I remember doing this with you when I was growing up. This is precisely the video I was looking for….seems fee else fully understands how the bungee should be used….which is to send the player flying down , striding, “over-clocking” helping them realize how fast they can go.
it is a useless movement which serves no purpose in the practice of hockey. a half turn followed by a forward skating..?. U-turns are used to move from front split to backward skating and not to change direction
Thanks for the feedback!! I'm now in Rochester MN and still on the ice every week of the year.....teaching kids hockey skills.......just like I did with you back in the day.
Totally agree with this vid. 200+ pound pros & elite amateurs, on ice 2-4 hours daily need heavily built skates, but not kids and mediocre (non elite) players. Don’t even get me started on young ladies needing flexible boots in stead of Easton cinder blocks. My solution to skate stiffness was 2 laces in each skate. A lower lace for the top of foot, drawn tight to lock the foot into the footbed and then another lace (top 3 or 4 eyelets), moderately to loosely tied, allowing full, deep ankle bend. It certainly suited a deep knee bend, highly agile skater like me. I did this with Bauer “number” series (100, 200, 1000, etc) and with Graf 704’s. My Graf 707’s didn’t need it.
I agree with what they say to a degree. newer players and skaters are just starting in skates that are just too high end for them and sales people aren't helping them truly get fitted. A newer skater in particular needs that boot flex to start learning the fundamentals and build confidence, strength and technique. Once they are more experienced and have built more power a soft boot starts to work against you and you will become tired faster and you will waste power and energy. Experience and build should be the biggest determining factor in how much you spend on skates. Obviously a 230lb guy should not be skating in a super soft $100 pair, he'll just crease them while at the same time if that 230lb guy has little to no experience he should not be in $900+ super stiff skates.
I agree 100%. Lacing one less eyelet makes a huge difference in skating. Especially if you dont have long legs. If you have shorter legs and lace up top eyelets, the skate goes up to high on your shin preventing forward flexion and agility
yeah I use waxed laces and I leave the top on the loose side to get my ankle flex. Stiff boot plus ankle mobility equals no loss of power during strides.
These guys are the clowns with saws. One needs to be Sidney Crosby in order to pull proper snapshot with a stick with length "just below the chin" (let alone the stick "at the collar bone"). And even Sid moved with the time from the short sticks to some more longer twigs (not much, may be an inch, but nevertheless).
Though true, there is so much that depends on style and what is comfy. One's equipment is paramount to his/her performance. Starting with the skates as it is the base....profiling etc.. As for the stickhandling - I have noticed that i keep my hand on the hip and when maneuvering I get it in the front. The channel is wonderful by the way.
The days of using a short stick are over. With the new composite sticks, longer sticks are the norm. It allows for more leverage against the ice, resulting in flex which aids in propulsion of the puck. These days your stick will come up to somewhere between your chin and your eyebrows.
Even Gretzky use a short stick. He said he would chase the puck a lot, so even he wouldn’t use it just for stickhandling. Proving it has other benefits as well.🙏🏼👏👏
They don't know what they are doing. Without question you need ankle flex and softer boot to feel the ice. Being in a cast makes learning to skate or getting better a whole lot more work than it should be.
