Ice Skating Tutorial - How to Fix Your Ankles Rocking In! A Common Mistake on Ice 

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I went skating today and I was doing this mistake the whole day. I'm new to skating and this video is really helpful. I will try to keep what you said in mind

My coach had me get a very thin insert to go under my foot, and put a thick memory foam insert on top of my foot, this prevents lace bite, toe lift, and has basically forced me to balance in the correct position. I have also been doing some exercises to correct pronation but the extra padding has helped a lot. It is quite squishy on top so I still pronate if I get lazy but it's there to remind me not to do it. And the effects against lace bite alone are definitely worth it. I am also doing off-ice exercises to correct pronation and strengthen my ankles in the right direction. You can have strong ankles but if the strength is lopsided you may still pronate. After I build some good habits I will let the inserts go but it is helping a lot for the time being.

I've been binging your lessons for beginners today, as I'm finally getting the chance to ice skate (I've wanted to since I was very small) and these are giving me confidence right off the bat so I won't be quite as shaky as I would've been.

Love how you point out this common mistake! Thanks for spreading the word!

Wow thank you so much! I've been seeing kids and teens rock their ankles in the public rinks, and i just watch and cringe in pain. I shared this vid with a few of my friends who are interested in figure skating, but are complete beginners. Thank you!

As an older adult the tops of my legs rotated inwards. It wasn't possible to just change the angle of my feet just by turning them.The muscles were strongly fixed by then at the hips, sides of knees and ankles.. Four years later with lots of skating and my legs are more than 3/4 of the way towards not being turned inwards in at the ankles. The difference to my skating as a result is amazing.

YES this is gonna be helpful. I just went ice skating for the first time the other day with some friends, and we kept falling over (the people at the rink prolly think we’re stupid idiots but y’know what it’s fine) my right ankle was stable but my left kept turning inward on itself.

Thanks so much for this. I was making this mistake and I was scared to go ice skating with my friends because I didn’t know what I was doing. You really helped me gain some confidence thanks a bunch for this video.

This explains SO MUCH! I've been taking classes and couldn't get to grips with one leg balancing at all. I saw pics a friend took and I definitely to this! And my new skates aren't tied tight enough I don't think... I'll try this and see if it helps!

Thank you for this great video! I've been doing recreational skating for a couple of years now, and wanted to start learning some new things, but it was impossible for me to balance one foot. I knew I'm doing something wrong, so I scoured the internet for tips, until I finally came across this, and bingo! This is exactly what I've been doing all this time! Now that I know the problem, I'm trying to correct it, but I'm finding it very hard especially cuz being on the inside blade feels much more secure. Can you offer any tips or exercises to break this habit?

I encourage my grandson to try skating on one foot to make him aware of the pronation. So much of skating is weight entirely on one foot so that is an essential ability, don't you think?

Sometimes it is impossible to fix it while skating on rental skates... They have dull blades... Yeah, you're right! Good skates is a must have.

Amusingly enough, I'm only rocking in on one foot when skating. It helped that I was finally taught how to properly tie my skates (as in... tightening in the right spots). Now I will try to make a conscious effort to correct my stance every time I notice my ankle rocking in. Hopefully it will help with the cramping in the foot :'D

Best ice skating tutoring series on RU-vid! Thanks!!

I keep my leg close but I keep standing on the inside edge.

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

oh dude you shoulda seen the first time i went skating LOL... didnt tie my skates properly and my feet were literally making an obtuse angle with my leg...it was actually grotesque.

I have to check my posture when I go to the rink the next time. Whenever I go skating, the outsides of my legs, right above my ankles, hurt for days. Maybe I am rocking in my ankles which causes too much pressure of the skate on my legs. I will definitely check it.

Wish I watched this before yesterday but it helps explain why my ankles hurt so much right now. The rental shop didn’t have extra skates in my size so I had to go a size higher.

Watching this vid on the fly. I've got hire skates on rn but I tried tieing up the skates so hard I was practically getting carpet burn on my skin. I can actively try not to put my ankles inwards but then they just end up going outwards :/ idk how to fix this problem. I am physically trying to not have my ankles going inwards but yeah, they just end up doing the exact same thing in the opposite direction

When you have both feet together, do you stand on the outside edge ?

My biggest struggle is I never have my feet close together enough! I was rollerskating before ice-skating, and I'm so used to having to create a distance between the skates/blades 💀

Thank coach for point ing out this mistake and for the helpful advic～～

These videos are brilliant guys. You should definitely do more if you can :)

This is my biggest issue with getting my backwards one foot glides down. No matter how hard I try to be level or put weight on the side of the foot that’s down… the ankles roll in

My friend does the opposite… she lets her skate blade fall in and her ankle fall out. I’m trying to get her to be more aware of it, but I also think she’s trying to avoid pressure on the inside of her ankle, which is why she’s turning it the other way. Also I noticed when that foot was closer to the wall, she would turn it in more. Teaching her the concept of pushing with her skates and gliding is hard too. She’s more walking on the ice right now. It took two hours to get her gliding marginally better. Any tips? (And yes we already tried marching, scooter pushes, doing little turns with each skate to move forward, and a sort of penguin waddle. The penguin waddle seemed to work best, but she still doesn’t quite get the concept of pushing and gliding.)

Thanks! This video really helped

Notes: feet hip width apart and have your knees bent over your toes

It's important if you are going to continue to skate to ask a coach at the local rink to recommend a skate shop that can fit you properly in a pair of ice skates and blades for your level and type of skating. If you only go occasionally then do a little reading online to understand how ice skates should fit. This inward ankle issue is most commonly caused from skates being to big and/or the ankle support being broken down. It's painful after awhile and no fun to skate like this.

Ty I will try 😂 and about to go skating 😅

Can you explain how to stop wobbling, shaking, or tensing up on the ice??

I keep seeing teenagers at my rink with loosely tied hockey skates who rock their ankles in like that and it makes me cringe so bad, I keep thinking: tie your skates idiots!

THANKS SO MICH FOR THIS VIDEO I NEEDED THIS!!

Super helpful!!!! Thanks

this was very helpful thank u

I went skating for my first time yesterday, I had the motion technique down, i just couldn’t grab the ice, and my rental (figure) skates kept on loosening, which caused my ankles to bend.

1. Tight skates 2. Feet close together

How do i find the balance between good support and too tight when lacing the skates? My skates are probably always too tight because my feet get either numb or hurt badly. But if i loosen it even just a little bit it doesn't feel like there is enough support and i can kinda bend to the sides at the ankle which i think I'm not supposed to be able to do?

what if you have flat feet? cause that’s why i struggle with this

this helps so much!!

Thank you for this video!!

I don't have this problem...on my right side but I do on my left. I'm a 49 year old life time runner with a bunch of microtears and scar tissue so although strong, I am also inflexible. I have to consciously push my left knee outward in order to be closer to having a straight alignment. Not easy. lol

*sorry for my English I can skate since I was 4, and I always loved it. Tho, I always had plastic ice skates. Two years ago my last plastic skates broke, so my parents bought me first figure skates (I always wanted them). But I just can't get use to the looser ankle and I keep skating like shown in the video. But I don't know if I can fix it because I walk this way too..

What if I have ONE foot that naturally kind of does this? My left foot seems to naturally lean in no matter what I do. (I think it’s my actual foot, not just in ice skates.

When I was little my mother used to make me take ice skating lessons. After awhile the instructor said my ankles were too weak for ice skating. I clearly remember them saying it. Guess they might of been wrong or I really did have weak ankles :/ guess I’ll never know

Why do I get blisters when I'm ice skating

I am wondering if ankles leaning in has anything to do with being duck footed

thanks for this! i usually keep my ankles straight when I skate but then later on when I get tired they just bend lol

Insoles, shimming and medial blade offset to fix that.

I don't have my ankles rocked in anymore but my knees keep doing the "x" and I tried almost everything I know to fix it but I just can't. Is there any ways that I could fix that?

I tie my skates as tight as possible and i can never stop myself from doing this

But for doing a swizzle it is ok?

only my right ankle was rocking in because rental shoes were bent so much

Good video I’m doing ice skating lessons also my coach taught me the swizzle. I had hockey skates he wanted me to have figure skates but they didn’t have one for boys so I used hockey skates. I’m only a fan for the knights and really wants to do kids hockey Which I call KHL which stands for Kids Hockey League.

Ok. So that's probably one of my main problems. How do you skate on an edge, then? I'm trying to learn to skate to play hockey and there's a hundred and one beginner videos and coaches that talk about how knee bend is hugely important for vasic balance and everything you do, the same with "wide" stance and feet together and legs straight is inherently bad. So we're gravitating towards ankle rolling and knocked knees as that's the center of attention.

Finally! The cure.

video starts at 1:45

But it's harrrd if try to stand straight my ankles pop out the other way 😅

I had a whole class, kids 7-8 yrs., with "X" legs 🙈 OMG. Impossible to explain them, why and how they should hold their legs straight under their hips. I tried several basic exercises with them, unfortunately with almost no good result. I saw it hundred times and it always takes sooo long time and for some people it stays a bad habbit for their whole life 🙁 What a pity.

I wonder what type of skates he has. They look so sleek

Ok! First I pay a 8,5€ repairing for a given jacket to be wearable with a needed extra wash... And then, "Given!"... And given to charity is nor given to me. I had it through charity, not directly offered to me by any of you...

Everytime you bend down a little in black it just looked like you were shrinking XD

I always have my ankles outside edge😑

Bro sounds exactly like Theo Baker

I feel embarrassed I did this😭

Thing is... My ankles are not strong enough to keep me straight on my skates...

You know what also is very cringe ppl who don’t tighten there rollerblade but skate

IS ( 63 )YEARS OF AGE TO OLD TO LEARN.KG.

Are you the same guy as in this other Ice Coach Online video? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uH3ozA7e3zw.html Different hair, different voice....

I really wanna play ice hockey but one of my biggest fears is breaking my ankles

they do that because the narrow blades under the soles are violating basic human anatomy and balance that is. you can't blame them, standing upright on those blades is like learning to walk from scratch. been there when i was 9.