Standard Recreation Lesson Progression
Level | Skills Included | Terrain Type | Protective Equipment |
FREE Skate for Sarah clinic | Basics of Inline Skating | flat, smoother concrete or asphalt | Helmet, wrist guards, knee and elbow pads, Skates with a heel brake. |
(OSB1) - Beginner 1 | Balance, primary skills, protective falling, getting up, basic heel stop , swizzle 1, Y-frame turn 1 (L and R). | flat, smoother concrete or asphalt. | Helmet, wrist guards, knee and elbow pads, Skates with a heel brake. |
(OSB2) - Beginner 2 | Swizzle 1 and 2, heel stop 2, grass stop, linked Y-frame turns | flat to slight slope, smoother concrete or asphalt. | Helmet, wrist guards, knee and elbow pads, Skates with a heel brake. |
(OSB3) - Advanced Beginner 1 | 1/2 swizzles, one-foot skating, heel stop 3 (quick stops), ski turns 1 (L and R) | flat to slight slope, concrete and/or asphalt | Helmet, wrist guards, knee and elbow pads, Skates with a heel brake. |
(OSB4) - Advanced Beginner 2 | Stride 2 (one foot skating), T-drag, Inward Glide Stop, linked ski turns 2 and 3 | flat with some slope, smoother concrete to asphalt | helmet, wrist guards. knee pads, skates with a brake |
(TS1) -Trail Skate 1 | Fun review of OSB1, 2, 3 and 4. | flat with some slope, smoother concrete to asphalt | helmet, wrist guards. knee pads, skates with a brake |
(TS2) - Trail Skate 2 | Apply trail stride, hill skating (up and down) heel pump stop, quick stop, grass stop, three mile trail skate. | moderate slopes, recreational trail. | helmet, wrist guards, knee pads, skates with a brake, allan wrench tool, water, snack. |
(TS3) - Trail Skate 3 | Heel stop 3, T-drag, slalom ski turns 2, Y-frame turn 2 & 3, up to six mile skate. | moderate slopes, recreational trails | helmet, wrist guards, knee pads, skates with a brake, skate tools, fluids. |
(TS4) - Trail Skate 4 | Gliding slalom ski turns, minimum distance 6 miles. | moderate slopes to steep slopes, recreational trails | helmet, wrist guards, knee pads, skates with a brake, skate tools, fluids. |
(CM1) - Cool Moves 1 | Lunge Turn, Forward Crossover 1 | flat to slight slope, smoother concrete or asphalt | helmet, wrist guards, skates with or without a brake. |
(CM2) - Cool Moves 2 | Efficient Forward Stride (gear 3), Lunge Stop | flat to slight slope | helmet, wrist guards, skates with or w/o a brake. |
(CM3) - Cool Moves 3 | Beginning Backwards (starting, continuing and stopping) and two-step turns | flat to slight slope. | helmet, wrist guards, skates with or w/o a brake. |
(CM4) - Cool Moves 4 | Backwards Turning and F-B and B-F Transitions | flat, smoother concrete or asphalt | helmet, wrist guards skates with or w/o a brake. |