Level 1: Find your feet
Dip (glide low)
For: Ice skates, Inline skates, Quad (roller) skates
Cues
- Start a two-foot glide.
- Bend your knees and lower your hips as if sitting on a chair, arms straight out in front.
- Rise back up slowly while still gliding.
Drill
Glide, dip for a count of two, rise; do it on every straight.
Ready when
You can dip low and rise again while still moving, without stopping or stepping.
General practice cues written for Open Skates. Not coaching, not a safety guarantee. Wear a helmet; on wheels add wrist guards and knee and elbow pads; follow the rink's rules and the type of session you are in. These cues are our own plain summary, not taken from any coaching programme: if you keep falling, feel pain, or a skill feels beyond you, stop and ask a qualified coach at your rink.