Olympic Medalist, World Champion, World Record Holder
I've spent the last 32 years of my life skating. From 1992 when I put my first pair of skates on until 2022 when I raced my final race, I competed in 3 Olympics, won 31 World Titles, earned an Olympic bronze with my teammates in the pursuit, broke some world records, and traveled the world doing what I loved
Now the dream is to skate every major city in the world and share the experience with you. If I get to teach a few things I've learned along the way, that's icing on the cake
I’ve tried these drills today… I couldn’t even imagine how hard they actually are. Afterwards I tried the double push.. my AVG.speed went from 25km/h to 30km/h… I will do these drills everyday as long as I skate. Really appreciated for providing these golden tips.
Thank you for your efforts in sharing the techniques sir . We are really grateful for learning from THE BEST SKATER. As a successful speed skater I could have never come this far without your guidance and tips
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Cool content :)) Dare I say, if you mind me asking. What rig are you running in? Look like: Powerslide 'HC EVO' Pro's with Endless 80 or 90 Frame's? Not sure what wheels, bearings etc. You have. Are you comfortable sharing your setup or making a video about them :)? Why you did that, how it feels, what you think you may do differently, or what you're interesting in trying out next? Cheers, keep it up!~!!
As always, love your video, but im not going to lie, as a beginner this video kinda scares me shitless, i still struggle with basic balance and control sometimes, and some of these exercises seem to defy gravity 😅
Verygood Joey, those are some of the heaviest exercises on the legs. I also practice those moves, but my knees and especially left underleg don't like them so much due to fysical wear and tear, but with 57yrs I don't complain💪
You wanted us to write why we didn't like this video. I didn't like this video because I'm sure that I won't ever be able to skate even 30% as good as you. I'm too old, too lazy and too weak.... Other from that the video is awesome and drills here are priceless. ❤
Joey, are you going to write a speed skating technique book? You could be the Diane Holum or the Barry Publow of this generation! :) Remember those old books? :)
Or maybe it's not about books these days? Maybe it's about Vlogs? I guess you are doing that! Never mind. I'm such an old speed skating coach! :) Love your work, man. :)
Can you discuss how tight speedskates should be around the ankle? Want to understand how much of an impact it has to the ability to get on the outside edge.
I have no idea, but I do not generate speed with these exercises, on the contrary I would be slowed down and eventually stopped after just a couple of seconds...it's so frustrating to watch your videos, because I still haven't understood/implemented double push and it seems I will never learn a thing.
I really enjoy your skating, especially when you're skating around my hometown of Montreal! As a beer league hockey player, I was wondering if it's possible to apply your double push technique on ice hockey skates. You mentioned that the last 3 drills can't be done on ice which I assume is due to longer blades on ice speed skates. With ice hockey skates or ice figure skates, it seems doable with inside and outside edge c-cuts (common in some advanced power skating drills). I wonder if the difference in technique is due to flat inline wheels/flat ice speed skates vs having a rocker radius on ice hockey and ice figure skates.
You can make these motions on ice skates for sure, especially with a smaller radius rocker, but actually making speed out of that motion is what I don't think is possible. For sure on ice you want to be able to hit that outer edge and use it to build potential energy, but getting it to travel in a way that pushes you forward is where I think you need wheels that are rolling on top of the surface vs a blade thats in the surface. I'd love someone to prove me wrong, I definitely wasn't the most gifted ice skater ever haha
How I would like to whiz around time ecerytime I'm on wheel, but unfortunately I can't control the speed properly.. Joey could you do a tutorial on how to slow down when moving a lightning speed?
