Beginner roller skating
Moving Your Frames Treats the Symptom, Not the Cause
Shifting inline frames to fix ankles that collapse inward is popular online. A certified coach's answer: it usually comes from too little knee bend and knees drifting inward, not from where the frame sits. Move the frame first and the fault stays. Drive the knee forward and slightly out, over the little toe, instead. Technique from ICP-certified coach Asha Kirkby.
Shifting inline frames sideways under the boot to fix ankles that collapse inward is a popular topic online. There are videos, forum threads and a tempting logic: if the skate leans in, move the wheels out. A certified coach was asked exactly this by a skater in Perth, and her answer starts somewhere else.
Inward ankle collapse, the inside-edge pronation this site has covered before, is usually caused by insufficient knee bend and knees drifting inward, not by bad frame placement. Move the frame first and you treat the symptom while the root fault stays exactly where it was. In her experience the lack of correct technique, not the hardware, is why most skaters struggle with single-leg glides and with stops.
The technique fix is the one this site already teaches: drive the knee forward and slightly outward, over the little toe, so the weight lands on a clean centre or outside edge. The scooting drill and the toe roll build that conscious edge control.
None of this says frames never move. It says they move last, and the next two pages cover when, and by how much.
Technique from Asha Kirkby of Skatefresh, an instructor certified by the Inline Certification Program. She teaches inline skating, and that is the discipline this page is about. Nothing on this page is for sale: no brand is recommended and no link leads to a shop.
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