HOW TO JUMP ON INLINE SKATES - Part 2 - STOMP LANDING 

still skating?

same happened to me learning crossovers, practicing single leg slaloms really helped strengthen and getting confidence back

Exactly!

rew1ndb0yyyy So much fun.

Awesome skates. I am very pleased with the overall performance and quality of the Mission Inhalers.

You are welcome. This method is the best way, in my opinion, to land. I will be adding alot more detail into land in a future video.

My shoulders come in front of me knees and toes to keep my balance. Thank you for the question. I will have to think more about this.

Yes, will.

Thank you Neil

It is best not to fall at all! From my experience it is best to land on knees first then stretch forward - you want to have big angle between your body and arms - ~140-160 degrees - so you can protect your head but you don't damage your wrists or shoulder joints. You want to avoid falling straight on your hands in such way that arms and your body create 90 deg angle. But truth be told it is unlikely that during fall you will have time to actually think about it, you could practice falling but wouldn't it be better to spend that time practicing not falling ;) My 2 cents

As much as I would like to agree on the "It's best not to fall" comment; in reality, it's just unavoidable. Fear of falling is the biggest obstacle from improving your skills. Because it keeps you from pushing yourself enough to be able to learn new things. If you are not willing to take risks and want play it safe, the your progress is very limited and minimal. I'm not advising to be reckless. How do you know how much risk you are taking ? Well, if you are not falling once in every couple of sessions, obviously not enough. Too many falls in a day, may be you need to take it down a notch. I know it's easier said than done, but it's just much better to accept the fact that falling is part of skating. The quicker you make peace with that reality, the better. I've done my fair share of falling and what I have come to learn is that; learning how to deal with falls is like any other skating skill. The more you do it the better you become at it. I'd say fall early while you are a beginner and before you start gaining ground speed. And I can't stress this enough, learn how to stop. Last but certainly not least, don't forget to "pad it out, when in doubt" as Mr. Stoppard said it.

Thanks Z and Zinahe for your tips! I've been concentrating on balance and slower speed skill practice this last few months. At this stage only have a helmet but will be investing in kneepads and wrist guards soon. Eddy Matzger even suggested putting pillows on the hips when doing figure 8 crossover practice. Going to start making peace with the falling when I get the pads. :) Cheers guys.

pads are essential when you're learning - without them you won't feel safe and that will stunt your learning, not to mention potential injury. Get yourself full set (knee, elbow and wrist). It doesn't have to be top of the line product.

Also there are padded shorts, no need to get wrapped in pillows ;) I agree, falling is part of skating, the earlier you start falling the better, and padding is always a good idea, not only will you be protected but also feeling safer will decrease fear of falling, thus faster improving

I used this to learn to land properly "big" jumps backwards. It's very useful. But I had someone near me on jumps double the size of a curb (or more) to catch me just in case i fell forwards to dont smash my face on the edge. At the end he didnt had to do anything, but you never know.

Albert Saborit Great idea. I'm all for using anything that makes you feel safe when learning something new. My padding and helmet are still almost as good as new, but they give me that extra confidence to try things 😊

Haha. Someone suggested in the high speed stopping video that I could use my hands to help balance into a parallel slide. Works great.

And we are familiar with who that someone is. Sshhh...Let it remain a secret between you and me. ;)

One in the boot and one in the liner.

@@FlowSkate Oh well thanks, thats why my ankle pain

Not positive (and he will probably correct me if I am wrong :P ) but I think his boots are Seba FR Shells with Intuition liners. He normally has wizard frames...but those don't look like wizards so not sure. Maybe they are the FR frames.

Seba FR with intuition liner, 90mm frame and 84mm wheels. Also it did look like he had soul plates attached so it could be either modded with kit or seba FRA. It Couldn't really be wizard frames as these are UFS and seba FR are SSM mounted.

With time you might find it easier to land backwards. Backwards landings are great for absorbing impacts.

Wow, I've been wondering for YEARS if aggressive skaters landed backwards 90% of the time just for aesthetics... ':D It kinda makes sense, but I'm not yet near that level to see for myself

You having a very common problem. I have learn a few tricks that help with this same problem. I jump a little bit to the side so my toes do not roll underneath me as I am jumping. I will talk more about this in the next video.

Shop Task Great, thanks man. I'm not too bad, just sometimes have to retell myself to jump up not forwards. Look forward to the next video 👍

Simple excercise is to practice your jump "motion" while standing still. Some of my students start the excercise while on grass or while standing on the springy/soft asphalt you can find at playgrounds. The logic behind that excercise is this: If you loose control of your skates while standing still, you have less things to concentrate on and be aware of, hence more time for you to notice what is actually happening.

Dean Rugaard I'm pretty much nailing it now, thanks for the advise man ☺

First off, don't fat-shame yourself. Secondly, did you put the stomp-landing to the test to come to the result that your "skates would shoot out the front if" you "get that low"? Replicate Shoptask's lessons and perform a validation. Statim! Thirdly, if your limitation has been officially confirmed, I recommend the Hi-Lo setup. Big wheels at back, get smaller as you reach the front. Your weight will be tilted forward.

Fourth, to prevent yourself from falling backwards during the squat, straighten your arms forward to initiate counter-weighing procedure.

I will try to work on this stuff. I haven't skated since badly hurting my wrist over 4 months ago, so I need to get back into it. Also, I appreciate your fat shaming comment, but it's not untrue. Having a belly limits some of the things I can do or positions I can get in.

Okay, I haven't really practiced this yet. But I did move my frames back on my boots. I think the back wheel low sticks out behind the heel instead of being under and forward of the heel. I put the skates back on and I can't believe how much better they feel. I haven't given them a good test yet, but I would say this has made a big difference for me already.

Murphy 209 the surface was really rough and the frame I am using is a bit worn out so there are some rattles. Super annoying. Might be time to go back to the Wizards.

Good point. What is the best time to post?

Best time to post is whenever you have video ready to post. People from around the world are watching your videos so it doesn't really matter when you post it - wont fit everybody's "best time" anyway.

It's a non-question for me. This is on-demand video. We can watch whenever we feel like it. ~85% of my RU-vid watching happens from the subscriptions page and in mostly chronological order.

Thank you.