Eastbourne Skate Lessons for Improvers and Intermediate Skaters
This lesson is ideal for you if you are resonably happy with your stopping, you can skate comfortably faster than a walker and you can turn well enough to avoid collisions. This is the place for you if:
- You want to go faster
- Some other forms of stopping would be useful
- You want to know how to deal with hills and kerbs
- Backwards looks like fun
Whether you choose our comprehensive courses, the adhoc coaching sessions or private lessons, we can take your skating to the next level.
| Level Required |
Good Stride 1 and resonable attempt at Stride 2, Confident Heel Braking, A frame turn with some understanding of parallel turn. - If you don't know any of these terms mean - you should do the beginners lesson. |
| Cost |
FREE with suitable voucher from partners in town (LOCO and RE-AL), otherwise Adult £8, Child £5, skate hire £5 (protective gear free). |
| When and Where |
Summer Timetable - April-October - The Skaters Cage Fortnightly Tuesdays 7:30pm, The Natural Fitness Centre Tuesdays 10am Winter Timetable - October-April - Shinewater Fortnightly Tuesdays 8:00pm Fortnightly lessons are announced on the Skaters Social Network (Bottom of all Pages) - please subscribe to at least one method, to keep in touch. |
| Equipment |
Helmet, Knee, Elbow and Wrist guards are required. We have plenty of spares available if you need to borrow some. Skate rental is also available in all sizes from Childs 12 to Adult 10.5 UK sizes. Skate Hire is £5, Pads and Helmets are free to use |
| Options |
If you don't want a group skate lesson, we'll be happy to take you through a custom built skate improvement program at a time, place and pace to suit you. At this level you also have the option of intensive 2 hour courses focusing on specific skill areas (stopping, turning, backwards). These are only available when booked in advance and typically occur monthly. |
NEW ! Coaching and Improvers Skate Lessons
Totally new to Eastbourne Skate Lesson Scene! For people who can skate, but need expert advice to "crack" one or two problem areas. Improver's Coaching for:- Turning Problems
- Backwards Skating
- Going Faster
- Stopping better
Coaching Sessions coming soon!
Improver coaching sessions for people that can skate, but need expert advice to fix "problem areas" like stopping, turning, going faster or backwards. These coaching sessions will need prior booking, will have minimum numbers and a very limited teaching scope. For example 2 or 3 skills in one coaching session. Details will appear shortly - but if you can't wait contact Tim Wheals of Eastbourne Skate School - Sk8school here.
Sk8school Private Eastbourne Skate Lessons
We will run private lessons at anytime, anywhere. Costs depend on location and type of instructor required, but as a guide a one to one lesson on the seafront, with a level 1 ICP instructor will cost £20 for an hour. (More advanced skate lessons require a level 2 instructor and start at £25 per hour). Extra people simply add 50% extra per person (under 6's go free). We can arrange indoor private lessons by booking sports halls which obviously incur an extra charge and require a longer booking lead time.
- Cost - From £20 an hour
- Location - Anywhere - though some locations may incur traveling charges and or hire charges.
- Booking - In advance only.
Sk8school Eastbourne Skate Theory Lesson
Next time you visit a skate shop - make some educated buying decisions! Geared for older skaters and parents of the younger ones... In depth analysis of how to skate. How to choose skates. How to make educated skate and Rollerblade buying decisions - you can save £££'s with the information in this class alone!
You will learn why we have different :-
- Skates
- Wheels
- Bearing
- Frames
Physical benefits of skating, Training programs and much more. This session will typically cover about 2 hours including an intermission.
This course will answer all the following questions:
- Are you - or your child wearing the right skates?
- Did you get the best deal from the skate shop?
- Are you confident you know exactly what you need?
- When and how do you change a wheel or bearing?
- What should your biggest safety concern be?
- Should I buy an Inline or quad skate?
- What are the rules of the road?
And once you've done it you'll be making informed buying decisions in the skate shops, saving money and knowing what you and your family NEED and why you need it.
- Cost - £10
- Location - Our current Indoor training site
- Booking - Preferable
Sk8 2 Ski and Ski 2 Sk8 Conversion Course
We understand Skating and Skiing which allows us to rapidly convert skaters into Skiers and Visa Versa! One hours lesson can take you from standing up to Slalom turns. This is excellent cross training for Skiing when the Dry Slope is full or there is no snow!
- Cost - From £20 an hour
- Location - Anywhere - though some locations may incur traveling charges and or hire charges.
- Booking - In advance only.
Half Day Skating Course - Mastering Skating Backwards
Just accomplishing this move gets you expert status with most people. A real building block move that lays the foundations to much advanced skating.
- Gets you going backwards for the first time
- Introduction to transitions
- Gets you going fast backwards
- Stopping in a variety of backwards formats
- Various backward turns
- Backwards crossover, anti crossover and mix (get this one and look like an expert!)
This is a tough class, but very rewarding and focus's on the horror's of traveling backwards and switching directions with confidence. The initial moves are quite simple, but the course rapidly advances to sophisticated backwards cross overs and anti cross overs!
- Cost - £40 a person (book all 3 mastering courses for £100) - 20% off with shops voucher
- Location - Indoor - Our Current indoor venue
- Location - Outdoor - Turning Circle, Seafront
- Experience required - be able to stop, roll and turn, understand and use your edges
- Booking - Required
Half Day Skating Course - Mastering 10 skating stops
Stopping on skates is an important skill! We can help you learn several ways to stop on skates. From the humble heel brake to the mighty double edged hockey stop in one day! (some of these moves involve backwards movement so think about that course also!)
- Heel brake 1 2 and 3
- Snow plough, herringbone
- Spin stop (and backwards), t stop
- Lunge stop, forwards and backwards power-slide
- Hockey stop, jump stop, stamp stop and plant stop.
Another tough class, but extremely useful to have before going outside as stopping your skates becomes more important when there are hazards about! This course gives a skater a huge selection of stopping techniques to use for various occasions.
- Cost - £40 a person (book all 3 mastering courses for £100) 20% off with shops voucher
- Location - Indoor - Our Current indoor venue
- Location - Outdoor - Turning Circle, Seafront
- Experience required - be able to heel brake, roll and turn, understand and use your edges
- Booking - Required
Half Day Skating Course - Mastering Skating Turns
Focusing on the quest for the edge! Master your edges in one day. (some of these moves involve backwards movement so think about that course also!)
- Beginners start off skating the "A frame" Turn
- Skating Parallel Turns
- Skating Lunge turn
- Toe and heal roll turns
- Skating Slalom turns
- One foot turns
- Forwards crossover
- All the above backwards! (if time allows)
This one really focus's on edges and to get the most from it, you need to be able to at least start a parallel turn correctly.
- Cost - £40 a person (book all 3 mastering courses for £100) 20% off with shops voucher
- Location - Indoor - Our Current indoor venue
- Location - Outdoor - Turning Circle, Seafront
- Experience required - be able to heel brake, roll and turn, understand and use your edges
- Booking - Required
Half Day Skating Course - Streetwise
Sk8school runs indoor classes all winter and when the sun
comes back, we teach people to respect the tarmac! The Outdoor Only
Eastbourne Skate Lesson!
The Sk8school
sk8 street wise classes bridge the gap between the indoor and outdoor
training, preparing skaters for wind, hills, bumps, kerbs etc.
Some of what you can expect:
- Stopping on skates review and GRASS STOP!
- Dealing with slopes and hills while skating
- Stopping on slopes and hills
- Crossing Roads on skates
- How to handle Kerb's and Steps on skates
- Team and more efficient skating + Stride 3
- Pedestrians, Dogs and Chocolate driveways!
- Rules of the road and much more!
The lessons are also superb practice for night skates found in most major cities around the world and the Yearly skate festival in Eastbourne.
- Cost - £40 a person - 20% off with shops voucher
- Location - Outdoor - Turning Circle, Seafront
- Experience required - be able to heel brake, roll and turn, Stride 2
- Booking - Required
If you need further information about any of our classes or courses please contact us as per the information on the contacts page, Additional offers and classes or social opportunities can be found on the Sk8school newsletter.
