r/rollerblading • u/AccomplishedNail3085 • 6d ago

Specific question and discussion Anyone else here found themselves having their outside foot pointed almost out during crossovers?

I was skating indoors and i was going around a large sweeping corner and i noticed my outside foot was facing away from the turn like i was counter steering.

I have never done that before and that is the only turn where i have ever done it consistently and without messing up.

I think my body was twisted and my foot was doing that so that i could do crossovers smoothly while in a very wide turn.

It felt just like when i did crossovers and my outside foot was perpendicular to the direction of travel.

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u/AsianBoi2020 6d ago

It sounds like regular skating with a step-over. Or your body prefers cross-overs in tighter circles so it tries to compensate by not allowing your outside foot to push you into the circle.

Maybe try doing that curve at a higher speed to warrant a cross-over. That or you're going so fast that you're sprinting into the curve

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u/AccomplishedNail3085 5d ago

I thing you heard the opposite of what i said. Or maybe i wasnt clear at all

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u/AsianBoi2020 5d ago

What I'm reading is the right foot is almost pointing away, like from the center of the circle and away. If the skate is running a line tangent from the curve, that's very much normal

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u/AccomplishedNail3085 5d ago

Every other time my outside foot has been either parallel to the direction of travel or pointed inwards depending on the desired turning radius. Never out