The motto “Safety first” is essential to skating. Skating is fun but like any other physical activity, not following the ‘safety first’ mindset can get you hurt. Here are the most important safety tips for roller skating. Skating Rink Etiquette Skating indoors at a rink is fun, with an opportunity to show off your best moves to fellow skaters. However, you need to observe some basic rink etiquette.   •         Mind the flow of traffic . Go with the flow of traffic at the rink. Don’t try to go clockwise if everyone else is skating counterclockwise. •         Mind the zones . The rink has zones. Usually, skaters who are practicing skating or tricks stay in the inner zone. The outer zones are like traffic lanes, with people skating laps. •         Don’t cut across. Do not try to cut across the zones from the outside to the center or vice versa. If you want to make ...

  Roller skating is a great sport and hobby. It provides astonishing physical and mental health benefits! And you can easily amp up your roller-skating game with the following roller-skating tricks. Here are 3 simple roller-skating tricks you can learn this summer. Roller Skates Backward Skating Practice makes perfect and you too can learn to skate backward with practice. Begin at the wall with your chest toward the ground. Tighten your abs and try to push off the wall. Take small steps backward. Once you are comfortable with this step, push off the wall again and take strides (not steps) backward. Let your hips help you gain momentum. Once you are comfortable with this too, begin doing the same without using the wall. Jumping Once you are skilled in gliding and falling correctly, you can learn to jump. Take several powerful glides to build the momentum. When you feel confident enough, bend your knees with your feet close together. Push off the ground and jump straight...