Currently, scooters have become very popular not only among children, but also among adults. This convenient means of transportation is suitable even for people of advanced age. But still, young people love scooters for those tricks that can be performed with their help.
Safety regulations
Even experienced riders should not neglect safety rules, and for beginners - even more so.
- Always wear protective attributes. Elbow pads, knee pads and a helmet will help you protect yourself at the initial stage of training to perform tricks. Wear high berets to protect your ankles.
- Make sure there are no other people or animals nearby. Otherwise, you can cripple not only them, but also yourself. Choose a spacious area so that no benches, trees or flower beds interfere with you. It’s best to go to the sky park. The only thing - there will most likely be many newcomers like you - make sure that you don’t run into them, find a remote site.
- Check your scooter for proper operation before training. If you have any doubts that the unit is in good condition, refuse to perform tricks. This is dangerous.
- Make sure that there is no dirt and puddles in the place where you perform the trick. The risk of slipping is too great. Large stones, crushed stone must be removed, as they are often the cause of various injuries upon landing.
- Do everything gradually. Master a lighter technique, bring to a consistently good result, and then proceed to difficult tricks.
- At any landing, always bend your knees. So you can avoid injuries to the patella and joints.
The main thing is not to be afraid and believe in yourself. Nothing is impossible.
How to learn to do from scratch?
Simple riding a scooter does not require any special training, however, the tricks that can be performed using this vehicle are varied, and regular training is needed to master them. VIP - a trick is not easy, so first of all it is worth mastering others, easier. To undertake to execute it from scratch, being able only to keep balance and roll forward, will be stupid. You can seriously damage your health, and at the same time a scooter.
If there is such an opportunity, ask a more experienced person in this sport to train you. Feeling moral and physical support from another, you will learn much faster.
Beginner's Instruction
It is best to train on a special platform, where there is enough space for this. Before you start mastering the tailwip, learning how to do light exercises is recommended.
These are the basics that will be needed to perform in the future not only a tailwipe, but also other tricks of any complexity.
Bunny hop
To do this, you need to stand on a scooter with both legs, as with your usual stand. Squat lightly and bring your knees together. Next, jump along with the scooter by lifting the front wheel up. Do not tear off the legs from the deck, while straightening them in the knees. After jumping to its maximum height, straighten the scooter horizontally to the ground right in the air and land, crouching again and bending your legs at the knees. Bending the legs will help make the landing softer and maintain balance.
At first, you can land by jumping on the ground - it will be easier. And then, already leaving both legs on the deck. But here you yourself look at your strengths and capabilities.
Bring to perfection both methods of landing - balance is very important.
Hippie jump
The trick is quite simple, it can be performed by a person with a low level of training. This exercise is a scooter jump, during which the scooter does not take off the ground.
Manual
This trick is to ride the rear wheel of a scooter. Everything is simple: you need to lean back and ride on the wheel, keeping balance.
Front manual
The difference with the “manual” is that here you need to lean forward when riding on the rear wheel of a scooter.
Next, we learn how to scroll the deck around the steering wheel. First, standing still. The torsion around the steering wheel depends on which foot you push off. If you step off the deck with your left foot, you need to scroll counterclockwise, if right, then clockwise. To train a good reserve of height, you can also master the jumps and slides. The easiest way to learn how to do them is 360. The departure from the springboard will help, without straining, to scroll the scooter in the air and have time to land.
Now on a horizontal surface you need to learn how to combine these two elements: bounce as high as possible and make a turn. At first, it is best to land on your feet, that is, to jump off a scooter. In this case, it is necessary not only with one foot to make a push for scrolling, but immediately with both and landing also on both legs simultaneously.
You should be careful, because at this stage of training there are often injuries and falls.
When you have mastered the tailwip on two legs, you can complicate the tasks and learn to land on one leg.
Rules and instructions for the implementation of vip see below.
