Do I object to unqualified YouTube creators posting tutorial teaching videos for rollerbladers?

[@sultanabran1]

some guy will say 'stick your leg out straight make the skate slide' where asha would say 'bend your knee more and that will get your sliding skate further apart and decrease the angle. that will make the skate slide much easier.'. people with tips don't know why they can do what they do. asha teaches how to get into position to make the technique work. it's almost always about head position and where your weight is. at least i can tell the difference between tutorials and some guy's tips.

[@SkatefreshVideos]

Hurrah! Thank goodness it's landing somewhere fertile. I think my main complaint (which I forgot to say at the time) is when a "tutorial" is nothing more than a demo with a description which sounds like your example.... a description of what you're seeing. But this almost never equates with someone then being able to actually do it! It's when people say "great tutorial" for a demo + description that I wonder what I'm doing hahahah. It's the 5-10 second Shorts 'tutotials' which really get me laughing.

[@julianpenfold1638]

Indeed. A "tip" is a small subset of a structured sequence of steps that would make up a "tutorial". A "tip" might help some people who are at the point where that "tip" is what they need, but a "tutorial", if done well, will help more people because they can pick it up at whatever level they are at and go forward from there.

[@Andrettyroller]

Very interesting perspective. As a professional and skating teacher, this is my thing 🤓I admire you a lot and the conversation gives a lot to talk about.

[@Prince_Charming_1]

Can you please make videos on how to prepare for the skating instructor certification? What are some skating skills/moves required for the certification examination?

[@SkatefreshVideos]

There is a list of the skills needed to pass the ICP instructor certification exam. There are many skills in that list and it would be a very long video indeed. Many of the skills are taught in my online courses but not all of them. You can search the skills inside each of my online courses by checking the contents listed for each course. Click "Learn Online" at skatefresh.com to see the course theme options. As a potential instructor you can use the demos on this info page to help improve your skills. www.inlinecertificationprogram.org/icp-level-1

[@Prince_Charming_1]

@@SkatefreshVideos Thank you so much for taking your time to help me find the information about the skating instructor certification program. I have interest in getting certified because I want to teach the skating lessons and help building the skating community. The roller skating community needs to grow and expand and be part of the main stream sports worldwide. I would love to see the roller skating in different style and discipline in the Olympics.

[@Johro66]

I don't do tutorials I'm still learning myself all the time! but I have in some of my videos talked about simple things, like the drag stop or T stop and what worked for ME when I was learning braking techniques, stuff like that, things that helped me. I don't pretend to be an expert on any skating techniques but if I find something that helped me I'll mention it. Those I'd consider tips also. Mostly I uploaded my experience of learning and practicing! Tutorials are a different thing and I'd look up people who I know are experts at the thing I'm trying to learn, like Shaun Unwin, or yourself, and I have pointed people to yours and other videos if they were trying to learn a particular thing, I'd be like, hey Asha/Shaun/Bill/Lino.. etc etc etc has a good video on that and I'd link it.

[@SkatefreshVideos]

Personal experience is so important and the things you know to be "true" for you can contain nuggets of gold for others still trying to get there. What I try to look for is an understanding of whether the person I'm watching (who is obviously a great skater) try;y understands how and why their skates are moving as they are. Some very good skaters can do the thing (whatever it is) but don't necessarily know how they do it, o if someone can't they don't know exactly why that person can't. This is when a good instructor is invaluable for getting the stuck people un-stuck.

[@silpheedTandy]

are there tips for non-naturals to figure out how to rollerskate, just from "tips" on youtube? is there a way to do trial and error better, for example? i would love to take SkateFresh's courses, but they are far too expensive for me on my budget (i am needing to figure out how to find cheaper foods to fuel my rollerblading hobby; my food budget is so constrained!), even with the black friday discount. so i'm going to have to somehow learn from isolated tips that don't necessarily go into much detail or and aren't very structured

[@SkatefreshVideos]

I'm sorry you're struggling, that sucks, but hopefully rollerblading brings you some relief and joy and excitement. Trial and error is the other option.....how to do that better? That's one of the hardest Qs I've been asked lately. Be very observant of what you're doing and what outcomes you get. Try to be structured in your analysis of what's happening so there's some thought in the "trial" part that might lead to less errors? Try to split each move into several parts or sections and do those in isolation at slow speed. Most people get things wrong by just trying tot he full skill over and over and over and this is what I think does a lot of damage, not just in the falls but in then 'perfecting' an imperfect version of something. The un-learning of that can be really tedious. Good luck and hope there's things on this channel that you can use.

[@silpheedTandy]

​@@SkatefreshVideos Thanks for your reply, Asha! I feel blessed that I have a parking lot that is available for me to practice, close to my house, after midnight. And I've discovered that dollar store salmon and peanut butter are cheap sources of protein! Last night was about hour 10 or hour 15 of practicing, and it feels like my leg muscles are SCREAMING for more protein after practicing, haha! I've really milked certain tips that I've come across KZbin, and they've helped me. One KZbin video gave me the tip of putting my hands on my knees, while "squatting" / bending my knees, which opened my eyes on just how low I should go. I think the most helpful tip were a few of your videos with the scooting exercisees to help me realise what a pronating foot looks like. I was really practicing that exercise the last two days (sloooowly), and I now realise that my ankle feels MUCH better when the gliding foot is on a centre edge! I'm kind of treating my practice more as many different experiments, and trying to get my awareness of my body to be heightened, and less thinking about the final outcome; I'm not trying to go fast, but instead I'm trying to learn about how my body feels. It's hard work to notice my body! It's not obvious! But it is fun. I like the experiments (eg, "what does bending my ankle more feel like? How does it feel as it connects with my knee? What does it feel like to almost lose my balance? What is my breathing like? How can I feel more relaxed?). Maybe this is similar to being more structured in my analysis! I have indeed found your suggestion to be true: doing things at slow speed, and breaking it into parts. (It's kind of how my brain works, anywas, from learning Computer Programming :) ). Also of note, I'm being patient with myself, allowing myself to focus only at one thing at a time, if my brain cannot focus on more than one thing in each experiement I do! My only worry is that I might (as you say) fossilise bad habits. Maybe doing various experiments to try the same thing different ways might help. (In my scooting exercise last night, I was experimenting with how much I could push my knee to my outside edge, to see what THAT felt like, even though it was probbaly wrong). I'll keep my eyes on your chnanel and other channels to see more warnings about bad habits -- i REALLY am glad that i saw your few videos about pronation, and the difference between V-ing for accellaration, vs "fries" for gliding!! Those two tips already helped me A LOT!! Thanks for posting them to your KZbin channel! I loved your tips on KZbin. If my financial situation ever improves, I know for sure that your style of teaching in your online courses will make learning advanced skills MUCH easier!

[@nickybateleur]

Prerequisites 100%! Without a solid foundation, your skills and knowledge will have huge gaps. It's the same as dressage for horses, and handler awareness for dogs. Do I want to learn gazelles and cheetahs? Of course I do. It looks neat. But there's no point in even thinking about it if something as basic and essential as my foot position inside my boot is consistently wrong. I watch your tutorials before I skate (and sometimes during!) to keep me from slipping into habits that will prove detrimental to my skating, moving forwards.

[@SkatefreshVideos]

I love the parallels you draw with horse training and dog training. Turns out there really are learning structures that promote better/faster learning, and have pre-requisites down has got to be one of them. We literally can't run before we can walk. The problem with skating is that the "shinny" running is so captivating that the existence/necessity of walking is overlooked. The metaphor being that basics like scissoring, scooting, conscious edge control, gliding etc in skating are the 'walking' skills. And you're getting those nailed!

[@drdweeb]

anyone can share their experience. it's our(viewers) concern whom do we trust and rely on

[@LukeTimms78]

I would learn a lot more from a business entrepreneur than a business degree.

[@SkatefreshVideos]

I think I'd agree in that niche. One is way more practical and based on personal experience. I need to find me one of those!

[@bambamquiescence]

God I love you. Still.

[@bambamquiescence]

"qualified" by what authority?

[@SkatefreshVideos]

There's different certification bodies all over the world. I was certified and am Examiner for the ICP (Inline Certification Program) which is an international certification offered worldwide and online. In many countries there are also national governing bodies for skating who also offer their own teaching qualifications. Like most sports these days, there's recognised learning pathways, codes of conduct and best practices that should be shared to maximise the safety of participants getting into the sport. Skating is high risk compared to other sports, so it's even more important to have coaches who are professional, credible and effective. That's the idea anyway.

[@Mockc2]

Omg he really shudders 😮