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Backward
PowerSlide
Start learning backward
skills & you will likely find yourself asking "How do I
stop?" The Backward Power Slide is the answer. This move
ends in a lunging position with the braking skate extended in
the direction of travel, low on its inside wheel edges.
- Using your favorite
backward skating method, relax into a moderately paced
coast. Look over your right shoulder & spot an object or
mark on the pavement some 15 feet away.
- Drop your chest over
the left knee & begin to arc the right skate out to the
side & then back, at the same time transferring pressure
to it's inside wheel edges.
- Begin to rise slightly
from over the left leg so that you can increase the pressure
on the braking leg's inside wheel edges. Reach maximum
pressure just before the right skate crosses between you
& the mark on the pavement. This friction is what causes
you to stop.
- For better balance
throughout the maneuver, keep your eyes focused behind, on
your mark.
- Hips & shoulders
begin facing away from the direction of travel & finish
rotated sideways 90 degrees.
- To keep the wheels
from skipping on the pavement, skid your straight right leg
at a low enough angle so that it does not catch & trip
you up. Go in low & come out high.
- Try to find some slick
concrete such as a painted basketball or volleyball court to
practice this on at first.
| Source:inlineskating.about.com |
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