The verb to skate, meanwhile, refers to moving on a surface through the use of a device with wheels or thanks to how slippery the ground is. As a sport, skating is a discipline whose essential characteristic is the use of skates on the feet. According to the surface on which it is made, the skates (which is the footwear that is used for the displacement) will present different characteristics. Roller skating can take place on various surfaces (a concrete track, a street, a plaza, etc.). Traditional skates have two axles with four wheels each, while inline skates (also known as rollers) have all four wheels on the same axle. In the case of ice skating, the skates have a blade. In addition to all the above, we cannot overlook the existence of the so-called street skating either. Having fun and moving comfortably and quickly around the city are the fundamental objectives of this discipline that is carried out by using hard-booted skates. It includes different variants, as would be the case, for example, of the so-called "night skating", which is the one practiced on the street. In this way, the large volume of traffic and passers-by is avoided, which means that you can ride on skates with much greater safety. In the same way, we must not forget another very significant variety in skating that, in recent years, is achieving a notable increase in the number of people who practice it. This is the so-called freestyle slalom. This consists of a variant of inline skating and basically consists of performing different tricks, demonstrating coordination or speed, around plastic cones that are placed one behind the other. In Europe this modality is achieving great success, in which both the music and the technique of the skater play a fundamental role. Of course this has to demonstrate also its fluidity, its rhythm and its style. As for sports competition, skating can be developed in different ways. There are speed competitions, in which athletes participate in a race to get first place or record the shortest time. There is also figure skating, with a jury evaluating the skaters' tricks and movements. Skating also appears in sports such as roller hockey and ice hockey. Also do not forget about roller derby, a roller skating sport that is typical of the United States and is also identified as being contact, requiring great teamwork. It takes place on an oval-shaped track and is usually feminine. BEGINNINGS OF SKATING The beginnings of roller skating have nothing to do with current skating. In 1733 the first roller skates were created. They were shoes that were on metal wheels, so H0ans Brinker, its creator, could not imagine that as a result of his idea, figure skating, speed skating, inline hockey and roller hockey would appear. SKATING: AEROBIC SPORT Skating is a sport that requires a perfect combination of mind and body and at the same time a high sensory-motor coordination that compromises, develops and sharpens the sense of balance, as well as the management of space, hence in part it is a sport closely related to aerobics. Skating is a sport that consists of sliding on a regular surface using skates placed on the feet. Skating is known as an aerobic sport because it requires constant rhythms of oxygen but it is also anaerobic due to the need to explode at a given moment in short tests. Skating is a mixture of strength, skill and endurance, in which the action of the muscles and joints is very important to give flexion and extension movements. BENEFITS OF SKATING
Skating is a sport that is fun and at the same time has many benefits that can be used by both children and adults. Among the main benefits of skating we have: Skating helps strengthen the legs, improving muscle tone. Skating helps burn a lot of calories. In half an hour of skating, at a steady and moderate speed you can burn up to 300 calories. Skating improves your physical resistance and exercises your balance, which is the basis of this sport. During skating the lungs and heart are strengthened. Skating, compared to running (jogging), causes 50% less impact to the joints. Skating increases motor coordination, being able to generate figures and perform turns. Skating shapes and strengthens the waist, abdomen and buttocks. Skating activates blood circulation. By working the heart, it becomes stronger and pumps harder with each beat it gives, which nourishes our cells more frequently, and the gas exchange improves and our respiratory condition will increase. Skating acts as a natural stressor. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SKATING Skating is a sport that requires, as we have already said, a lot of concentration and sensory-motor coordination. You must take certain precautions into account to move safely and confidently. To avoid getting hurt during the practice of this sport, it is recommended: Always skate using a helmet, knee pads and elbow pads. These are important protective accessories during the practice of this sport in case you lose your balance and fall. Wear rigid plastic wristbands to hold the joint in place and prevent a fracture or dislocation, at home from a fall. Likewise, it must have protection in the palm of the hand to protect it during possible falls. Avoid skating on dangerous surfaces such as sand, stones, sticks, leaves, spilled oil, wet floors or others. If you skate at night, use reflective lights. It is preferable that you skate in spaces created exclusively for the practice of this sport than that you go out on the street in the middle of traffic. Do not hold onto cars or bicycles when running on skates. It is good to have a company while you skate, so while you exercise you talk with your companion and make the practice of this sport more fun, or you can skate accompanied by music.
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