Scoracek
Registered User
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to learn how to roller skate in order to join a league "eventually", but I'm having a really tough time not getting discouraged whenever I fall, all I can do is stand still, skate forwards at like <1mph, and I can't stop so I either end up stopping myself on a wall or something else. I can't turn or build up any kind of momentum without losing some or all of my balance and ending up on my ass. It just really pisses me off whenever I fall and gives me a sense of hopelessness like "This is impossible." or "This is going to take forever." And it just makes me want to stop.
What makes it even worse is that I work as a scorekeeper at an inline hockey arena and I see like 5 year olds or even younger skating everyday and it just looks and seems so simple. They offer skating lessons here, but all it is, is like 3 year olds and similar ages and I don't want to be a 19 year old giant falling every stride amongst toddlers and their parents spectating. I know this isn't something that is learned overnight, it's just extremely frustrating falling every few strides or just gliding until you run into the end boards.
I try to watch tutorials on YouTube but they're all too shallow or advanced, I haven't found a single in depth one that goes step by step working on every skill you need to skate.
Any tips/advice, or any videos to watch to learn how to skate would be really nice.
I'm trying to learn how to roller skate in order to join a league "eventually", but I'm having a really tough time not getting discouraged whenever I fall, all I can do is stand still, skate forwards at like <1mph, and I can't stop so I either end up stopping myself on a wall or something else. I can't turn or build up any kind of momentum without losing some or all of my balance and ending up on my ass. It just really pisses me off whenever I fall and gives me a sense of hopelessness like "This is impossible." or "This is going to take forever." And it just makes me want to stop.
What makes it even worse is that I work as a scorekeeper at an inline hockey arena and I see like 5 year olds or even younger skating everyday and it just looks and seems so simple. They offer skating lessons here, but all it is, is like 3 year olds and similar ages and I don't want to be a 19 year old giant falling every stride amongst toddlers and their parents spectating. I know this isn't something that is learned overnight, it's just extremely frustrating falling every few strides or just gliding until you run into the end boards.
I try to watch tutorials on YouTube but they're all too shallow or advanced, I haven't found a single in depth one that goes step by step working on every skill you need to skate.
Any tips/advice, or any videos to watch to learn how to skate would be really nice.