Will adjusting my ice skating blades help me to do one foot glides?
97250
Yes they will because I am a figure skater I have to do that all the time
702212
What you do is put slide your foot up and then out and in the air put your feet straight again and you will land and if you need any other help type in the email skatefreak1995@sbcglobal.net and type it in and I can help you trust me I have two sponsers and won three compititions.
949635
Heck no!\nTrust me.\nI've tried and i swear to god it takes YEARS.\nIf you really are determind you can do it in a month.\n:]\nBascily just stretch down and see how far down you can do in the spilts and hold it and make sure you can feel te spilts.\nAnother way it to sit on the floor and spread you legs as far apart as they can do and lean foward.\nALSO if you are a figure skater go to the side boards and put one keg up streching for a sprial and take the skating foot  and go on the back blade farther away to make it stretch. (if you get that).
865123
I was in your shoes 3 years ago. I needed to develop my vert. What helped me? Your local athletic store...or on eastbay.com sells this show that makes you walk on your tippy toes and play ball on your tippy toes. This may seem stupid but it helped me soo much! By standing on your toes for long periods of time, it builds the muslce necessary to increase your verticle leap. On days you dont use the shoes, do repetitive jumping. That will help you build your quads. Your quads is 1/4 of the contributor to your leap. But those shoes are sooo crucial. Best of luck! I think this should help you!
687043
Since you're only 11, I will let you slide with this question, but noone can help you over the computer unless they give you the exact instructions, and you write them down, and then you take them with you when you skate...I figure ice skate whenever I can!
864031
well for one thing you might want to get your own pair of skates because the ones they offer for rent at the rink are no good you might have noticed the way your feet lean to one side that's because the rental skates give hardly any ankle support. I have been skating for 8 years and i still can't stay up in those.  You might be trying hockey skates but i don't know anything about those but if you are using figure skates try to remember to not push off with your toepick you have to stroke using your whole blade. Skating isn't like walking you don't rock from heel to toe you push back and to the side not straight back if you're still having trouble and you want to get serious about skating most rinks have a group of coaches that you can get lessons from or you can enroll in the learn-to-skate classes that they offer
297150
Dude if your a regular sk8r, take your right hand, grab the middle of the board, quickly take your left foot off the board, place it on the ground, keep your right foot on the board and don't let it go with your hand, pivot a 180 on your left foot, push off the left foot and land fakie.If your goofy, sorry, just do the opposite of what I said. Aloha!
216514
That all depends on the altitude. At 1 atmosphere of pressure (sea-level), the melting point is 32F and 0C. At higher pressures, this temperature lowers. This is why ice skating works. The pressure of the blade causes the ice to melt, letting the skate glide.
35659
If you're afraid of other peoples' blades, try going a rink where there are few or no other people around (different times of the day, or different days of the week are less busy than others). If you have the money, rent out the whole thing all for yourself :P As for being afraid of falling - there's nothing you can do about that except skate anyway. You may fall, you may not... where padded clothing to soften any falls that may occur... and just go for it!
762755
yea man... s'pretty good for a beginner.  took me about that time to do a decent ollie even 1 inchoff teh ground.  keep on truckin! if ur anything like me ull do four incher in another 2 weeks if u keep practicing.doing about 15 ollies a day just about does it.
116261
I think what you're thinking of is the depth of the grind - otherwise known as "Radius of Hollow" (or ROH). The deeper the hollow, the more grab you'll have on the ice.  The shallower, the easier it will be to glide.  ROH is typically anywhere from 1/2" to 5/16", but most shops I know of grind at 3/8"
120085
DO NOT EVER USE ONE of those peices of crap. They do a really really bad job. I've even seen buddies who have tried them and their skate got stuck in kind of crooked and it totally wrecked their blade.I've also seen where the machine wouldn't stop and it ground the blade right down to almost nothing. If you really need to get an edge on your blade and you can't have them done, carry an edging stone in your bag. You can buy them at every hockey supply store and you just run them along the side of your blade to give you a bit more of an edge on them. DON'T EVER use one of those stupid machines. Unless you can afford to buy a new pair of skates the next day.
681032
Go top sports authority and buy a little kit with the lacing and the tool to do it with.  There should be some instructions in there.
810361
Your question is really broad, so it's kind of hard to answer. Which jumps and spins are you working on? Is there anything that you're not really flexible at, such as needing more stretch in your spirals? If you can narrow it down a bit, it might be easier to answer. \n\nBut in general, yoga, ballet and pilates are good places to start looking for stretches and exercises that will help your skating. Ballet, especially. If a class isn't available to you, you can get books out of your local library and try the stretches and exercises out.
818877
figure skates are easier to learn on.
796471
As the other guys said, as you play hockey, you'll come to love and cherish that ankle mobility.\n\nYour knees and ankles have to bend in order to be agile on your skates.  Every direction.  You can't do good backwards or forwards crossovers, you can't stop and change directions quickly, you can't lean and reach or go down on one knee and pop back up again without your skates giving you room to bend your ankles.\n\nWobbly ankles (as Habitant and the other guy said) are, sadly enough, just a rookie thing.  If you skate a couple of times a week -- I'd take some time to go to public skate and put in your laps when you're not in gear and trying to focus on stickhandling and everything else -- your ankles and feet will strengthen in a couple of months.  You'll stop wobbling.  \n\nDon't overtighten.  Everyone's got a different style/preference, but personally, I tighten snugly around my foot but not too much, then the lace right *at* my ankle joint (not above it) I really haul in on.  Then up the rest of my ankle I keep it pretty loose.  \n\nThe first couple of months are really hard on your feet and ankles.  You'll be developing new muscles, callouses, and you'll wonder if it's the skate, or if you're doing it wrong because you're going to wobble and be unsteady and your feet are just going to plain old hurt.\n\nIt's a stage, and you get past it.  Soldier on.  It's worth putting the time in, and once you get through this stage unless you break a foot or something (ahem, not that I speak from experience) you won't have to go through it again.
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I would suggest a Riedell boot.  You can purchase one with blades for around $150.  Be sure to get the boots fitted properly from a reputable individual (check with local rinks in area).  \n\nHave the blades sharpened prior to skating and should be sharpened about every 3 months or so.  If the skater is on the ice more than 4 days a week, blades will probably need to be sharpened about every 2 months.  Blades should be wiped down with a cotton cloth after every time you skate.  A old dishtowel works great!\n\nDon't go into more expensive boots/blades (SP Teri, Harlick, etc.,) until skater is at least landing an axel and starting with double jumps.\n\nTX Skating Coach