strength and
progression training
strength and fitness for skateboarding
As we get older, we are no longer as springy and able to shake off a big slam. In fact, things hurt a lot more and take a lot longer to bounce back from. over the past couple of years, through having to recover from numerous skate injuries, i have learned one very precious thing... the stronger and fitter we are, the less likely we are to get injured in the first place.
having strong and flexible ankles might very well be the difference between being out for 4 months with a ligament tear or a rolled ankle that takes you a week to get over. having strong calfs, quads, hamstrings, glutes and adductors will make sure that all the force we exude whilst skating will be evenly distributed amongst these muscles. This means less strain on one particular muscle group or tendon and will result in less injury.
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When you are in your teens and 20s, it's a lot easier to get away with not doing any extra strength training alongside your skating but as we move into our 30's, 40's and above - and if we want to keep skating - we have to future proof ourselves! warming up and down before and after a skate is a big must and stretching and doing strengthening exercises a couple of times a week will greatly help your skating longevity.
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I know myself how hard it can be to motivate yourself to put the extra work in or even know what exercises you should be doing. yellow hat skate school now offers a skate strength training session, where we will look at building up your mobility and strength in a way that doesn't seem impossible. the session will be tailored to you and your aims, starting out with simple stretches and exercises which can be added to and increased in intensity with time.
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sessions can be done at a location of your choice. to book a session, click on the button below!
progression training for skateboarding
learning to skate requires a huge amount of time and repetition, there are no two ways about that. If you want to see steady progression, you have to be skating as regularly as possible (twice per week as a minimum). But often when we skate, we end up forgetting to work on the basics and the things we find hard or scary, opting to rather do the tricks with which we are already comfortable.
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through my own skate journey, i have realised that setting myself specific drills when i skate, adding in variety and treating the session as structured training, i am making sure that i practice all elements of my skating. and i am seeing serious progression!
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yellow hat skate school now offers progression skating sessions, a private lesson where we will also chat about your skating goals, assess your current skating level, and work together on creating a training plan which you can implement on your own when you skate. the plan will be sent over to you after the lesson, along with videos of the drills to which you can refer back.
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an example of a progression training session would look something like this:
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- 15 mins warm up (dynamic stretches and pushing, regular and switch)
- 5x regular BS and FS kick turns each
- 5x switch BS and FS kick turns each
- 5x 180 revert, regular and switch each
- 5x drop ins, 5x rock to fakie, 5x rock and roll
- 5x BS and FS axle stall each
- 5x ollie, fakie ollie and nollie each
- 5x ollie up bank and down bank each
- 5x BS and FS 180 each
- 5x BS and FS shuvit each
- free skate and warm down
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Etc... this list would be entirely specific to the individual and their ability and could look very different from person to person.
sessions can be held at any of the yHSS teaching locations. to book a session, click on the button below!