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Courses

Battersea Park - 5-week rollerski courses

In Battersea Park, our courses now take place on Thursday evenings. Battersea is a great park with ideal tarmac for roller skiing. Our instructor Alison is also available for private lessons on weekdays, during the day -

  • Venue: Battersea Park, South West London, Rosary Gate carpark. Map
  • Cost: £120 for 5-week course, including equipment hire, £92 excluding equipment
  • Timings:
  • Thursday evenings, 18.30-20.00
    • Begins 11th June: 5-wk classic course
  • Thursday evenings, 18.30-20.00
    • Begins 10th September: 5-wk skating course
  • Format: the first 4 weeks will be technical instruction, building up technique. The 5th week will be an introduction to training. We will start regular training in Battersea at some point, but until then you can do the training session at our Hyde Park club.
  • Need to bring: gloves

If you miss a session you can make it up by doing a session at a subsequent course, or by coming to another of our courses in Hyde Park or elsewhere. We are in Hyde Park on Saturday mornings and Tuesday evening, you can find a full course listing here.

Student and youth discounts are available here.

The instructor will be Alison Russell, former Canadian cross-country skier and kayaker.

 

Classic rollerski course

5 WEEKS FROM THURSDAY 11TH JUNE

Classic is the traditional form of cross-country skiing, evolving as a way of getting about on snow. The skis travel in parallel, and don't go backwards. On snow you have grip wax or 'skins', which stop the skis when you push down as the other ski glides forward. Classic rollerskis have a 'one-way' ratchet wheel which mean they don't roll backwards.

We build up the classic rollerski technique from the basics, again focusing very much on balance. Over the 4 weeks of the technical instruction, we bring in the poles and get to grips with the various gears of 'diagonal stride', 'double pole' and 'double pole kick'.

By week 4, you should be able to ski a reasonable distance, and also stop and turn. Classic and skating rollerskiing are roughly equal in terms of difficulty - you might prefer one or the other technique. But each technique helps the other, and you will use slightly different muscles and balance. Week 5 will be an introduction to training on rollerskiing.

We want to get you to a standard where you can ski independently at the park and / or get the most from future training sessions.

You can book the classic course here -

CLASSIC, including equipment, £120

Shoe size (UK):
Excluding equipment, £92

 

 

Student / youth discount here.

 

 

 

Skating rollerski course

5 WEEKS FROM THURSDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER, 18.30

Skating technique is the newer form of cross-country skiing, more similar in style to ice skating or roller blading. It is the quicker of the two styles (the other being classic) and used in biathlon (cross-country skiing and shooting).

The course will cover the different 'gears' of skate skiing, as well as stopping and turning. The initial session will focus on balance and 'legwork', with lots of drills and games. Each week we build up the technique, so by week four you should have a good basic ability in the technique, and be able to change style as the terrain changes.

As with our classic instruction, we always teach rollerskiing as if you are going to do cross-country skiing on snow, so you can easily transfer your rollerski skills.

You can book the course here -

 

SKATING, including equipment, £120

Shoe size (UK):
Excluding equipment, £92

 

Student / youth courses here.

 

 

 

Other Information:

Please bring gloves with you, and a filled in safety questionnaire if it is your first session.

Alison is available for private lessons on weekday daytimes in Battersea.

Classic vs skating

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For any more information please contact us either by emailing iain@rollerski.co.uk or calling us on 07968 286129 or 020 8348 2540.