening, use the services of hire. So you can understand which model of skates you are more suited to, and when buying then focus on it.

The first lesson

So, the first lesson. Ask experienced mates to help you lace up your shoes. No, no one doubts that you have learned to do it yet in kindergarten, but the fact is that the skates need to be tightened very tightly - on this depends the stability on the ice. Since the second time, you have become accustomed.

Now try to get back on your feet and, leaning on the friend's reliable shoulder, to dive to the side. Now it's important to learn how to keep on ice. Just stand still, holding on to the side. Then, without letting go of the rim, try to slip slightly - just gently.

Watch carefully how others skate. Ask your friends to show you the right posture. Focus on one leg, tilt the body slightly. Do not forget: for better stability, bend your knees slightly. Now let go of the reliable hand of a friend or strong side and try, resting on one foot, gently push off the second.

Most likely, for the first time, you will fall. It's all right: everyone started with this. Having risen, we continue our occupation. It's scary, my knees are shaking, it seems that nothing will turn out? Do not believe these feelings. To raise your morale, consider how great it is to be able to skate! After all, this class has a lot of advantages:

• interesting leisure activities;
• excellent sports training( that is, you will not have the chance to gain extra pounds in winter!);
• is an option for the whole family( it makes a great family together, by the way).

Over time, you will learn how to move the weight on the right, then on your left foot and do the sliding movements alternately.

Many people think that literally at the first lessons you need to learn how to slow down. But it can be learned later, for a start it's enough to remember: if you want to stop, just stop accelerating, put your feet parallel to each other, straighten up. After some time, the inertia force will stop working, and in any case you will stop.

The first lesson should not exceed an hour in duration. Of course, all at once will not work. Look at the children: they fall, rise and again "rush into battle."By the way, it's also necessary to fall, and it is better to master this science as early as possible.

Better do this: take the pose of the skater, that is, slightly tilt the body forward, slightly bend( even more as if to relax) the knees and so start sliding movements. Now, if you lose your balance, you will land on your knees. In this case, trauma to the spine and fractures are unlikely. Let the faithful comrade not be far from you. It will be great if, in the first lesson, you learn to just stand and move a little - this is an excellent result.

We improve the skill

Second lesson, arrange yourself in a short time, for example, in a week, so that the muscles do not forget how to perform movements. Now it will be easier for you: you can already skate, now it's time to go to skating. To quickly get comfortable and feel more confident, make a couple of laps with your friends: let them pick you up on both sides and roll out "with a breeze."Then try to ride on your own. Do not forget about the hands: although experienced skaters take their hands behind their back to increase speed, it will be better for you to spread them to the sides and help yourself to keep the balance. Start slowly rolling around in a circle.

In the following classes, learn to turn. Try to brake the skates with your teeth, putting one foot back. Only do it more carefully, you can fall from unaccustomed use.

In general, in the science of skating there is nothing particularly difficult. Even if you do not become a master of sports and do not get to the world championship in figure skating, elementary techniques you will master fairly easily.

Take with itself children: to study together is much more cheerful! A few lessons on the rink - and the winter will play with new colors: from the gray and cold it will become bright and, maybe, even hot: if you ride hard, the twenty-degree frost will not be at all. And then, lying on the beach somewhere on the Black Sea coast in the midst of August, you will not be upset at the thought that the summer will soon end. After all, it will be replaced by colorful autumn with its mushroom meadows and succulent watermelons, and then - a cheerful, merry winter with snow, frost and, of course, skates!