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Braille Skateboarding's Revolutionary New System for Learning to Skate

Braille SkateboardingOctober 25, 202520 min30,448 views
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The Problem with Learning to Skate

  • 🛹 Skateboarding is incredibly difficult, with thousands of tricks and countless opinions on how to learn them, leading to widespread confusion and high dropout rates.
  • ⚠️ Many aspiring skaters quit after a single fall or injury because they lacked a proper system of learning, not knowing where to start or progress.
  • 📉 This lack of a structured system has hurt skateboarding's growth, leading to underutilized skate parks and even their demolition for other sports.

Introducing the Belt Progression System

  • 💡 Coach Aaron has developed a revolutionary system for learning skateboarding, inspired by martial arts belt progressions, to provide a clear path for progression.
  • 🎯 The system aims to give new skaters early wins and positive reinforcement to prevent them from giving up, making the learning process safer and more enjoyable.
  • 🌐 This method is designed to be used by teachers and coaches worldwide to help grow skateboarding as a united community.

The Belt Levels Explained

  • White Belt: Focuses on the absolute basics of riding, including pushing, kick turns, and tic-tacs.
  • 🟡 Yellow Belt: Introduces tricks deemed easier than an ollie, such as the caveman and boneless, to build early confidence.
  • 🟠 Orange Belt: Covers the seven fundamental skateboard tricks: ollie, frontside 180, backside 180, pop shove-it, front shove-it, heel flip, and kickflip.
  • 🟢 Green Belt: Involves intermediate tricks by combining two basic tricks, like varial kickflips and hard flips.
  • 🔵 Blue Belt: Features more difficult tricks such as big spins and double flips, requiring significant time and effort.
  • 🟤 Brown Belt: Introduces mastering tricks in different stances: switch, nollie, and fakie.
  • Black Belt: Culminates in creating a personal
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