Introduction to Speed Skating

Speed skating (Speed Skating, for short: speed skating) is similar to speed skating roller skating competition, divided into field races, road races, marathon races and so on;

Roller skating, including speed roller skating, figure skating, roller skating ball, blocking the race roller skating, and freestyle roller skating, and some items grouped into a different single-row roller skating and double-row roller skating.

The skating program held on the skating rink is figure skating. Speed skating is divided into road race and field race two kinds. Field events are 200m, 300m, 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, 10000m, 20000m, etc.

Speed skating: single-row, double-row skates as a competition tool for the competition, the specific items are: field events and road races.

Figure skating: divided into single, double skating dance and round skating dance (prescribed action). The winner is determined by scoring based on the difficulty of the maneuvers and the grace of the dance.

Roller Derby: It looks like a combination of ice hockey and lacrosse, with 5 players from each side playing on a 44×22-meter field. The rules are similar to those of ice hockey, but body rushes or blocks are not allowed, and a game consists of 2-3 periods of 15-20 minutes each, with the winner being the one who scores the most goals.

Freestyle Roller Derby: It's where you can skate more freely without restrictions. There are also many types of freestyle skating, you can brush the street, but also can do some simple skating action, freestyle skating including flat floor fancy and fancy brakes.

Extreme sports and tricks: the use of U-shaped platforms to do a variety of thrilling, complex skills show action, it is also a roller skating competitive program in the most attractive one.

jamskating is also known as wheel dance, double roller skating combined with Locking popping Hiphop Breaking Free style and other dances to become a new trend of street culture in the United States development jamskating in the 1970s in the U.S. with the rise of disco and prevalent, and therefore used to also be called roller disco double speed roller skates

Double speed roller skates is the traditional speed roller skates, in single speed roller skates before the emergence of speed roller skates, are to double speed roller skates as a competitive tool, today there are still speed roller skating tournaments, divided into the long distance speed skates and short road speed skates, short road speed skates have a small brakes, the wheel diameter of the wheel in the 63mm to 70mm, the width of the wheel 38mm, hardness in about 92a, has a small brake, the wheel diameter in 63mm to 70mm, the hardness in about 92a, has a small brake, the wheel width is about 38mm.

The short track skates have a small brake, with a wheel diameter of 63mm to 70mm, a wheel width of 38mm, a hardness of 92a, and a squatting start ability that is not found in single-row skates.

Long distance speed skates do not have the traditional brakes of double row skates, the wheels are bigger, the wheel diameter is more than 70mm, the wheel width is 40mm, the hardness is about 92a, the grip is very strong, the wheel frame is more forward, suitable for long distance competitions.

Single-row speed roller skates

Single-row speed roller skates for competitive speed roller skates, there are old-fashioned 5-wheeled speed roller skates, has now evolved into speed roller skates, the modern competition provides for competitive speed skating competitions using 4-wheeled speed roller skates, the general diameter of the wheels in the 100mm to 110mm. In 1760, Belgium, there is a mechanic and a musical instrument manufacturing worker Joseph Merlin, they handmade A pair of roller skates, but when they brought their masterpiece to the World's Fair in London, England, to show to the enthusiastic London audience, but there was an accident, he was unable to brake and a large mirror broke, and people were also injured. After this incident was fully reported by the media, it caused a great shock to the people,. As a result, roller skating was regarded as a "dangerous sport" and was left out of the limelight for quite a long time.

In 1819, M. Peitibled patented the first pair of single-row skates in France, which were constructed with 2-3 wheels in a straight line, but the idea failed to achieve the expected "popularity" and eventually ended up as a non-starter.

In 1823, in London, Robert John designed a pair of roller skates. Robert John designed a pair of skates called it the "rolito" by placing five wheels in a row at the bottom of the pair.

In 1861, roller skating's spectacular performance at the Paris World's Fair established its place in the family of sports.

The real roller skating was invented in 1863 by James Plimpton of the United States. His innovative use of metal wheels instead of wooden wheels provided more superiority in skating and was well received by all. His invention boosted the development of roller skating in various countries and he made a fortune from it.

In 1863, Plimpton (James) of the United States, found a way to manufacture usable skates. He proposed a pair of skates with four wheels and the wheels are side by side, skating skates which allow turning, and forward and backward skating. In 1884, the invention of ball-bearing wheels helped the sport of skating to flourish.

Until 1980, two ice hockey-loving brothers in Minnesota, in order to continue practicing during the season, put the wheels in the base of the blade, resulting in the first pair of single-row skates. The skates with the wheels arranged in a straight line were formally known as the In-LineSkate, which has become the official name of today's single-row skates.

In 1866, James invested in the opening of the first indoor skating rink in New York, and organized the New York Roller Derby Association, the first time that roller derby was officially included in the sport's official competition. At the same time, roller skating quickly spread to European countries.

In 1879, Britain established the National Skating Association, four years later, roller skating is also under the jurisdiction of the Association.

In 1884, Richardson and Raymond invented the ball bearing, which played a great role in improving roller skating technology.

In 1884, the first National Roller Skating Championships were held in England.

On April 1, 1892, the International Roller Derby Federation was founded in Switzerland, which led to the further development of roller derby towards formalization and nationalization.

Between 1875 and 1937, skating had a strong influence on roller derby. In the development of roller skating, gradually evolved into figure skating, speed skating and roller hockey three different forms of sports

In 1984, Rollerblade began to research and development of a variety of different uses of roller skates, ROLLERBLADE has been the international flywheel industry leading brands, 1994 even more to bring the ABT simple braking system into the market, which is the single-row skate we see today. Today we see the single row skating. Single-row skating is not only limited to field hockey players, but has become a popular leisure sport around the world.

In 1995, ESPN's first extreme sports program brought Aggressive In-line Skate to the world! AggressiveIn-lineSkate originated in the United States, and its stunt shoes are different from the ordinary single-row skate, is in the single-row skate attached to a number of accessories. Ultimately, it makes single-row skating more fun and exciting Speed skating relay race is the most ornamental, because the winner gets double the ranking score, so, doubly valued by the participating teams.

The baton arrangement of the relay team from the team's actual starting point, in principle, should be the starting speed of the team members arranged in the first, the key players in the back, and bear the task of skating and sprinting to win the task of handing over and receiving the baton technology must be in line with the rules of the requirements, only repeated drills and formal rehearsals, in order to improve the skills of the relay team to work together silently. Speed skating technology level is, basic technology, practical technology (long, medium and short distance) and suitable for the athlete's own characteristics of the unique skating style. Basic technology can be refined into, skating basic posture, straight skating basic technology (side stomping action, closing the leg action, the lower wheel landing action, inertia sliding action, swinging arm action and whole body coordination), curved skating basic technology (side stomping action, closing the leg action, the lower wheel landing action, swinging arm action and whole body coordination), the starting technology and sprinting technology. In the long distance, middle distance and short distance project practical technology, especially in the process of the competition can also become the lead skating technology, tailing technology, overtaking technology, dodging technology, sudden acceleration skating technology, relay technology and adapt to the objective conditions of the change in the strain of technology and so on.

See, speed skating technology is the most accurate, skillful, adaptable and comprehensive characteristics of sports technology. For this reason, in teaching and training should constantly increase the proportion of technical and tactical combination of technical training from the actual combat needs, the core is to improve the speed skating athlete's ability to change speed and cultivate athletes in the dense group of high-speed skating in the strain ability. Although, speed skating technology tends to speed skating technology. However, speed skating practical technology, due to the characteristics of the skating competition program and clinical use of tactics and other factors and has its own unique characteristics. Such as in the course of the requirements of the skating posture is not old-fashioned, sometimes long, medium and short distance practical skills need to be used alternatively and flexibly, in different venues and runway surface for the game, in addition to the hardness of the wheels and skidding performance of the corresponding requirements, the athletes also need to do the necessary adaptive adjustments to the technical action and skating skills.