The Ice Hockey Stop ... on Inline Skates
MY STORY
Last summer .. my hockey stop was ... not
quite perfect.
On ice I could do it, no problem, but on inline
skates, well...
I though maybe a wet surface would do the
trick but .. no ... no!
Soon I realized that to do a power stop on
inline skates you need a completely different
approach.
Make a sharp turn, put weight through the
heel or third wheel, lose grip and ... there
you have it .. a slide.
It works very well on inline skates, but technically
it's a completely different stop.
Back on ice .. after getting used to rollerblade
stops .. I couldn't stop at all.
It was only after a few hours of ice time,
that I got used to the ice hockey stop.
This made me very curious about why inline
and ice stops are so different and I made
several videos about it.
I tried to analyze what I did right / what
I did wrong, what the differences are, experiment
and prepare myself for when I'm back on wheels
again.
One thing I really focused on was controlling
my balance point on the blade.
Like here, I do hockey stops on the heel - which
normally is considered a bad idea
- but this is exactly what I need for inline
skating.
THE INLINE HOCKEY STOP
So I told myself today - let's pretend I'm
on ice.
Do a hockey stop ... but make it more of a
heel stop.
Not like completely on the heel as I did on
ice, but more like the third wheel.
First few tries ... not a big success ... but
I did try on my weak side.
On my strong side ... first two tries ... not
that good either.
But the thrid ... pretty good.
And the fourth ... yeah .. I realized it works!
It works!
And then I repeated again again again
A few more times ..
ough ... it's what I feared.
The front wheel gripped which caused a nasty
rotation.
It does look worse than it was .. thankfully
.. and I did know this risk beforehand
that's why I was so focused on pushing through
the heels and not have the balance too far
toward the toes.
On ice hockey, on the other hand, you do normally
put your balance more toward the balls of
your feet.
And I think this is why, when I got more comfortable
/ confident, I lost focus and fell back on
what I'm used to from ice .. and BAM.
So anyway, I didn't get hurt or anything but
I really wanted to empasis this risk.
It's probably a good idea to have rockered
skates where the front and back wheels are
a bit elevetad.
That will reduce this risk of getting the
front wheel stuck.
PLAYLIST
I've compiled a playlist of hockey stop videos.
A few are mine from ice skating so you can
watch the steps I've made to improve my hockey
stop
and eventually prepared me for the inline
hockey stop.
But other videos are by other inline skaters.
They may call it parallel slide or shuffle
stop, but it's the same stop - just different
names.
One difference though - I've seen two different
appraoches.
Some make more of a sharp turn to trigger
the skates to slide, and that's a good approach.
But the ice hockey stop is more like you rotate
both skates really quick, and the slide then
contines in a straight line.
So your homework tonight is to analyze these
subtles difference and please leave your report
in the comments below.
As always, I hope this video was helpful.
I'm JP Jay, please subscribe and stay tuned
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