Bend Your Knees

I saw an article on Inline Planet today giving the 3 top skating tips. Although two of the tips were specific to racing – swinging the arms right, and something to do with the ankles, however there is a tip regarding bending your knees.

Every skater knows that regardless of your discipline you can never bend your knees enough:

"The lower you are, the farther you can extend your legs."

And more interestingly:

"…pretend that you're sitting in a chair as you move down the straightaway."

I can see that this will maximise the power that is transferred from your upper leg, through your skate to the ground, furthermore, because you can extend your legs further it means that power is being transferred for longer for each stride you take.

Most of all I like the idea that as you skate down the road you should pretend that you’re in your favourite armchair!!!

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