Little Rollers
Little Rollers - Pre-Skate to Outdoor Skate Basics (ages 4 - 5)
Robichon's Little Rollers program is the first preschool inline skate education program in the world and wildly successful. In Robichon's Little Rollers, we emphasize safety and use fun games to develop the preschoolers balance, moving, stopping, turning and terrain capabilities. All time favorite games include simon says, duck duck goose, follow the leader, red light green light, tag, tours and more! We have so much fun, it's a surprise we're learning.
Kids Inline 1 (KI1)
kids Inline 1 (Levels 1 - 5) - Beginner to Intermediate (ages 6 and up) - Our "License-to-Drive" Program
Kids Inline 1 Class Description
Kids Inline 1 introduces the sport of inline skating (rollerblading), emphasizes safety, the use of appropriate equipment, and introduces the skaters rules of the road. We play many fun games designed to facilitate and reinforce skating skills learned. For example, children play "tornado" which teaches children how to steer their skates. The game of red light green light is modified by us to reinforce the childs ability to slow, start, and stop on skates (inline or roller). Other games played are wax museum tag, and air traffic commander, which assist the skate student in how to turn, stop, slow, and anticipate on skates. The child's imagination is utilized as we imagine being a car in which we learn to drive and drive well. When we succeed in skill development we progress as vehicle types eventually receiving a license-to-drive like mom and dad. The license-to-drive program is Robichon's unique skate curriculum that bests prepares children for safe and effective outdoor skating.
Some specific skills taught or improved are:
Forward Movement: gear one, two, and three, full swizzle one, two, and three, trail stride, and stride swizzle, stop 1 combo.
Stopping and Speed Control: heel brake stop 1, & 2 (low to moderate speeds), heel pump stop, quick stop, grass brake manuevers 1, 2 and 3.
Turning: Y - Frame Turn 1 (L & R), Y-frame Turns 2 (linked left and right), parallel turns 1 (left and Right), parallel turns 2 (linked and varied parallel turns or ski turns)
Terrain Negotiation: gear checks, Robichon's defensive falling and skate position, (for dealing with crummy cement, grates, sticks, twigs, pebbles etcetera), standing still, getting up, The basic hop, skipping, leaping and The Stabilizer.
Kids Inline 2 (KI2)
kids Inline 2 Class Series (Level 6 - 10) - Intermediate to Advanced (ages 6 and up) - Our "Cool Moves" Program
Kids Inline 2 Class Description
Robichon's Kids Class Series 2 begins with a review of skills listed in Kids Camp 1. We then teach our standard intermediate to advanced skills. These skills enhance your child's enjoyment of inline skating, prepare your child for our Intermediate Trail Skating Class, satisfy their desire to learn all the "Cool Moves" involved with skating, continue to build skills for outdoor inline skating and prepare them for other sport specific or specialized/clinic skating. Kids Class 2 Series, challenges your kid to be all they can be on skates while having fun, playing skate games which reinforce our learned skills. Take your child's skating to the next fun level in our Cool Moves Series.
Some Specific skills taught improved are:
Movement: forward power stride 3 and backwards skating,
Stopping and Speed Control: spin stops, t-drags, inward glide step stops (horse stops) backwards stops, powerslides - forward t-stops, high speed stops,
Turning: forward and backward crossovers, lunge turns, mohawks and two footed transitions,
Terrain Negotiation: gear checks, defensive falling (hot dog rolls) and skate position, skipping, leaping and jumping, group skating and communication,
Other Fun Tricks: heel to tricks, midgets, crazy legs, spread eagles, heel brake stop four, two-footed spins, beginning basic ramp.
Terrain Type: Flat
Next Fun Level: Sports and/orSpecialized Courses!
