Footwork on Roller Skates - Practice Line with Turns 

I haven’t finished the video yet but I just wanted to thank you! I’d watched some of your videos and went skating a month and a half ago, but i wasn’t really thinking about them while I was skating, I got too confident in the inlines and played the game where you switch directions at the whistle blow, but I didn’t know how to switch directions, I ended up slipping on some rocky floor, fell back and broke my elbow 😬 since then I bought my own pair of quad skates, as well as knee pads, wrist guards, a helmet and elbow pads and watched your videos over and over so I would remember them when I was actually skating. I went to a rink for an hour 2 days ago, my first time back at a rink since breaking my elbow, and just practiced going up and down along the wall. I was nervous as all hell but I didn’t fall and was getting the hang of just moving again. Today I went to a rink for 2 hours and this time, boy I had fun! I LOVE SCISSORS! down with the butt up with the gut, scissors seriously helped when I was feeling not so confident or times I didn’t have a wall nearby to rely on. And as I turned corners I thought, head turns shoulder turns hip turns foot, then I realised one foot wasn’t turning because I needed to use my outer edge, I also got off the floor to adjust my trucks several times until the turning was easier, then it was too loose so I tightened them a bit and got them pretty good by the end. When I was doing scissors I even had some success at bringing one foot in front of the other (I think you call it cruising?) and I realised I wasn’t as good at putting the other foot in front and thought I CANT HAVE A BAD FOOT OR DIRECTION! I stopped skating 10 minutes before the session ended because I could feel one foot starting to cramp a bit (I had work before I went skating) and they played that direction switch game again and I knew I wasn’t ready for it. Happy to say I didn’t lose my balance and didn’t fall over all session! Cant wait to go to the rink and practice specific things. All of this success is thanks to your videos! Although I still need to change my cushions to change my life 🤔 THANK YOU! 🖤

You have NO FREAKIN' IDEA how much I would love to live in the States, near your place, and go there every night to listen to 80's music, make friends and skate all night long. Oh God. Your incredible attitude makes this thing much better. Thanks for your videos and big hugs from Costa Rica ❤👍

as a person getting back into skating after years of not skating, this was super helpful as well as your channel.

Never stop squeaking, Dirty Deb!

I recommend learning backwards skating, just push off the wall, hard with both hands and try keeping calm and balanced getting use to the feeling, then push off the wall and practice scissors then practice crossing your legs and practice turning your head straight to navigate , and when you finally start doing it subconsciously without thinking, then practice jumping forwards and landing backwards at low speeds then higher speeds soon you'll become amazing very fast,and start groving it's not hard, you need little genuine practice

You know what? I got so entranced watching you skate and listening to you teach, I completely stopped noticing the squeaking. This sequence is fantastic and simple. I need to learn a bit more before I can actually do it... but once I'm ready, I am definitely going to revisit this video. Thank you for all you do!!! You are amazing.

As a mom of a 3 year old, it’s hard to find windows of time to skate on my own. But watching your videos inspires me to get out there and make it happen. You’re the queeeen!! 🙌🏼

You know what, as far as someone thinking they can not get it in 3 or 4 attempts, that is what lots of dance studios, university dance programs and fitness magazines were teaching. Especially in the late 80's they started coming out with that, like do not work for anything. I taught in dance studios for owners who told students it was how they were made if they could do splits or not. The ones i taught all had great splits and backbends, I showed them they could work for it. and the same thing with skating, lots of women came told me they bought a pair of skates because they saw me, and they fell on them, or cannot stand up and skate unless they hold on to something. , I tell them when learning new things on my skates, i hold on to something too..

Dirty Deborah, when I see a notification from your channel, I get so happy!! thank youi!

I recommend listening to music; once you feel the groove, you may find yourself making up new moves. If you have a favorite/suggestion, leave a reply.

Debra, folks at the rink that I go to, often ask me to teach them various skating steps. I am a poor teacher, so I refer them to you. You are an excellent teacher. Have fun out there my friend!

Great drills! I'll be sure to try these out. You're right, it's hard to get out of the "mechanical phase."

Yes please do more of these! This is so helpful ❤️

I am still recovering from hurting my knee (again), but I got up on my skates and was turning and skating. My daughter was like, you're going to fall. I was like nope not me. Even if I do, I know how to do it safely and up, up, up thanks to your video on how to fall. So it is all good. How could you not smile from ear to ear when skating? That's what I always say. Before I bought my new wheels it had been 33 years since being on skates. I used to skate EVERYWHERE and was pretty much an expert skater. I loved it. Well, I am back to it again and not as good as I used to be but that will come. Thanks for the awesome videos. I love ya!!

Thank you for keeping me practicing! The beginner videos are so helpful because all I can find besides this is baby beginner “How to start skating” videos and more experienced videos for how to do tricks. I need something in the middle!

OMG!!! I thought the sound of the leather was so attractive! 😃 you have the energy of a stallion! (You radiate confidence and stability)🙏🏿 it was perfect!!!

Hi Debbie, I have been watching many of your videos and finally found this one. Thank you very much for putting these five skills together into one understandable flow. I am 72 years old and only knew how to skate forwards from when I was a kid. My bucket list included learning to skate backwards so I bought some skates just over a year ago and started watching you. My big problem is our only rink (Springfield, Missouri) is so crowded it makes it hard to avoid running into others. I bought some outdoor wheels and will try that once the weather cooperates. Thank you so much for your work.

I searched vids about how to skate... I didn't expect to get mesmerized by the way she is teaching me. She's a beauty.

2023 and these videos are still incredible!

I know this is an older video, but I appreciate it a lot. I have no idea how to learn things I'm not good at immediately, and it is immensely helpful to have a specific routine to use for practice, as I get caught up in the options and forget to do the actual work.

I’m addicted to your channel!

You’ve taught me everything I know thank you for this break down!

I had to quit skating cause the local rinks are mainly children, and I can injure myself. I like the skate sounds it’s sorta soothing.

Great video! I didn't notice the squeaking as much as I expected to, and when I did it was a great way to identify bodyweight changes.

I am getting back into skating, however I never was a great skater. So now I'm learning a lot watching your videos. And, I must say it's a huge help. Super excited about getting back on the rink.

I saw this 14 minute video of you and you skating, you are very brilliant Deborah, in the skating steps you take in the ring.

Perfect timing Deborah 👌🏾

Your videos are always really helpful and informative! 💜

Always so helpful!!!! Thank you so much!

Thank you for all you do for us!! You are so very informative and extremely patient w those of us who ought to practice, practice, practice but get caught up w life stuff. Your tutorials help me get over my nerves & insecurities! Hoping to get out to FVSC soon! Blessings to ya!!!

I wish you could be my personal teacher! I love watching your videos though. I'm trying to get more into skating and looking at buying a pair so I can practice at home too and your videos give me confidence I can do it! I love how specific you make your tutorials so I know exactly what's happening.

Aw this video made me so happy because it made me realize I'm in the flow stage now! Working my way towards eventual style lol

This is the best, love how you choreographed the moves for us to practice. 😊

You are an AMAZING teacher and your enthusiasm and happy demeanor would make anyone want to buy and learn to skate. I am Down Under in Australia and in Lockdown but I am trying to do some drills of the basics inside my apartment and LOVE LOVE your tutorials Thankyou Dirty

Keep doing what you are doing! so helpful!

I LOVE HOW YOU TEACH. Thank you so much .

This is great, I so needed this, thanks Deb.

Thank for your videos! You are the best teacher ever!

Sooo helpful! I love having a list of what to do! Thanks!!

Hi Débora! I'm from Brazil and just started to roller skating this week! And I have to tell you: YOUR CHANNEL IS THE BEST! ❤️ I was looking for videos to learn some tricks for begginers and I'm so happy that I've found you! 😍

Your whole channel has helped me so much since i have started skating, thank you so much!

I just don't know how she does these videos all in one long take 👏

Super cool teacher. Love love love your channel.

This video came at the perfect time for me - just got to the carpark for practice time! Thanks for another great instructional video Dirty Deborah Harry!

Loved the video and the disclaimer in the beginning had me laughing through the whole video. I'll be throwing this practice routine in my daily skate around the neighborhood. Keep it up Dirty Deborah and Xavier!

I love her instruction style, so energetic, easy to understand, humorous, and fun... thank you Debbie

God bless you Debbie! I can skate because of you now

My bf and I are learning to skate and your videos always help so much!

👋🏾 Deb Deb & Xavier This is heaven sent. Yaaasss! This is for me 😁. I am sort of in all the stages. Yup! I am looking forward to style. 🤣😂 Omg! I feel like I am in preschool. ❤ Love it! #practice #Patience #practice Yaaasss! Thank one soooooo much. Additional tips👌🏾 Great video despite the squeaking 😉 Have a wonderful day! Youngsters 😃

I'm loving your videos. Sending good vibes from Orlando/Tampa Fl

I'm going skating tonight, and I can't wait to try the SCISSORs move for the 1st time❣❣❣ I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 I can't wait😁🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️

together part (steps) is my fave! thank you much! u r so talented so I’m slowly getting better every day

Awesome 👍💜Thankyou Deb, greatly appreciated, Di Newcastle NSW Australia

Great video for practice. Very helpful! We beginner skaters need more of those 🙂😍😊

Perfect! Just what I nedded!

Love all your videos! This is exactly what I needed! I’m on day 4 of skating as an adult and your videos are extremely helpful. Thank you ❤️

We love so much your work. Congrats you are a master, Im so happy I found your channel.❤ Blessings🙏

This was so extremely helpful, thank you!!!!❤

This video is awesome. Definitely get stuck so this is super helpful in practicing a few moves together. Love this video. Thank you!!!

You are AWESOME!! I just discovered you and subscribed!!!! I'm so happy and grateful for these videos! I'm almost 52 and just took my 5 & 6 year old grandsons to a skating rink for the first time. They liked it so much I signed them up for lessons right away.. Now I want to learn too and and look "cool" since I didn't back in 8th grade, hah, hah!!!

You and Planet Roller Skate has inspired me so much. I bought my skates because of you two lol. It’s brought me closer to one of my friends and now we try and practice together every week! Thank you for making these 💕💕

Hey I love your videos and enjoy them very much. Thanks to your videos I've been getting better and better. Love from Trinidad and Tobago~

I absolutely love your channel, you are so entertaining and so much fun to watch lol…❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️

I need a big space like a skating rink and your videos playing on a big screen while i follow. I have to break it down even more than that, like take one thing, and then like make into a fraction, Like I was watching one of your tutorials and I looked at your foot and notice what position it is in at what time. I work on that. then I take the next teeny weeny thing and say ok where is my foot supposed to be and when. Thanks so much for this.

Awesome channel!!! I miss my skating days! My parents owned Redwood Roller rink for 50+ years. ❤👍

Dirty Deb- Love this advice! You really hit the nail on the head with this video. Its cool too because you can learn what moves kinda go together and make it your own over time. Ive been working on a backwards step (while skating forwards) to a turn around to a rolling 360. its alot of fun to do and ive crashed a few times now. Thinking about wrist guards moving forward- they dont take the falls as well as they used to. :) Keep the vids coming !!

This secuence is awesome for who is just starting, also funny. Not only explain super clear and good, you are so entusiastic and it shows you love teaching 💗✨. Thank you so much for these videos, don't stop making 'em. You are awesome. Thank you 💖 ☺️

You are the best!! Thank you, for these videos. So helpful! You make every thing fun!!

Great video Deb!!!!

I love your personality so much! Makes it so much easier to learn

Hi Dirty Deb 👋 I always practice with you 🥰 absolutely love this practice routine video.. I do this everytime I skate (also your 5 steps squats , scizzors edges etc) Your videos have helped me transition from inline skates to Quads, and improve, am so grateful 🙏 Thankyou 💜🌸 🌟 🛼 🥰

I love your zesty personality and how supportive you are of beginners going through the learning process! ❤️

Thank you for this video, although I have been skating for years i have never been able to pull myself out of the mechanical stage, this video will give me something to practice and have more purpose other than just going around . I look forward to more combinations like these to smooth me out and help me to develop my own style.

Hi Deborah, really enjoying your channel you’re such a great teacher. I’ve just got back into skating again after many year, I was a bit rusty at first but watching your videos soon helped me dust of those cobwebs and get back into the groove.

Absolutely love your videos!! You do an outstanding job of teaching so that it’s easy to understand and put into practice. You also have great energy and STYLE 😉 Keep those vids coming!!

You have that great combination of energy and enthusiasm PLUS the ability to instruct clearly. Your videos are a gift! Thank you!

Love your videos hi from Australia

Loved it!

Nicest rink I've ever seen.,we don't have much around Akron, Ohio. Thanks again for another great video!

It's always good to go back to the basics.

Looks GREAT 👍

You have an Excellent teaching ability, I'm a former very comfortable inline skater,and just ordered a pair of quad skates🤞👍👍

Love it sis💕

So I got all the way to the end of the video and I realized I forgot to try and notice the skate squeak. I never even heard it. So there you go, wasn't bad at all. Thank you for you. ❤

I love the sound of your skates!!! 😅💜

My best friend Kaydence is gonna need this video! Love ya!❤️💞

Yes!! This was a needed video.

Your videos are great!! You go straight to the point. They are simple yet thorough, explained very clearly. Your teaching method is super helpful. Plus.. you skate beautifully and your attitude is awesome. Thank you!! Saludos desde Mexico!!

AWESOME VIDEO GIRL!!!

I love love love your videos, I wish soooo much that I lived near your skating rink so I could go there regularly, we don't have a single proper skating rink on my island far less for anywhere that I could go to for lessons, so I thank you so much for your videos, my only issue is because there is no other choice but to skate outdoors, debris always make me super nervous, but a little at a time I will eventually get it thanks to you.

You are such a great teacher! I wish I could train with you in person!

You're such a gem, Deb!

I really appreciate you taking the time to make these videos. My dad(73, he’s a very young 73) and I(35) have gotten back into wanting to skate again after 22 years. We used to go to a rink nearby all of the time and we were very good at it back then. Around that time, our local rink was becoming an area that had a lot of violence, and it just wasn’t the family friendly place that it used to be so we stopped going. When we went to a fairly new rink in a different direction a few weeks ago, we put on the skates and it felt so awkward..it took us forever to even get to the rink and when we finally did, we went around only once (there were a lot of kids darting everywhere and I’m now blind on the left side of both eyes so I can’t always see when they’re coming). After that time, I found your videos and when we went today, I felt a whoooole lot more comfortable. More like I used to feel several years, inches, and pounds ago 😂. The only think is that after maybe 50 feet or so, my shins start to kill me and I have to stop, rest, then go again, and same thing every 50 feet. Not sure if it’s that I need to work on my skating muscles again or what but I’m just going to keep practicing and see if it improves. If I wasn’t on the opposite side of the country, we would definitely be going to your rink, but as for now, I really do appreciate your videos :) Thank you!

Oddly enough, I just had to explain "scissors to plow stop" to a newbie tonight....er...last night (it is after midnight where I am). Poor kid was trying his hardest. He was getting it (moving forward) by the end of the session, but he finally rolled over to me late in the session, "HOW do you STOP on these things????" Kept running into the wall to stop. I really feel sorry for all those rental skates out there! Half of them at my rink have the toes so worn down they're going to need new ones soon...a few pairs are already "talking". LOL

Thanks I really like this episode

Very good quality videos 👌

I'm really happy bcs I got new roller skates and I'm preparing myself to perform at my school party and I wanna thank you so much, your channel helps me a lot with my motivation and self confidence ❤😍

THANK YOU! Amazing and helpful content!

I’m eager to try the backward skating and turn this Saturday! 🤸‍♀️

I am looking at winter months of snow.... so I might have to really go back to my childhood and skate in my hall.