Mangaluru: On Your Mark, Get Set, Skate..! Finale of Hi-Flyers Sports Academy ‘Skating Summer Camp’

Mangaluru: If you wanted to witness some action, speed and a daring sport, then you should have been at the finale of the 10-day “Roller Skating Summer Camp 2015” organized by Hi-Flyers Sports Academy held at Kadri Skating Rink on Saturday 25 April 2015. The Skating Summer Camp was held from 6th April to 25th April 2015, and about 75 children from all over Mangalore had participated in the camp and have given a brilliant performance. There were races held for children of all age groups. During the camp the participants had training in Skating Techniques, Balance, Speed, Physical Fitness and Personality Development for skating.

A well known National level coach, Abbas Iqbal Lasania and his team of Lasania’s Skating Academy, Hyderabad had coached these children, both boys and girls between the ages of 4-16 years. The training camp also included Knowledge about skating positions, Mechanics of skating turns, sprint and distance strategies, Racing and winning techniques, Diet advice, Planning self-training program, Counselling, Plyometrics and Isometrics, High-end skate Technical Training regarding frame and much more. According to the organizers, the summer camp had begun with positive note and went on smoothly where children enjoyed to their fullest making all the members of Hi Flyers very proud and happy.

The chief guest for the valedictory ceremony of the “Camp” was MLA J. R Lobo, along with guests of honor. Yogish – Dy Director Horticulture Dept, Harinath – President Lekkapatra & Appeal, and others. Jacintha Vijaya Alfred – MCC Mayor and Chikkananjappa – Mangaing Director of MESCOM could not make it to the function due to last minute other engagements. The ceremony began with invoking God’s blessings rendered through a prayer song by three skaters of the Academy, followed by a Skating demonstration by a large group of Academy skaters, which enthralled and wowed the gathering.

Secretary of the Academy, Santhosh Shetty welcomed the gathering and introduced the dignitaries on the dais. MLA JR Lobo addressing the crowd said, ” I am really overwhelmed to see so many young children are enrolled in this daring and thrilling sport. We didn’t had the opportunity to participate in this sport during our younger days, but its great to note that the present generation of kids/youth have been provided all the facilities pertaining to sports, and also towards Skating. Its nice to see that so many parents are present here, thereby encouraging and cheering up their children in this sport. I commend and compliment the parents. especially the mothers for their support and encouragement towards their children in taking up this daring sport. Today’s budding sports-children are future sportsmen of the nation”.

A request was made to the MLA by the organizers to fund and improve the facilities at the Kadri Skating Rink- for which the MLA said that he would try his best to do the needful. Yogish-Dy Director of Horticulture while addressing the gathering assured that his department will develop the land owned by Horticulture dept. around the skating rink to provide better facilities/look etc. Two parents of the participants also spoke during the occasion about their children and their enthusiasm and success in the skating sport undertaken by Hi-Flyers Sports Academy.

Three skaters from Hi-Flyers Sports Academy namely Seeliya Simmith , Omkar Yograj and Avani were felicitated, as they had added a feather in Academy’s cap by achieving medals in the International level competition held at New Zealand recently, and also at other national and international skating competitions. Winners in the Skating race held on the valedictory day were awarded with prizes, while all the participants in the Camp were presented with “Participation Certificates”.

Yes, Roller skating’s popularity is on the rise in the city, state and India these days – one major contributing factor is increased media exposure stating that skating is fun, hip, dare and glamorous. Roller skating does have a “dirty little secret” that nobody likes to acknowledge. Roller skating is great exercise! Roller skating is ranked among the best aerobic exercises according to the American Heart Association (AHA) and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness. Roller skating is a workout that involves almost all of the body’s muscles and in particular the heart.

Other major factors are that the roller skating works most of the major muscle groups – glutes, quads (no pun intended), abdomen, calves and arms. The AHA proclaims that roller skating is equivalent to bicycling and jogging as a cardio workout. It’s easy to burn an hour rollerskating, whether you are at a rink or skating outdoors. Let’s look at what you got out of that hour of fun from an exercise perspective. First, you had a low-impact workout. Roller skating causes 50% less impact on your joints than running. In other words, an aerobic roller skating workout has the same benefit as the same amount of time spent jogging without the joint damage. Second, an average 143 lb. person skating at 10 mph can experience caloric burn of as much as 600 calories in an hour roller skating. Most people average in the 6 mph range and will burn an average of 350 calories or greater.

The Key benefits of roller skating are: Low-impact exercise for joints; High caloric burn; Aerobically as good as jogging or cycling; Involves all the major muscle groups; Mentally uplifting; and Fun, hip and possibly glamorous I hope that the information in this article has encouraged you to look at roller skating in a whole new way. Roller skating isn’t just for “teens and tweens,” and roller rinks aren’t just a day care for them. Forget about the shag carpet walls, unbearable pop music and making out in the corner. Most roller rinks in the state and country have moved well beyond that to become family oriented entertainment complexes. They are lighter, faster, more comfortable and it’s now more affordable to own a personal pair.

And as a parent who maybe interested in sending your child to learn roller skating, or maybe yourself who wants to try this new daring sport at your present age, then give a call to : 8453325817/8453330058 or email : hiflyerskating@gmail.com for more details. So, consider all the benefits of roller skating and hit your local Kadri Skating rink for a few laps of “good-for-you fun”.