Lesson One Merit Badge

Lesson One Merit Badge

I. Sit in place -deeply bend at your knees and ankles, * remain over your skates and reach down and touch your toes

2. Safety (how to fall without injury) -sit as low as you * can on your skates, lean to one side and fall onto a soft part of the body (bottom) -do not use arms, hands or elbows to soften fall -stay relaxed to reduce risk of injury

3. Safety (how to get up without injury) -from a sitting * position on the floor, roll to one side and get up on one knee, put weight on one skate then the other, keep your weight over the skates -do not place hands on the floor - use arms for balance

4. March in place -alternating legs, lift your skates off * of the floor while standing still

5. March walking -alternating legs, lift your skates off * of the floor while walking forward

6. March while rolling a short distance *

7. One-skate glide -from the "T" position, push off and * glide -alternate feet

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Roller Basics Artistic Star I

1. "Shoot the Duck" -while rolling in the sitting * position, one leg is extended to the front

2. Cross front -while skating forward, your right skate * crosses over the left while skating counter-clockwise

3. From the "T" position, glide from one foot to the other * while rolling across the floor -alternate feet

4. Forward scissors across the floor *

5. Pushing from one foot to the other, cross the floor, bring * both feet together and bend at your knees and ankles

6. Backward scissors -use shoulder-width movements *

7. "Scooter Side Push" (inacircle)-slightkneebend- * counter-clockwise and clockwise

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Lesson Two Merit Badge

I. "T" stop while rolling -both right and left *

2. March while using longer glides

3. Forward glide (" Airplane") -from the "T" position, * push off and glide on one foot while balancing the other behind you -alternate feet

4. Forward scissors *

5. Sit while moving -reach down and touch your toes * while rolling forward, bend at your knees and ankles

6. Curves -from the "T" position, roll forward on both * feet and lean or tilt your body to the right or left –use four pylons to mark edges

7. Hop -while standing still, jump -keep your feet * together

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Roller Basics Artistic Star II

I. Forward stroking -pushing off from the' , T' , position, * roll on one foot, then on the other, in a continuous glide - bring trailing skate alongside the rolling skate before beginning next push -keep knees and ankles slightly bent

2, Two-foot hop ("Kangaroo Jump") while rolling *

3. Forward crossovers -counter-clockwise and clockwise *

4. "Slalom" -moving forward using two-foot sways *

5. Cross behind -while standing still, the right skate * comes in behind the left, weight transfers to the right, the left foot is pushed forward and off the floor and brought alongside the right -alternate feet

6. Backward marching *

7. Using backward scissors for momentum, pushing off * and balancing from one foot to the other with the free skate balanced to the front

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Lesson Three Merit Badge

I. Cross front -while standing still *

2. Push off into a long one-foot forward glide from the * 'T' , position -travel as far as you can -alternate feet

3. Backward march while rolling a short distance

4. Backward stop using toe stops *

5. Rolling push-off into one-foot forward glides -return * your feet together for the push onto the other foot

6. Balance exercise -one person doing the forward scissors * and the other the backward scissors -alternate direction

7. Backward scissors -use short movements while keeping * your feet close together

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Congratulations!

You have passed the Merit Badge Program. You are now ready to advance to Roller Basics Artistic Star I.

Roller Basics Artistic Star III

I. Using backward scissors for momentum, do a backward * two-foot roll

2. Backward stopping using a one-foot toe stop -body * braced, knees slightly bent

3. Forward outside edges -right and left *

4. Forward inside edges -right and left *

5. Cross rolls -on outside edge, cross in front while *skating forward -change lean with each step

6. Starting from the "T" position, roll into a two-foot * Mohawk turn in a counter-clockwise direction, turning forward to backward, and backward to forward

7. Backward one-foot roll- right and left, with free * foot balanced in the front

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