Skating can be developed as a sports competition.
Skating is what people who skate do. The verb to skate , for its part, refers to moving on a surface through the use of a device with wheels or thanks to the slippery nature of the ground.
For example: “Once a week, I practice skating at my neighborhood club,” “Ice skating is one of my favorite activities,” “When Lucía was a girl, she loved skating... although when she grew up she preferred to dedicate herself to other things. ” , like music and painting.”
Skating as a sport
As a sport , skating is a discipline whose essential characteristic is the use of skates on the feet. Depending on the surface on which it is performed, the skates (which is the footwear used for movement) will present different characteristics.
Roller skating can take place on various surfaces (a concrete track, a street, a square, etc.). Traditional skates have two axles with four wheels each, while inline skates (also known as roller skates ) have four wheels on the same axle. In the case of ice skating , the skates have a blade.
There are speed competitions , in which athletes participate in a race to finish first or record the shortest time. There is also figure skating , with a jury evaluating the skaters' pirouettes and movements. Skating also appears in sports such as roller hockey and ice hockey .
Ice skating requires skates with blades.
Other styles
In addition to all of the above, we cannot ignore the existence of so-called street skating . Having fun and moving around the city comfortably and quickly are the fundamental objectives of this discipline that is carried out through the use of hard-boot skates. It includes different variants, as would be the case, for example, of night skating , which is practiced at night. In this way, the large volume of traffic and pedestrians is avoided, which means that you can ride on skates with much greater safety.
In the same way, we must not forget about another very significant variety within skating that, in recent years, is achieving a notable increase in the number of people who practice it. This is freestyle slalom .
This variant of inline skating basically consists of performing different tricks, demonstrating coordination or speed, around plastic cones that are placed one after the other. Europe is where this modality is achieving great success, in which both music and the skater's technique play a fundamental role. Of course he also has to demonstrate his fluidity, his rhythm and his style.
We can also mention roller derby , a roller skating sport that is typical of the United States and is also identified by being contact, requiring great teamwork. It takes place on an oval-shaped track and is usually female.