S.K.A.T.E clinic (Skating Clinic and Slalom Workshop) is a bi-yearly event organized by SMUX Skating Team to lower the level of entry for all SMU undergraduates and to introduce skating as a healthy and recreational sport.

This one-day event, which is conducted by skaters from SMUX Skating Team, aims to coach people who are interested in learning basic skating skills as well as slalom, an advanced skating skill. 87 participants signed up in total, with 72 beginner skaters and 15 slalom skaters. The whole clinic is conducted in a more personal and friendly methods, where beginner skaters are encouraged to register in a team of 4 to promote more interaction and fun within the group.

The clinic consists of two main sections; the first half of the clinic will be the coaching of participants by the instructors, and the second half will be the carnival style of clinic, where participants are to go from station to station to play games in order to score points. The basic skating skills that the participants will learn during clinic include Standing Up, V-Walk, Stride I/II, Heel Brake, Parallel Turn, T-Brake. The slalom skills that participants will learn include Fish, Snake, Criss Cross, Cross Nelson, Crazy, Double Crazy.

To learn and master all the skills in a three hour session during the S.K.A.T.E clinic is not easy. As such, SMUX Skating Team would greatly encourage S.K.A.T.E clinic participants to continue to join the skaters in our usual Friday skating session to practice and ultimately, master all the skills.

Xing Er (23/01/2009)

Skating Finance I/C