How to go FAST on ice! 

What is your advice?

Same for me as a hockey player

@@AnnaKLatacz i would say, push hard to sides and for the rest it's pretty much the same

I have never tried skating in speed skates, but it's something that I would love to try.

@@IceCoachOnline i would love to see video about that

Yes I agree. In figure skating, the best skaters pick up speed without showing they are working hard to gain the speed with endless crossovers. 😁

It’s maybe not interesting for figure skaters, but as a hockey player this is essential.

Haha I have had plenty of bruised from my fails over the years. Building up stopping skills slowly but surely are important when wanting to go fast. It isn't ideal to skate faster than you are comfortable stopping at.

Same, still having issues getting the push and slide motion in the beginning as well as an exercise for stopping... How do you not get your edges to grip? Am I too fat? :D

Was it a hockey stop? Last time I tried one of them I landed on my arse.

Thanks 😁 I have a few more videos covering different ways of stopping up on the website, including on one foot, but not a more in depth look at the hockey stop. Maybe a video talking about the mechanics of how all stops work could be helpful.

@BRYAN Yep, me too. I can do a pale imitation of a hockey stop, but nowhere near those amazing-looking cuts, with body leaning back, legs out front, and snow spraying up. Can’t figure them out at all.

@@honyakupjp Start with a plow stop if you are on hockey skates looking for that style of stop. When you can plow stop comfortably transition to a slight twist at the waist and start focusing on one foot doing more of the plow (more weight on that foot coming from the slight waist twist). After gaining comfort in this try to start the stop with plow -> dominant foot stopping using the slight waist rotation -> coming to an actual stop facing 90* to where you started (like a hockey stop) but while still looking like a full plow stop. The final transition is essentially a one footed plow stop while adding the other foot beside your leading dominant foot to aid it in stopping. There are a number of great plow stop transition videos. In teaching I've found it's the easiest beginner -> hockey stop transition. This method works well because it eliminates that harsh flip over your edges feeling like when people try to just cold turkey hockey stop which I'd never recommend. It gets you more acquainted with the sideways glide of the blade over the ice during a stop.

@@c.a.l.e.b.s Thanks for the advice. I can do the plow stop with the waist rotation no problem, but moving from that to a one foot plow stop is what’s troubling me. All my weight is on my back leg - it feels completely rooted to the ice, and I can’t figure out how to shift my weight to the front foot in order to be able to lift and place the back foot.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video! There is a forward lunge video on my channel somewhere, it is an older video, but the instructional content is still relevant. I have been thinking about reshooting all of the beginner content for my website actually. If I go ahead with it, I will add a few to RU-vid as well.

Don't forget to make sure they know how to stop correctly before trying to race around fast 😁

@@IceCoachOnline could you make a vid on stopping tips? I still feel like I'm in less control on that front. And I'm able to sit spin and have most of my single jumps. I wonder if it is because i weigh more than other skaters it is harder to stop or what. I am 5'10 180 male, pretty solid muscle, but all my instructors have been dancer body females.

Thanks, glad to hear you enjoyed the video 😊 That's a great suggestion for a video too, I'll jot it down on my planned video list 🙂

If enough people enjoy this video, I'll make the figure skater specific part 2 😊

Haha I like your octopus reference. It can be a lot of to skate around fast like this. Skating like this can also be used for cardio training for the long program.

@@IceCoachOnline oh, didn't know it can be cardio training too. Now I have motivation to add it in as part of my practice. Thank you, Coach Lloyd! Looking forwards more of your video!

Oh man 3 turn at speed has always been an issue for me. I usually bail or just switch to a mohawk instead. 😂

Running and no technique 😅 always a high risk of sniffing the ice when doing that. Glad to hear you didn't end up with a huge dentist bill!

There could be a number of things going on here. Are your skates properly fitted? Are they correctly laced up? Perhaps when you try to go as fast as possible you forget to keep your ankles working correctly (pointing as you push, flexing as you bring your feet together). The end result would be you keep your ankles loose and then your feet feel wobbly

@@IceCoachOnline Thank you so much for responding! I absolutely love your videos by the way

It could be that you did not sharpen your skates

@@alinxa9816 Thanks for your response! I actually thought of that and had them sharpened but unfortunately it didn't solve the wobbly-ness. >.

@@Crazypreeteens try tying your skates tighter (English is not my first language idk if I said that correctly lmao), if they wobble it could be because they aren't tight enough in the area of your ankles, make sure the tongue of the skate is touching your ankle, and if you can't make it tighter because you don't have enough strength in your arms to pull the laces more (like me LMFAO), try taking your foot off the ground and using it to make it tight, like pushing down as you push up your laces. Don't tight it up so much that your legs turn blue tho-- (idk if this helps sorry)

Yes you can. There are a few videos on the channel where I discuss this, and show myself skating in freestyle slalom skates

Thanks 😁 I'm happy you enjoyed the video!

Ok? And I wanna see u skate