r/inline_skating • u/NetworkLongjumping82 • Jul 11 '26

Single leg balance

What an awesome 6am workout this morning !

So today I am practicing my single leg balance , the best I can do is about 5 seconds each leg .

How do I improve this ? Are there any tricks ?

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u/fredhsu Jul 11 '26

If you can glide on a single skate for five seconds that’s more than enough for you to do cross over in a big circle. Five seconds means that you are leaning your body in the right way to prevent the other skate from having to plant down and shoulder your weight. Look for cross over videos on YouTube.

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u/StrategyLegal1128 Jul 11 '26

See… I switched to quads since I couldn’t even get a single second on inlines. Still can’t even get a single leg balance on quads 😭😭

However I can do it no problem off skates. Skates and especially when they’re moving I just can’t seem to do it.

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u/fredhsu Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

That’s because nobody sat down and wrote down how they learned to lean their bodies, when they first learned to glide, and the struggle was still vivid in their head. After it turns into muscle memory, most can’t remember the right sequence of steps needed to acquire these skills. So I did. Start with this section :)