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Potato-VS-
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 Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:34 pm Post subject: Stopping |
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Alright, I'm looking for a nice simplistic step by step way of stopping while on "guys" hockey skates. I'm sad to say but while I know how to skate, I don't know how to STOP   . Any help would be cool. |
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Az_Moose
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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Just fall down, it worked for me.  |
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[HALO]MasterChief
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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yeah i've never been much of a ice skater. so falling down was what i did.
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Jfet Zener
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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well i think the first way i learned was to make a T with my skates. while skating straight, take your right foot (or left whichever is more comfortable) and place it behind your left to make a T....
in front
behind you
make sense? keep most of your weight on your left foot and now just drag your right skate and the harder you press the harder you stop. not the most efficient or quickest way to stop, but probably the easiest to learn.
if you have skiied at all, you can stop the same way - just turn quickly to one directon (kinda swing the back of your skates around) and lean opposite your direction of travel. make sure the blades of your skates arent perpendicular to the ice or you will probaly fall over. the effect is instead of digging your blades into the ice (which is what happens when you are skating straight) you will be gliding over the top shaving off a layer of ice. im sure there are some good videos online, but this is the best i can do in text; |
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Rebel_Rouser
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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ya it is hard to expalin in text. I use to play some ice hockey, so I love the ice, the best way I found to stop on hockey skates is the slide. Its when you skating at a moderate speed to fast, you extend the leg on the side you want to stop a bit, tilt the blades of your skates to the side and dig in the ice...thus bringing you to a stop...easier said then done....I suggest watch someone do it.....like on the NHL but ya.......damn lockout 
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Potato-VS-
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Alright, I'll try looking around on the net for some videos. My mom's friends son plays hockey in a men's league here so I can ask him too... It's just I'd rather learn on my own. |
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Lhiannan_Shee
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| Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:30 am Post subject: |
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Jfet's T-stop is probably the best way to learn to stop for a beginner. Get that down, and then try the more advanced stopping technique.
Believe it or not, I actually sometimes miss my hockey and ringette days  Maybe I should start hitting the rink again.
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RouLeTTe
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| Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Lhiannan_Shee wrote: | | Jfet's T-stop is probably the best way to learn to stop for a beginner. Get that down, and then try the more advanced stopping technique. |
good advice. i knew a guy who tried to slide to a stop his first time on skates. tore a couple o' ligaments in his ankle tryin to do it too (not to mention his loss of pride when he fell on his face  ). just mess around with it, i picked it up pretty easy. oh yeah, good luck too! |
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Lhiannan_Shee
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| DuFFmAn wrote: | | Lhiannan_Shee wrote: | | Jfet's T-stop is probably the best way to learn to stop for a beginner. Get that down, and then try the more advanced stopping technique. |
good advice. i knew a guy who tried to slide to a stop his first time on skates. tore a couple o' ligaments in his ankle tryin to do it too (not to mention his loss of pride when he fell on his face ). just mess around with it, i picked it up pretty easy. oh yeah, good luck too! |
I used to coach a boys roller hockey team. I got these fancy new wheels for my rollerblades that let you do a slide/side stop just like on ice.... Like, almost the first time I tried them (as a demonstration of the wheels to my team.... i guess maybe i was attempting to show off), at top speed, at a practice for the boys, i fell flat on my ass. hugest bruise ever. Cement is not as forgiving as the ice... Point being, be careful! I got teased forever from my boys, and their dads for that.
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Potato-VS-
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| I use to know how to T-Stop. Thats not too complex, though it really does hurt the knee for the leg thats doing the stopping. Theres an out door ice rink near my house. Maybe I'll go there and try it out a couple of times with some friends. |
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Kahlan Amnell
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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my way would be ineffective in games... I do a spin stop... like a twirl type thing ... sorry, not much help, and I can't teach in person, so def. can't do in text.
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