4 Quad Skating Positions for Beginners

 Quad skates or old-style roller skates have 2 pairs of wide wheels instead of a single line of narrow wheels found in rollerblades or inline skates.

 To stop on quads, you use the two toe stoppers on the front, while on the inline skates, you use the heel brake on the back.

 Another difference between the two types of skates is that quads come with a shorter wheelbase than inline skates. This makes it easier to fall over backward on quads, say if you straighten your knees and/or stick your butt out.

Quad skating for Beginners

Here are 4 basic positions every beginner quad skater should know.

The ‘T’ position

Also known as the ‘Safe-T’ position, this helps you stand still and not roll around. Place the heel of one foot into the instep of the other foot at a right angle. Use your legs to pull your skates together.

The ‘V’ position

Making a slight ‘V’ with your heels together and your toes slightly pointing outwards. This can help you move by transferring your weight from one state to the other.

The ‘Ready’ position

In the ‘Ready’ position, you keep both feet parallel and a hand’s width apart, with knees bent until the balls of your feet feel your weight. This position is a cruising and resting position for a beginner.

The ‘Scissor’ position

From Ready position, lower one knee to shift more weight onto one skate. Now roll the lighter skate forwards till the back wheels of the front skate are just in front of the front wheels of the back skate. This is the ‘Scissor’ position.

Scissor may eventually become your cruising position, as you become an intermediate skater. Without mastering the Scissor position, you can’t use a heel stopper, make a parallel turn, or pass over a rough surface.

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