from How To Inline Skate on 6 Feb 2017
1. Tight Turn
2. Fall on Hip
3. Stuck on Ice
4. Vibrating Skate
1. Tight Turn
First time on ice, after rollerblading all summer, I was not able to hockey stop. The reason is simple. I put all my weight on the heel. With the ice hockey stop your weight shall be on the toe balls.
It took me a little bit of time to realearn this, but when I did, it just clicked. The correct technique came back and I never faced this problem again.
Here I show the difference between the two. This is a proper hockey stop and notice how
– only the front of the blade scrapes the ice. The heel and center blade is not touching the ice at all
– knees above toes
Here’s a tight turn. Only the heel touches the ice. Although it too is a stop in a way, it’s easy to fall backward, so not recommended as a primary stopping technique.
Having said that, this is what I do on rollerblades, although with rollerblades it triggers a slide stop, also called the powerstop.
2. Fall on Hip
This happened my first session on ice, but thankfully never again. Not being able to hockey stop, I tried to lean more backward. Don’t do that! It does not work.
With a hockey stop your upper body actually leans forward, it’s only your skates and legs that are at an angle.
3. Stuck on Ice
This happens if you have a very upright stance. Instead of shaving ice, your skates basically just hoover over the ice, mid blade. Once your skate gets stuck in a crack, your balance is off.
About cracks on the ice … there wil always be cracks because of this guy … hmmp.
4. Vibrating Skate
If you notice your skates shake or vibrate sometimes, what happens is actually that your blade gets stuck in the ice, makes a small jump, gets stuck again, and so on. This repeats 10 or 30 times or so.
This does not occur when I’m balanced over my toe balls. It’s only when I lean a bit back that the skates vibrate.
It makes sense since the blade is rounded. When you’re on your toes only a small part touches the ice, therefore less friction and you’re able to shave ice. When you’re mid blade, the surface area is too big and the blade digs into the ice, only to jump up again, and so repeats over and over again.