Don't care about the sound. Don't care about the resolution, I am thankful for the access. It's such a privilege to have someone give us this infornation. And honestly it's just what I need when I am feeling down!
I second this!! You can't get this type of excellent teaching anywhere else. I'm so excited to watch these videos, especially when I'm feeling stagnant in my skating.
@@Dirtydeborahharry How long have you been a coach? I skated for about 10 years competively, and saw myself eventually becoming a coach, but I went into academics and changed course, but I love being a teaching professor, so the mentoring as a passion was always there. Your students are lucky to have you coach. Where are you guys? I skated out Skaters Choice in Southern Jersey and then Deptford Skating center. Kathleen Defelice and Kirchner were my coaches. Best coach was Kathy Paul, I qas just too old and tired of falling by that 10th year so I retired. We don't have a rink where I am. Man do I miss it. Closest to flying was doing an axel or doyblw flip in competition.
I used to ride horses and my trainer would be yelling “THUMBS” to remind me to keep my thumbs up, I’m imagining you training me to skate and going “SNACKS” and me dramatically sucking my gut in LOL thank you 💕 your tutorials are always so easy to understand and awesome. I appreciate you so much💕💕💕💕💕💕
I thought "Yet another way to break my butt. If I don't stick the landing I won't live to watch the next video." Turns out these hops are easy. I need to be brave and transition with a hop. I'll do it sometime this week. Thanks for the video, Debbie and Xavier!
You look great with your hair in a ponytail, and thank you very much for the tutorial, I've always had trouble with jumping as when I would land, my skates would slip out from underneath me...😂 thank!
The part about finishing correctly even if you didn’t get all parts right is such great advice. Our brain is creating new pathways when we learn something new. This takes time. I roll in a very small area in my place before I go to bed. Even if it’s just 10 minutes. I balance on each foot while washing dishes with shoes on. Whatever I can do to help my brain and body. Agree with all the positive comments. You’re an incredible teacher.
Dirty School of Skate you are sooo funny. I want you to know that it really helps me when I remember the posture and tight core. Makes the jumps so much easier and less scary.
I love how you teach! You are so informative and I feel like you really relate with what people are going through when we are learning. You're videos have really helped me get over my fear of letting go and trusting in my body and balance, been skating 1 week and I'm finally feeling a bit more confident. Your sense of humor always gives me a giggle and I love how much you care about teaching people and how much you love skating and therefore want to pass on your knowledge. I hope that if I am ever in LA I can come for a lesson! Much love and appreciation ♡
Ive learned the 180 jumps and I guess it’s already time to do the 360s. I love how you tell us not to criticize ourselves but to keep checking our postures and everything. I only found this video just now. Didnt know this was five months ago. Youre an excellent teacher!
You really are such a good teacher, I feel so lucky to be able to take a lesson with you in person- I urge everyone who can to avail themselves of a lesson. I can’t thank you enough.
I get so excited when I see you post a new video! I'm learning to roller skate with zero previous experience, didn't even skate when I was a kid. I'm finding it difficult but your videos inspire me to keep going and practice, practice, practice!
I am 35 years old and just started roller skating! Although I did roller blade as a kid (using my cousin's) but roller skating is a completely different experience! I remember trying to roller skate once when I was a young teen but dragged everything down in the hallway with me and that was the end of it. Now I am giving it a whirl again! Have fun, Taylor! :)
I wish I had a dollar for every single jump I ever did. All those singles, doubles, and triples would have made me well into the thousands. Trust me, if you are a competitor, you spend most of your time practicing jumping. It's about nailing the landing and keeping your body wrapped up tight so you can rotate. The move revolutions you want to complete in the air, the tighter you have to pull your arms in. It takes patience and practice.
Hey Dirty! I am 45 yrs old & just starting skating consistently 2 months ago. I did my 1st ever 180 last week and now I'm killin' em because of this video. 360 coming soon!!! I sincerely want to thank you!
Great "pep" talk at the end. I made my 10 year old listen to it as it is applicable to everything in life. Thank you for your insight and willingness to teach! I am learning a ton!
Love watching you in that rink all to yourself-I can only imagine how great that must feel, I feel great just watching all that open space! I wish you would create a series of skating drills or routines that we can practice to be better skaters. Everything online is bits and pieces of skating, but I think a drill/routine that encompasses all your lessons would be fun to practice 😀 Thank u for inspiring us to keep skating!
Incredible! Definitely gonna give jumps another try with these tips! Love the section about negative self talk, this should be used across all areas of life!! 💕
I was super scared trying to jump up in the air before watching this video it gave me a lot of confidence to just keep trying and not give up and it was honestly really helpful, thanks!
Thank you so much! I just found your channel recently and you have the BEST rollerskating tutorials on RU-vid! I love the way you explain each step so clearly. My husband and I have both rediscovered our love for skating after a ~20 year hiatus and I'm so excited to try out the things I've learned from your channel. Can't wait to go SKATE today!!
You have not only helped me with my journey back into relearning to skate properly, but also with my slef confidence, and being positive, which I have lacked for most of my life. You are truly beautiful inside and out🙏♥️ And, I absolutely LOVE your sense of humor!! I love laughing almost as much as skating!!
All this time my attempts at jumps looked like your "don't do this" example! It made me very scared of learning to spin while jumping but this video definitely makes it look very safe if you follow instruction!
So around 15 minutes in the video it just felt like you were a really sweet and supportive mom giving me a pep talk :') cheers from a girl in her 20's who's still pretty new to rollerskating
At my rink they play the song that goes "its time to get funky, funky" a lot and that song tells you what to do. I'm mediocre so i can't do it all but I tried the jump when it was just my parents and my sister and I fell. We all started laughing. The rink is where I can feel like a kid again, I fall but get right back up, always have a smile and never want to stop.
Oh my goodness!!! I don’t know how I missed this episode (I watch you every day)- I know O can do this because you’re doing it with me & so far everything you’ve showed me I can do...one step at a time and with a proper technique. You rule Dirty.
Me and my friend have been rollerskating for only a month or so. We watch all your videos and we dropped in for the first time yesterday! Thank you for being such a great teacher!!! Your videos are awesome 👌
You have changed my skating game by 100% in only a few weeks! ❤️ everything about how to teach and Xavier records.... Short and to the point -- Keep em’ coming please! Every time you say “snack area” or “keep snacks tight” it cracks me up 😂
Being a beginner, i've been searching a lot about skating and hidden tips, eventually landed upon your page and found it very useful and pragmatic. Thank you very much. keep posting and keep inspiring.
I've been practicing 180s lately and I think this may have given me the courage to try 360s. These videos have been so helpful for me and I can't thank you enough. I get giddy weekly because I know you'll be putting out new videos.xD Backwards crossovers next?: D
I AM GOING TO LEARN TO JUMP AND DO A 180 AND YES ONE DAY I AM GOING TO DO A 360 !!! I finally got myself to do small jumps on skates and oh boy I felt that was the greatest thing because I overcame my fear to get both feet off the ground while on my skates and outside on pavement at that!!! So what if it was an inch clearance.. I did it !!!! When I do a 180 and 360 I am going to send you a video because it is a monumental accomplishment for me. Those jumps are very intimidating but I believe what you say, Practice Practice Practice. I practice quite a bit off skates and that has helped me confident immensely. Thank you for the encouragement and for being real. We may fall but so what, get back up and try again !!!
These videos got me out, practicing at the rink as an absolute newbie skater! Skating has brought me so much happiness, even when I fall! Thanks so much Debra! You’re an amazing teacher.
You have such a wonderful positive attitude and break things down so well. I really appreciate you sharing all your knowledge with learning skaters! You're my go -o recommendation to anyone wanting to learn how to skate!
My scissors and my backwards skating has improved. I am really happy about that! My grandson was very frustrated with the backwards skating but he also is doing very well. Love the videos!
Hey, Dirty! I'm brazilian, 46 yo, and I want to thank you for being my teacher!!! I just love the way you explain the things and make me confident to try stuff even when it's damn scary! I'm starting with skating now and you're helping me great time!!! Big hugs from Brazil, professora!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
I am a total beginner and yesterday I tried jumping for the first time. Just regular jump while going forward. And I kinda do it much more "scared" way, so prior to the jump I go into canonball, and then jump, and land pretty much in squat again. It doesn't give me much height but I only fell once on this, and I must've tried it around 20-30x times. I tried 180 too, and stationary I could do it, but moving I ended up doing a 90 and falling to my knees. I probably didn't have enough height and momentum to do the 180 turn before reaching the ground. But I'm definitely gonna try this way, it looks way more elegant than mine and it tells me what to do with my hands! Great tutorial!
Awesome tutorial, especially the comment about practicing! I never really understood why we should finish a move in practice even after completely fucking it up. Makes so much sense now. Thank you ❤
Tried to do a jump after only skating for three days. It was super scary, I landed some but fell in others. After watching this video I know why I fell, my form was horrible. I was approaching my jump way off. I’m so glad you’re making these type of videos!
I'm a beginner and the way you describe the moves is so helpful! I've tried watching other channels for help as well but for some reason i never really get it, whereas for each skill i've tried to learn with your videos I've been able to land in the same day (with the exception of spins, still working on those). Anyway thanks so much for uploading these videos its crazy helpful
You are just a doll! I love your videos and I also just love your whole vibe. You seem like you give good hugs. I don’t know if that’s weird to say but you’re just too sweet! I watched all your videos when I first started roller skating and you helped me greatly! I ended up buying my daughter some skates and now she absolutely loves it and wants to skate all the time. My husband got some too and we go to the rink as often as we possibly can (well, we did before COVID). Keep up the awesome content because we love you!
You are the best teacher! I am sooo happy I found your channel. Thank you for all the awesome effort and the detailed information, it is worth tons of dollars.
I'm so happy I found this! I've been struggling with 180s and I KNOW half the problem is saying "I can't because I'm not brave enough." But I can't wait to use these techniques and gain more confidence!
When I fall at the skate park or get wobbly or overshoot an attempt to turn around or whatever the case may be, I've been making a point to do what you said and assess my technique rather than make a harsh, critical commentary to myself about my attempt. It definitely feels so much more encouraging. Also encouraging is when I fall but my pads take the hit, because I've started thanking them for helping me get my money out of them, lol. It's such an important message and I'm so thankful that you took the time to address it!
I used to be much more confident jumping when I was younger, but I’m definitely gonna use your tips. I’ll let you know how the progress goes 😉. Thanks again, you rock!!
i just love this channel because its so concise and straight to the point. and u KNOW she knows what shes talkin bout! all in one take too. easy peasy. and never leaves anything out. its great i love it. cant wait til my skates come in the mail
I had to watch this video with the sound off so as not to wake my partner up. It's amazing how much I understood simply by watching your gestures. You're a great teacher. Thank you, Deborah. My current IGORS trick is to jump 180 onto a box and then 180 off it .... oh, the terror!
Thanks a lot, coach! You are really good explaining step by step how to jump, the posture, especially the self steam about not saying negative things to yourself when you feel "clumsy"...I just switched from ice skating to roller skating, and on the basis is very similar but at the same time is not!! The twizzles or Salchow jump for instance, I have not idea how to do them (yet)...But today I`ve found your channel and it really helps me!
I love how the whole video (and all your videos in your channel) is just as is and only edited to add the few frames of credits! Thank you!! Amazing instructor as always. Love from Melbourne, Australia! :D
Thank you. I don't edit because I hate the choppy feel. I am trying to teach you as I would teach you if we were in the same room together. I want it to feel like a real lesson :)
I'm buying some skates tomorro-ooooohhhhhhhhh-wwww! I agree with everyone else, the lower quality video is not even on my radar, I think it even helps your 'you can do it just try' vibe. Also it makes me feel like I'm there with you guys more than HD 4K blah blah! And the fact the cameraman is your nephew is so wonderful. I can't wait to put your utterly incredible teachings into practice, the chat about practising was SO helpful, I'll try to keep it in mind constantly, so excited. ❤️
I followed your instructions and was able to jump on skates for the first time!!! It's not as scary as I thought it would be, so I'll keep practicing the regular jump and move on to the 180 jump once I'm ready. Thanks, Dirty!
Fantastic video. I like how you explained "train your brain" and the reasons why and also how important it is to follow through with the complete move, even if you screw up during the attempt. So important.
I have been skating for 45 years ish. I came back to it after several years. The first time back I was stiff, shaky and straight legged.. Back in the day, I was a shuffle skater, played hockey, changed from dance skates to speed skates years ago. (This was probably the hardest adjustment I've ever had!) But I could pretty well hang with anyone back then.. but when I came back 6 months ago at 51 years old I was scared to fall.. I had to force myself to relax and flow again.. so I got better. Then, just last week I was rocking around a rink and had a kid do a "no look 45" towards the side.. I cleared him by going all the way to the edge and putting my right foot up on the raised carpet area.. unfortunately my inside left wheel caught in the seam of the carpet that wrapped over the edge.. so I played Superman and smashed to the floor.. it hurt but I got up and kept going.. I banged up my knee on the step etc. But I was ok. I say all that to say THIS.. Don't be afraid to fall.. EVERYONE WILL FALL. In fact, it inspired me to be MORE confident. You learn from falling.. Anyone I talk to that says "wow you're really good.. how did you learn that stuff..?" I say.. I fell A LOT.. I tell anyone.. expect to fall.. learn to fall properly.. learn from the fall.. It sucks and your friends will laugh at you when they know you are ok.. make sure you laugh with them when THEY fall.. cuz they WILL. CONFIDENCE FROM CRASHING.. GET SOME!. 😂
Thank you for making skating so much more fun and exciting for me! You break these things down that seem really difficult and complicated and simplify them so that they're foolproof! I would love if you could do a video on how to skate smoothly with rhythm and dance. I've been practicing transitions and backwards skating and would love to put all these moves together to make it look fluid and with more style
DDH - your videos are the best! I watched this in the morning and did my first 180 jumps at the rink that evening!! Thank you for providing such clear, actionable instructions. Oh, and also for being so damn witty.
This video and your work means so much to me, skating makes me feel like flying and learning to become a better skater makes me so so so happy. My 180s felt so inconsistent but jumping like this feels so much more secure, I honestly can't thank you enough!!!!
I love your videos I used to roller skate with my family as a kid and now I’m 21 and I bought myself roller skates a month ago and they’re so much fun I go with my boy friend and best friend as they skate their boards! LOVE All the videos very helpful 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽❤️
im really loving watching your videos! i don’t skate, but im hoping to start soon! im getting knee surgery in the summer so i’m hoping once i recover i’ll be able to work on stuff like this!! i’ve had issues since i was a kid (i suppose i still am, being 17) and was never able to do active stuff i wanted to do, so i’m so looking forward to being able to once i get this fixed! again, i love you vids and feel like i’ve learned so much even though i haven’t even started skating
I just love your videos ! I thought I could jump but I have a hard time with 360, but you explaining it from the very beginning is gonna be super helpfull ! Plus I LOVE your energy ! Thank you for the videos ❤
