from How To Inline Skate on 11 Apr 2017
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Slide to Stop … here are five ways to do it
Slalom turns are good for controlling speed
Put a lot of weight on the outside leg
Push with the heel
If you do it hard enough the otuside skate will slide
Fall back on the inside skate and repeat
*** wash, rinse, repeat ***
Just be careful not too get your balance point too far back, so you don’t fall on your ass
Also, if both your outside and inside skates begin to slide, this may happen …
Drag to power stop is maybe the safest everyday slide stop
Begin with a drag stop, also called t-stop
When the speed is reduced to a comfortable level, make a quick turn
Just as with the slalom stop, put your weight on the outside leg,
push with the heel to trigger a slide, then fall back on the inside skate
The revese t-stop is for when you want to make a long, controlled slide
The reverse t-stop takes three steps
First, transition from forward to backward
Second, balance on one leg
Third, put down the sliding skate very lightly
Keep it light to make a long slide
and learn to add some more weight to control the stop
… ehm … not quite …
The plow is a good technique for beginners
But advanced skaters can take it a bit further
If you stay low and add enough weight, one skate will start to slide
I’m still experimenting with this technique
and hopefully soon I’ll be able to make the plow into more interesting slides
The hockey stop is the most challenging one
With both skates in a parellel slide, a lot of power goes into it
It’s also a lot more difficult on inline skates than one ice hockey skates
But the basic principle is similar
If you know how to do a ice hockey stop, do the same thing with one exception;
Put your weight more toward the heel!
If your front wheel grips while the other wheels slide, you’ll get this nasty rotation, as you seee
RISKS
Another word for slide stop is POWER STOP
Big forces are at play and a wrongly executed stop can result in injury
Falling on your ass is one thing. I, at least, have done this many times but never really got hurt
Another issue is having the wheels stick, instead of slide, but normally this will just lead to some awkward jump.
What I really do fear is getting only the front wheel stuck, while the other wheels still slide, as shown with the hockey stop.
This leads to a nasty rotation which adds stress to ancles, knees and hips – especially knees.
This is why I always try to keep the weight more toward the heels.
With the drag to powerstop I find this easier to control, and therefore it’s a safer stop, in my opinion.
BE SPECIFIC
Learn to control exactly where you stop
Like here, I miscalculate, then add more weight to stop faster … but this again leads to too sudden of a stop .. so I get that awkward jump
WEAK SIDE
Try to make the stops on your weak side. I have to admit – I find it really difficult