This course is for you if you:
- have never skated before
- are still struggling to get yourself moving on inline skates
- want to find a way to get fit
- cannot complete a Sunday Stroll
It's an ideal way to enter the inline skating world and gives you all of the fundamental skills you'll need, even if that's just for getting around the park.
- Lesson 1, which I call Intro (The Royal Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens, London)
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This is to get you skating if you've never done so before. You learn to skate forward, turn and how to stop yourself using the heel brake on your skates. This lesson gives you the basics of skating.
I recommend you to attend this lesson, even if you have some skating ability, so that I can advise you on which of the other lessons you may, or may not, need to attend. You won't be charged for it if you only need to attend other lessons.
- Lesson 2, Faster & Hills (The Royal Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens, London)
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Here I'll teach you the skills necessary to skate faster, turn more efficiently, and deal with hills. You'll learn practice drills that will help you build the speed you'll need to keep up with the skate, as well as keeping you safe on the descents that are part of the London scene.
- Lesson 3, Obstacles (East end, Serpentine Road, Hyde Park, London)
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This one deals with skating on rough surfaces, coping with cobbles, and getting over small obstacles that typically turn up on the streets of London. It's also a recap session where you can ask questions on what we've covered, now that you will have spent some time practicing.
It is timed to coincide with the Sunday Stroll: we get to see the skaters swarm in and leave, then we do our thing, before hanging around to watch them return. It gives you a chance to not only see what you are trying to get into but also learn the rules of the skates before you attend one.
These lessons build your abilities and, with a little practice, will get you to the end of a Sunday Stroll.
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If you and 3+ friends want to try this course you can contact me and I can arrange to run it for you.
