does anyone know how to in-line skate really fast?
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You have to build up your leg muscles and keep practicing.  \nYou should time yourself and then you can see when you are improving.\n\nalso get someone to coach you. someone that knows how and maybe won stuff.\n\nI haven't done this so I'm not an expert yet.\n\nsteffy
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all u need to do is keep ur balance if u just keep ur balance on the board ...u won't have any problems ...and to get more speed u can always try the trick tic tac....or just lean from side to side
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Here are a few tips -- (I was a goalie for years and years)....for HAND/EYE CO-ORDINATION-- stand about 3-6 feet from a wall and toss a tennis ball off the wall underhanded with your right hand and catch it with your left, then toss it back with left and catch it with right. repeat this over and over, you will get quicker and more accurate........\nfor goalie skills, simply play street hockey. when we played we used sponge pads...you simply get a couch cushion, cut it in 2 and INSTANT GOALIE PADS, cut tiny holes to put shoelace through for straps and just play lots of street hockey working on fundamentals -- practice your angles, come out a little, and have your friends help you by shooting low on your stick side, then high on your glove side etc....practice the poke-check, keeping your legs closed, keeping stick on the ground (good way to do this is to make a 'heavy' goalie stick. you can tape something heavy like metal on back of blade of stick...this will make stick heavier than normal and it will be on ice more when you use a regular stick......\nfor skating, practice your backward skating -- either on ice or rollerblading...it helps !!\nwhen you are on ice...for flexibility/agility, get on knees and kick out right pad like you are stopping a shot....then pull right leg in and kick out left pad...do this several times in warm-ups...or kick out right leg several times in a row...then switch to left pad....for positioning.....\nthe best thing to do is to watch games (nhl, ahl, olympics, juniors, high school, anything) but concentrate on the positioning of the goalie. not only will you pick up some good tips, but you may also spot some things that goalie is doing wrong and you can even learn from that.........\nfor your confidence.....don't forget, goalies DO get scored on. if you are on a poor team, you may get scored on alot. if so, remember, they got by 5 guys first before they even got to you. and whether you get a shutout or let in eight --  try to remember all the great plays you did make, the saves, the positioning which forced a shot wide, the little technical tricks etc. GOOD LUCK MAN. GOALIES ARE A DYING BREED. BE AS GOOD A GOALIE AS YOU CAN. HAVE FUN FIRST.
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Work on style.  Learn how to flex your knees more.  If you dig ramps, keep your back foot off the tail, but centered over the bolts...\n\nLearn to use your shoulders to control your board.  That's actually the big secret in skating, that using your shoulders teaches you how to steer and pivot
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it takes good ballence - just get on the skates and practice.  I live near San Francisco, CA, but don't skate because of ballence issues
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In-Line skating is very difficult to learn if you've never skated before.  When you buy skates you have to get smaller sizes than what you wear in shoes because they are built different.  Like for example:  I play ice hockey and I wear a size 5 1/2 hockey skate and I wear size 8 1/2 in regular shoes.  You should also wear some heavy socks while skating because it will reduce blisters and you also may have the skates too tight because that causes your feet and ankles to hurt.
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2\n\nFigure Skating\nSpeed Skating
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The easiest way if the place you bought them from does not do it for you is to wrap them in a wet towel and place them in your oven on its lowest setting for about 4-5 minutes. When you put them on, make sure you have socks on and sit in a chair, do not walk around. Keep them on for about 10 minutes and you're all set. Good luck, and skate hard.
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Dude why buy 2 pairs? Just get your in-lines, elbow pads, knee pads and a helmet. Go to a smooth surface and keep trying till you roll and you'll get better and better. Go to a skate shop and they will recommend a nice pair of in-lines for you. Kowabunga !!!
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Try Skateboard.com or RampRage.com.
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the easiest thing is get a skateboard and practice, make sure you give a little bit of oomph while you skate, and don't go too fast though!
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There are a couple of ways to stop.  Also, check out the video called "First Step".  It goes into a lot of detail on how to stop.\n\nMethod 1\nThis method is only good to use if you are rolling at a slow-medium pace.  You do not want to be rolling faster than you can run.  \n\nWhat you want to do is take your back foot off and run out of the skateboard.  Practice this in the grass before you even start rolling.  Just take your back foot off and run forward.\n\nMethod #2\nYou can take your back foot off and drag it flat along side of your board.  Use your sole as a brake pad.\n\nMethod #3 (Slightly more advanced)\nYou can hang your back toes off the skateboard.  Use your kicktail to turn 45-90 degrees all the while using your toe as a break pad.  This will take some practice and it is only useful at a slow to medium pace.\n\nMethod #4 (More advanced)\nPOWERSLIDES ! ! !....This is the most fun way to stop.  It takes alot of practice and patience.  You\n\nFirst you hang your back heel off of the skateboard.  Then use that heel to push your board around 90 Degrees to your frontside.  Use both your back heel and your front heel to slide the board forward on all 4 wheels.  \n\nSEE HOW FAR YOU CAN SLIDE.\n\nHope this helps you out.  Just becareful and practice at a slow pace.  If you find yourself on a skateboard going faster than you can run out with alot of road left, you are almost always better to just ride it out
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www.skateboard.com has grip tape amongst all the other usuals. Enjoy your skate, I cant just now, I smashed my knee cap doin a backside flip!
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I don't know about that, but some of the better stores in Minneapolis have an oven for their skates.  When you buy them, they heat them up and then you wear them, in the store, for about a half hour.  As the skate cools it molds to your foot.
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To be like ok it would probley take a summer. Average might take a couple. You actually have to skate a lot. Thats kind of funny that you cant ollie most people can learn that in like ten minutes.
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First question I have for you is which direction are you having trouble with clock wise or counter clock wise. If you haven't noticed, all skaters at rinks skate in one direction, counter clock wise. This is the easest direction for everyone to skate. You also didn't say if you were having trouble skate forwards or backwards. Balance is the key to skating. You have to find your balance on your skates. When I teach my players, I have them work on their inside edges and then outside edges. I have them do half circles with the inside edge and then half cirles with the outside edge, When you get comfortable with your edges and can push hard on both inside and outside edges without falling down, then you can start working on your crossovers. I have one question for you, how many pushes on a crossover, one or two. Answer is two. You first push on your outside skate, crossover, as you crossover, you push on you inside skate. You may fall down at times doing this at first, but this is the first start in power skating. It take time to develop a good push on both skates inorder to get the power that you need. I'm 58 years old and I am still working everyday to improve my stride. Hang in there. Nobody said that this would be easy. Good luck to you.
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Since you're only 11, I will let you slide with this question, but noone can help you over the computer unless they give you the exact instructions, and you write them down, and then you take them with you when you skate...I figure ice skate whenever I can!