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How to Stop While Roller Skating Backwards

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Summary: Watch expert skater show you how to stop while roller skating backwards, by dragging the stopper gently behind you; and get more roller skating tips in this free skating video.

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By Rahel Cook
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Rahel Cook has been roller skating for over 20 years. She has co-founded Rat City Roller Girls, the Northwest's largest roller derby league and personally competed as a part of the...read more

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"Hi, I'm Rachel Cook, on behalf of Expert Village. Today I'm here to talk about how to roller skate, more specifically, how to stop while going backwards. Now, that you've gotten yourself into the backwards position, how do you stop? You're going maybe a little too fast or maybe you're not, maybe you just don't want to fall, and that's fine. What you need to do is make sure while going backwards you are in a comfortable stance, your knees are not locked, make sure you're going at a comfortable rate of speed, or I suppose you may not be if you need to stop. The easiest method of stopping while going backwards would be to take your dominate leg, position it ever so slightly behind you and using the stopper, apply firm but solid pressure to the stopper, against the skating surface. This should bring you to a slow stop. Be careful though not to apply too much pressure because that can turn you around. The other alternative method to stopping and stopping quickly while going backwards would be immediately go up onto both stoppers of your skates making sure that your knees are comfortable, and very bent and that your body is positioned in a very upright position and that you're not too far back nor too far forward. Too far forward can cause you to fall, don't be afraid to fall its inevitable. Often the fear of falling is far worse than the fall itself. Just feel comfortable on your skates and feel comfortable in your stance and again you can either move your dominate foot slightly behind you dragging your stopper ever so slightly, firm but solid pressure and consistent pressure, or if you're going a little too fast you can actually pick up both feet, put them on both stoppers and slide backwards, and that is how to stop while going backwards."

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