Coach Polly, the videos are great and well thought out. I am 70 years old, a jock, and just got a 1year old puppy that is high intensity. I got rollerblades for the first time to take her on our walks so that I could give her a good workout. Your videos have made it easy for me to understand how and what to do on my rollerblades with confidence. You are awesome! Thanks. Mark
when I was a kid, I could skate and stop so easily, I tried roller blading a few weeks ago first time since I was 17 (so like 15 years later) and WOW I sucked lol .. but this video is reminding me some tricks. I am going to try it again soon. thanks
I’m in a pretty similar boat. I was great at the basics until around 15, and haven’t rollerbladed again until now, 17 years later. I am trash and disappointed it wasn’t like riding a bike.
Looks so easy and effortless when you do it, Polly. Tried just the T-stop today. No chance at all to keep the back foot in any sort of coherent position relative to the front foot. But then it was my first time trying so I guess I'll just keep trying. Thanks for showing all the various ways!
Your video is very helpful for a 30+ yrs old guy, who is trying to pick up the fun from childhood. I haven't been playing rollerblades for almost 20 years, now I gain a little bit confidence before going out of my garage😅
Back in the 90s I worked for a graphics company in a business park next door to an inline skate shop. I did a bunch of work in exchange for a brand new pair of Salomon blades. Back then they went for $300 new. They seem like they would still be fun in 2024, but I thought they were too 1990's. Now I don't care. So, I broke them out a couple months ago and have been going blading every weekend on the trails in my suburb. If they're fun, what do I care what anyone thinks? Given I'm now in my 50's, these days I stay level, go slower and avoid hills. I just don't care what people think. I'm finally getting around to using them 27 years later and having the time of my life.
Great tutorial. Your description at around 1:50 is to the point. It happens to me all the time during my practice. But i didn't realise that it can be because of the pressure. Thanks for that. I took a 4 hour course here in Switzerland. Inline Skating is one experience which really humbled me. After a few hours of practice i still am unable to manage to stop without falling. After that & watching few tutorials in RUclips my opinion is that most of the tutorials or even teachers are not focussing on the baby steps of Inline Skating. Like if you are learning a language or any other sport you spend few hours doing nothing serious but just learning super simple stuff. Whereas with skating i feel somehow these baby steps are missing and right away we are trying to just skate. Eventually we may get it. But it seems to me a bit crude way of learning. I can be wrong though. Or maybe there are people who are doing it in a very detailed manner and i dont know them. This is in no way criticism on you or anyone. Just I am grateful for the opportunity to learn from generous people like you. Thanks again !!
My rollerblades just came in. lol, I used to roller blade back when I was a kid, actually preferred them over roller skates for when my friends would have parties at the skating rink. Some of the kids in my family are starting to get into having birthday parties at skating rinks and what sort of fun uncle would I be if I didn't skate with them occasionally? Your videos are great not just for beginners but as a refresher too.
I used to rollerblade as a kid in the 90s and absolutely loved it. Every time I see someone rollerblades nowadays (which is rare), I always think to myself “aw man, they look like they’re having so much fun!” I thought the same thing watching your video. The joy really shines through, and you do a great job teaching! I love it! Great work!
Hey! Such good timing 😊 I started rollerblading since I saw your short videos. Very inspiring and you make them seem too easy. I can currently move forward and do glides, yet I dont know how to stop. Been trying to do plow stop, but it feels like something is ripping down there 😂 Hope to give more update soon! Thank youuuuuuu 🥰
Oh thank goodness. My mom was trying to help me and tells me to use the T Stop, but I keep messing it up and falling and I had no idea what I was doing wrong. This video is so helpful, I’ve just been kinda crashing and falling to stop, so this has hopefully saved me from future bruises and road rash😅
Heel break was what i used as a kid! The whole video I started to wonder how i used to stop as a kid, until that came on, haha. Thank you for the video.
Bought roller blades and went out on them yesterday. They're aggressive skates with no stopper, and I'm a beginner! My gosh. Aggressive is definitely the word. Thanks for the video, going to practice the plow stop all day tomorrow, as stopping is what I'm finding the most difficult. Plus my feet and lower leg aches. Video has been a great help. Thanks
Thank you for this! I loved skating as a kid, and am trying to pick it back up after ~20 years. I went out for the first time yesterday but I was too scared to go fast because I couldn't figure out how to stop safely!! The heel brake wasn't working very well for me, so I would just squat and put my hands on the ground to stop 🤣 I'm excited to get back out there and practice these safer (and less lame) stops instead!!!
Thanks for the great videos and effort! The slides in the end got me hyped and I'd like to learn how to. Are we gonna see more about slides in the channel?
You are a classic skatter.We need more tutorial from you. Would you plz upload more tutorials about power stop,power slide,side surfing?Need your attention about this.Love from Bangladesh.
I’ve been blading for years, mostly as a way to get places too and just realized I use the heel break wrong. I drag it behind me, but I’m also left handed, could this be a factor? I honestly don’t know if I’d be able to even un learn it if I but a break on the left side
Ok, ok, I apologize for maybe spamming you with comments. But I'd love to see more playlists. This video is awesome but you're channel covers enough content for beginner-intermediate-experince content. Here's what I mean, you've covered a few topics that I can't find in your videos and maybe they are "so basic" you feel you don't need to explain but maybe a clip on one legged glides, a lil more on that T-stop cuz I wear through my rear brakes way to quick but I swap and rotate my wheels. But that stop is a perfect transition into a smooth crossover (you probably have a clip on that) or just a stop. You have about a year of clips on here, mint 👌, but I want to show off to my friends, and the moves you show off are built off of other skills. I have no idea where to start but if watching all you're videos start yo finish is my key, make that a Playlist first lol, thanks coach P, I'll catch you later. My apologies, 1:15-2:15 you demonstrated that T-stop and even acknowledged my concerned with the wheels. I still would like more playslists, ill watch FULLY before I comment but give me a tad more structure lol
Thank You Polly your tricks are very helpful for me first I will only know how to do heal break. Now from your videos I have learnt different types of breaks and don’t forget even the tricks now I am really good at getting in my class I am in 4th and I am a fan from India
This is so helpful! Could you make a new video about what kind of skates to get? I’m looking for some new ones, but I don’t know which ones to get. I’m a beginner rollerblader too so this is really helpful. Thanks again!
I don't trust the roads and sidewalks to go backwards but I'll generally use the heel brake going into another type of stop. The heel brake at first is annoying until to wears down a bit. Plus it's a good warning to scare pedestrians 😂😂😂😂
hi can i ask why a little forward my heel, the bone hurts rlly bad when i skate for too long, the size of the shoes are 38-41 and im 40, also the shoes fit fine to my toes, but the sideward gripping hurts rlly, what do i do? 😭😓
Most of the time I've skated was on wood or "checker tile", and half of these I didn't realize existed. Even then, I do sometimes have a slightly crooked form during certain sessions.
Do you recommend wearing a helmet as a learner/beginner? Because I wear wrist protection, and knee pads but I’m not really a beginner, but for beginners do you think they should wear helmets and lots of protection?
Hi! I don't know if you'd replied to comments on a video from this long ago, but I'm having trouble stopping with the plow stop. I can't get myself to actually fully stopp, I keep rolling forward a little and sometimes trip over my angled blades. How do I get that proper A shape just right to actually stop the rolling fully? Thank you!
I am rollerblading in school and their is a stodint thet is very good so i want to be good like you and their is no grass so what can i do? and thank you💖💖💖💖💖 and i am 8 so do not know enithing so can you please help me roller blad please help me! Please
Thanks, it's very informative! I love that you explain WHY some things work or not. I still have big problem with stopping (or at least slowing down) when going downhill with very narrow space available. Do you have some tips for that kind of a situation? 🙏
Yes!! My next video is going to be on downhill!! Basically my best advice is a T stop or sidestep :) stay tuned for my vid I have a lot to say! 🫶🤙🙏☺️☺️
I remember trying a T stop, but I put my foot in front of me instead so I ented up rolling forwards into a ditch. Thank god for my backpack cushioning my roll. I still remember laying there for a moment just catching my breath and this old lady stopped her car and offered me a ride home even when I said I wasn't injured.
Thank you for your videos and your positivity ! I can only practice in an indoor arena, I am intermediate and I would love to start slaloming, any advice for small exercices to start with ?
Oh slalom is so fun!! Get yourself some little cones and start by practicing turning through and lemon drops through!! I have a short vid on a few first beginner moves to learn with cones!! Check it out! Hope it helps! I can make a longer one too 🫶🤙☺️
I gottta try stepping plow
Stopping from higher speeds on rollerblades: How To stepping plow stop ❣️ #rollerbadlading #tutorial
While I was watching the video, it did strike me that the filming was quite good. Very professional! Well done!
Who likes my filming ?
Absolutely love it
Polly is the real star here.
🙋♀️ thank youuuuuu 😘😘😘😘
Marvelous 👍🔥
@@MoonInMyEye the filming would not be nice and it will be rusty without the filmer😑
I'm a figure skater who's trying out rollerbladeing as a kinda cross training, and this helped a lot, thank you!
Yay!! 🥳🥳
You're such a good teacher!! To me, your videos are the only ones that explain how to do skating essentials without confusing me!! Thank you !
Wow, thank you! I think so much about how not to be confusing 😂🫶🤙☺️☺️☺️
you are tho@@PollySkates
Did you ever hurt your ankle while skating?
So impressed that you talked through this entire tutorial while doing everything
☺️🫶🤙🙏
Slay😊
Coach Polly, the videos are great and well thought out. I am 70 years old, a jock, and just got a 1year old puppy that is high intensity. I got rollerblades for the first time to take her on our walks so that I could give her a good workout. Your videos have made it easy for me to understand how and what to do on my rollerblades with confidence. You are awesome! Thanks. Mark
Hey! I’m planning on doing the same thing with my 1 year old dog!
Thanks for sharing this! I'm learning for the same reason!
this was genuinely an extremely helpful video. when I searched for beginners roller blading videos, this was exactly what I was hoping to find :)
when I was a kid, I could skate and stop so easily, I tried roller blading a few weeks ago first time since I was 17 (so like 15 years later) and WOW I sucked lol .. but this video is reminding me some tricks. I am going to try it again soon. thanks
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Same!!!! I feel so stiff!
Damn 2 years old?!
I’m in a pretty similar boat. I was great at the basics until around 15, and haven’t rollerbladed again until now, 17 years later. I am trash and disappointed it wasn’t like riding a bike.
Hi poly I like ur tips n tricks lots of love from India
I’m watching this while rollerblading uncontrollably
Thank you so much, Polly. I just started skating, and this was very helpful ❤
❤️
Looks so easy and effortless when you do it, Polly. Tried just the T-stop today. No chance at all to keep the back foot in any sort of coherent position relative to the front foot. But then it was my first time trying so I guess I'll just keep trying. Thanks for showing all the various ways!
I like to do the lemon drops because there actually quite fun to do on cruising !
So fun! ☺️
Your video is very helpful for a 30+ yrs old guy, who is trying to pick up the fun from childhood. I haven't been playing rollerblades for almost 20 years, now I gain a little bit confidence before going out of my garage😅
Uiyohkn
By far this is the best tutorial on RUclips I’ve seen for roller blades stops. Thank you so much. This will help me for roller hockey.
🥹 thank you! So happy it’s helpful for you!
Ay, thanks! I haven't put on rollerblades in well over a decade and recently got some to go out and get active with. This is going to help a ton!
Back in the 90s I worked for a graphics company in a business park next door to an inline skate shop. I did a bunch of work in exchange for a brand new pair of Salomon blades. Back then they went for $300 new. They seem like they would still be fun in 2024, but I thought they were too 1990's. Now I don't care. So, I broke them out a couple months ago and have been going blading every weekend on the trails in my suburb. If they're fun, what do I care what anyone thinks? Given I'm now in my 50's, these days I stay level, go slower and avoid hills. I just don't care what people think. I'm finally getting around to using them 27 years later and having the time of my life.
Great tutorial. Your description at around 1:50 is to the point. It happens to me all the time during my practice. But i didn't realise that it can be because of the pressure. Thanks for that.
I took a 4 hour course here in Switzerland. Inline Skating is one experience which really humbled me. After a few hours of practice i still am unable to manage to stop without falling. After that & watching few tutorials in RUclips my opinion is that most of the tutorials or even teachers are not focussing on the baby steps of Inline Skating. Like if you are learning a language or any other sport you spend few hours doing nothing serious but just learning super simple stuff. Whereas with skating i feel somehow these baby steps are missing and right away we are trying to just skate. Eventually we may get it. But it seems to me a bit crude way of learning. I can be wrong though. Or maybe there are people who are doing it in a very detailed manner and i dont know them. This is in no way criticism on you or anyone. Just I am grateful for the opportunity to learn from generous people like you. Thanks again !!
I'm 53 and starting. It's not going as planned. I was a great roller skater..this is a little hairy/scary to fall so far. Grass, here I come
Go, go! Have fun! Just careful.
So everyone got new skates?
Not me, I’m using the 1990 Rollerblades I found in my garage. But I did get new wheels because the old ones were VERY interesting
....yes 😭
Ye 😂
My rollerblades just came in. lol, I used to roller blade back when I was a kid, actually preferred them over roller skates for when my friends would have parties at the skating rink. Some of the kids in my family are starting to get into having birthday parties at skating rinks and what sort of fun uncle would I be if I didn't skate with them occasionally?
Your videos are great not just for beginners but as a refresher too.
I used to rollerblade as a kid in the 90s and absolutely loved it. Every time I see someone rollerblades nowadays (which is rare), I always think to myself “aw man, they look like they’re having so much fun!”
I thought the same thing watching your video. The joy really shines through, and you do a great job teaching! I love it! Great work!
Hey! Such good timing 😊
I started rollerblading since I saw your short videos. Very inspiring and you make them seem too easy.
I can currently move forward and do glides, yet I dont know how to stop. Been trying to do plow stop, but it feels like something is ripping down there 😂
Hope to give more update soon! Thank youuuuuuu 🥰
Oh I appreciate the updates!!! Practice is truly the best teacher!! 🫶🤙 keep it up!!
Oh thank goodness. My mom was trying to help me and tells me to use the T Stop, but I keep messing it up and falling and I had no idea what I was doing wrong. This video is so helpful, I’ve just been kinda crashing and falling to stop, so this has hopefully saved me from future bruises and road rash😅
Thank you so much! A lot of us need this tutorial! 🎉
You're so welcome! 🥰🫶🤙🙏🎉
yep
Thank you will help me as my daughter wants to start roller discoing and want to enjoy the moments with her
I've never skated in my life but I'm thinking of trying it out, maybe in a few weeks if my back pain has subsided enough. Thanks for the tips!
I did the face slide once. It was epic!
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😳😳
Thanks
Thanks polly ,love your videos by the way
🫶☺️🤙
This is good for my 2 little princesses to learn. Thank you 😘
Heel break was what i used as a kid! The whole video I started to wonder how i used to stop as a kid, until that came on, haha. Thank you for the video.
Practical advice; very well-explained.
🥰🙏🤙🫶
This is so valuable. I'm going to learn them all :)
Bought roller blades and went out on them yesterday. They're aggressive skates with no stopper, and I'm a beginner! My gosh. Aggressive is definitely the word. Thanks for the video, going to practice the plow stop all day tomorrow, as stopping is what I'm finding the most difficult. Plus my feet and lower leg aches. Video has been a great help. Thanks
That is awesome! I love aggressive skating! Which ones did you get?! I find t stops to be the easiest on aggressive skates :)
I love ur videos just learned and your videos are so helpful!!! Amazing! Keep filming
Thank you!! 🥹🥹🙏💛
ty : ) relearning inline skating has kicked my ass but this helped a lot
This 6 minutes video gave me material for training like for the next two years LOL. Thank you Polly!
You're so welcome! This makes me so happy!!! 🤗🎉⭐️🙏
love this! gonna try these out tomorrow when i get my practice going thank you!
Thank you for this! I loved skating as a kid, and am trying to pick it back up after ~20 years. I went out for the first time yesterday but I was too scared to go fast because I couldn't figure out how to stop safely!! The heel brake wasn't working very well for me, so I would just squat and put my hands on the ground to stop 🤣 I'm excited to get back out there and practice these safer (and less lame) stops instead!!!
Thank you for putting all this together.
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Stepping plow looks like magic - so smooth that my brain probably can’t comprehend how it works until I try it
It is magic! Definitely give it a try! 🙌🙏🩷
Very good content thank you.
I do like how you link different techniques as parts of a whole slowing down/ stopping skill.
This was super helpful with your notes on where you are applying pressure
Glad it was helpful!☺️🙌🎉🙏
Excellent this! I am a beginner and i will follow you! Very well done and thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience! 🙂🙏👍
Glad it was helpful! THANK YOU! 🤗🙏🙏💗💗
@@PollySkates 😊❤️🙏
I do like a hybrid of a hockey stop and sharp turns using my edges. I still can’t do a proper T stop 😂
Really nice intro video, you seem great. Thanks!
GREAT video, thank you, Polly, i'll use all the ideas
Aw yay!! 😃
Thanks for the great videos and effort! The slides in the end got me hyped and I'd like to learn how to. Are we gonna see more about slides in the channel?
Yes!!!!!! 🫶🤙🙏☺️
Nagyon hasznos gyűjtemény, kivaloan szemléltetve!
Thank you!🙏
You are a classic skatter.We need more tutorial from you. Would you plz upload more tutorials about power stop,power slide,side surfing?Need your attention about this.Love from Bangladesh.
OMG thanks so much Polly it really helped me as a beginner love you!!!
You're so welcome!🥹🤙💪🩵🙏
Good morning, my beautiful, diligent teacher. Your lesson today is excellent, at the best level, thanks to you😍😍😍😍
Very good teacher. Thank you.
Thank you! 😃🙏❤️
A natural athlete
I’ve been blading for years, mostly as a way to get places too and just realized I use the heel break wrong. I drag it behind me, but I’m also left handed, could this be a factor?
I honestly don’t know if I’d be able to even un learn it if I but a break on the left side
Hm what do you mean drag it behind you?
Excellent training!!
Thank you so much!! 🤗🙏🫶🫶
This is so beyond helpful
I am fan of the way you talk and teach skating
Tysm ☺️☺️🫶🙏🤙🥹❤️
Ok, ok, I apologize for maybe spamming you with comments. But I'd love to see more playlists. This video is awesome but you're channel covers enough content for beginner-intermediate-experince content. Here's what I mean, you've covered a few topics that I can't find in your videos and maybe they are "so basic" you feel you don't need to explain but maybe a clip on one legged glides, a lil more on that T-stop cuz I wear through my rear brakes way to quick but I swap and rotate my wheels. But that stop is a perfect transition into a smooth crossover (you probably have a clip on that) or just a stop. You have about a year of clips on here, mint 👌, but I want to show off to my friends, and the moves you show off are built off of other skills. I have no idea where to start but if watching all you're videos start yo finish is my key, make that a Playlist first lol, thanks coach P, I'll catch you later.
My apologies, 1:15-2:15 you demonstrated that T-stop and even acknowledged my concerned with the wheels. I still would like more playslists, ill watch FULLY before I comment but give me a tad more structure lol
Hey ,i love ur videos ,but can you show different ways on how to stop while backskating
Hi!! I do have a couple short videos answering this same question already! Check them out and I’ll try to make you a longer one coming soon 🙏🙏💙
Hi Polly, I skate on quads but love your videos. You're an awesome instructor and explain techniques in detail. Blessings.
Thank you! 🫶🙏🤙
Great video. I'm a beginner.
You are a genius! thanks for the vid! ♥
Glad it helped!🥹🙏🤙🖤
Thank you so much ❤
Excellent driving 👌
But how do i make those heel stops at a fast speed? And what is the best speed to go at?
Thank You Polly your tricks are very helpful for me first I will only know how to do heal break. Now from your videos I have learnt different types of breaks and don’t forget even the tricks now I am really good at getting in my class I am in 4th and I am a fan from India
thx a lot, Im a grown up beginner and need help a lot these days 😉
Happy to help!☺️🤙🫶
What do u love to skate with
0:52 檸檬跳跳， 1:40 T減速+錯誤， 3:29 轉彎減速， this is jz for my own use.🎉
This is so helpful! Could you make a new video about what kind of skates to get? I’m looking for some new ones, but I don’t know which ones to get. I’m a beginner rollerblader too so this is really helpful. Thanks again!
I don't trust the roads and sidewalks to go backwards but I'll generally use the heel brake going into another type of stop. The heel brake at first is annoying until to wears down a bit. Plus it's a good warning to scare pedestrians 😂😂😂😂
Thank you!!!❤❤❤
You are so welcome🩷🩷🩷
hi can i ask why a little forward my heel, the bone hurts rlly bad when i skate for too long, the size of the shoes are 38-41 and im 40, also the shoes fit fine to my toes, but the sideward gripping hurts rlly, what do i do? 😭😓
Thank you so much, Polly.
🫶☺️
Thank you for this, been going to the skate park to practice and I'll try some of these when I'm there next.
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So nice inline skating
I am a beginner and this really helped although i have to do it inside sometimes
🙌🙏🎉🩵
Most of the time I've skated was on wood or "checker tile", and half of these I didn't realize existed. Even then, I do sometimes have a slightly crooked form during certain sessions.
Recommend me the best rollerblades for advanced users.
Thank you this was helpful❤
I'm so glad!🥹🙏🩵
Do you recommend wearing a helmet as a learner/beginner? Because I wear wrist protection, and knee pads but I’m not really a beginner, but for beginners do you think they should wear helmets and lots of protection?
YES to helmets!! For all skill levels!! 💯
@@PollySkates thanks 😊
Such great info - this video is super helpful as a beginner! I'm learning to use my heel brake, but I end up turning with it unintentionally. 😅
Ah that makes sense just keep practicing!! Thank you! 🫶🤙🙏☺️☺️
Hi! I don't know if you'd replied to comments on a video from this long ago, but I'm having trouble stopping with the plow stop. I can't get myself to actually fully stopp, I keep rolling forward a little and sometimes trip over my angled blades. How do I get that proper A shape just right to actually stop the rolling fully? Thank you!
I am rollerblading in school and their is a stodint thet is very good so i want to be good like you and their is no grass so what can i do? and thank you💖💖💖💖💖 and i am 8 so do not know enithing so can you please help me roller blad please help me! Please
Thanks, it's very informative! I love that you explain WHY some things work or not.
I still have big problem with stopping (or at least slowing down) when going downhill with very narrow space available. Do you have some tips for that kind of a situation? 🙏
Yes!! My next video is going to be on downhill!! Basically my best advice is a T stop or sidestep :) stay tuned for my vid I have a lot to say! 🫶🤙🙏☺️☺️
the T-stop looks like it could bust my wheels very soon. the spin stop looks like i might fall before i stop 😂
😅 more or less true. Go slooooow
Thank you Polly! This is very helpful. What sakes are you wearing in this video? They look comfortable.
Hi! Thank you! Yes they are so comfy!! They are the Rollerblade twister xt :)
🎉❤love it!
Thank you!!! Love you!! 🎉
Omg thank you do much
I remember trying a T stop, but I put my foot in front of me instead so I ented up rolling forwards into a ditch. Thank god for my backpack cushioning my roll. I still remember laying there for a moment just catching my breath and this old lady stopped her car and offered me a ride home even when I said I wasn't injured.
Oh wow! Did you ever get it?! 🥺
@@PollySkates I stopped after a while due to joint pain, but I am picking it up again when my new skates are coming in a few days c:
yo ive been using my rollarskate (stright) but everytime i age 1+ my rollarskate gets lighter to control, why?
Great content. Thank you!
Thank you!!
Thank you for your videos and your positivity !
I can only practice in an indoor arena, I am intermediate and I would love to start slaloming, any advice for small exercices to start with ?
Oh slalom is so fun!! Get yourself some little cones and start by practicing turning through and lemon drops through!! I have a short vid on a few first beginner moves to learn with cones!! Check it out! Hope it helps! I can make a longer one too 🫶🤙☺️
@@PollySkates Thank you so much for your reply ! I will have a look at this video!
What if there is dogshit in the grass?
Thanks 🎉
You're welcome 😊🥹🤙🙏
thank you! also those skates look fantastic, what are those?
Rollerblade twister with endless arc frames!
@@PollySkates thank you for answering
is there a specific reason you remove the heel brake? i have one on my rollerblades but i notice you don't and i wonder why :)
Wish I had a nice path like that around!
So nice! I just wish it was longer than a mile
Magic slide!
Yes!!!!!