I agree. I get eaten alive because I am still working on certain aspects of skating, and oddly enough these videos have helped me more then any clinic I attend. granted clinics put you on the ice, I tend to enjoy watching videos and practicing at stick play and pub skate. much cheaper haha!
@McSnuckles if you're sliding while performing the turn, chances are you've got the weight more toward the middle of your skate blade than the heel. It's also possible your stance is too wide, which tends to also cause the weight on your skates to shift toward the ball of your feet instead of the heel. Hope this helps!
This video is going to help me a lot. My instructor says weight on the inside leg and this was giving me no end of problems trying to put most of the weight on the inside leg.
Nahhh. I found this really helpful. They told me to do this in my tryouts for state on I was one of the few that mastered it. I thought that this wouldn't be important then I watched this video and now I play on State.
A good practice to get lower and wider is dropping your glove to the ice, the wider the stance, and the more outside edge on the inside skate the more stable you'll be. My boy is doing this now and rarely does he fall down when contact happens with other players.
Nice Vid and excellent explaination. I found I had to put a slight lift in the front of my skate so as to put me more on my heels when turning. For some reason my lifts need to be in the front of the skate. It is a very slim shim but it makes a world of difference for me.
So say your going full speed as fast as you can go and have to do a tight turn... when I try and do this I usually loose my edge? any tips for going really fast and doing tight turns?
When I try this skill I stop rather then make the turn. Perhaps you could point out certain symptoms when you do it wrong, so people can recognise them and focus more on doing it right. Always great movies, thanks for all the skill video's !
Really try to drop down into a squatted stance - usually if you can't get your front leg forward it's because your stance it too upright. Focus on keeping your chest from dropping too far forward as you drop down into the squatted stance. Hope this helps!!
if u just try doing the turn with ur feet, ull end up sliding and stoping, u have to drop ur hip into the turn and put the weight on ur heels, he just said shoulder in the vid but when u turn ur shoulders bend ur inside knee and drop ur hip into the turn and ur feet will follaw around
Good video, however today the strong handed power turn, while leading with your stick is essential, crossing your hands along with keeping your hands close together is arguably outdated and not the preferred method due to creating a weak point from body and stick. Good overall video and informative
I was practicing this before a game I great at doing it turning right but when I turn left I have to think about it anyway when I went to turn left I thought I had my weight on my heels resulting in losing my balance and bruising a bone in my lower back which now I'm waiting impatiently to let it heal fully
I think the inside foot, outside edge. As a beginner you naturally put more weight on your inside edge because its just easier. More weight on outside edge foot allows it to cut the ice more
Hi Kevin, I'm a big fan of your channel. I played a game against an amazing skater today.She was changing directions 2 times in a row and was able to keep her speed. How can I improve with that ? I'm able to execute my tight turns but I lack speed when I'm coming out of the turn so it's hard for me to execute another turn and to follow that kind of players. I don't know if you could make a video or give me tips to improve speed and multiple direction changes ? Thanks Anna
Hi Kevin, I know this video is old but I'd like to have your input on something. When I turn left everything is fine but to turn right it's another story. My skates are staying ''together''. It's like I can't get my right leg forward and it seems that I bend way too much forward. Do you have tips for those kind of problems ? Thanks and keep up the good work. I love your channel :-)
Fantastic tips! Thanks for the great video! I find outside edges are one of the hardest skating skills to master. I usually end up lifting my inside skate off the ice and just turning on my outside foot, inside edge. Any tips for getting used to working that outside edge on the inside skate?
when i turn i put my feet in the opposite possition, for instance if i want to turn left, i put my right foot forward it feels unnatural to do it the other way do you know why this is
How do you stop the toe of the front skate from coming up off the ice? My eight year-old has a tendency to do that - ie lift the front skate toe - especially when doing these tight turns to his right.
I have a tough time doing tight turns to the right. Left is no problem. It's like i can't get on the right skate outside edge! If anyone has some tips for weak side tight turns I would appreciate it!
I’m the opposite of you, right is easy, left is hard. I’m right handed BTW. You have to do it slowly to train your body to do something unnatural. Skate forwards, place your feet as explained in the video, good knee bend, then lean gently in the direction you want to turn. Make sure you stick your bum out towards the centre of the turn, with your back up, as per the video. The posture is important. Do this slowly, again and again, and again. Eventually you should start to train your body, and after a while you will find yourself riding your edges. I found it hard to control both feet in the turn, but hours of repetition cracked it. It takes time to create muscle memory, and develop the fine control needed.
Dude im sorry to break it to you but im only 12 and ive been playing hockey for 8 years currently i am playing peewee AAA for the los angeles jr. kings and you really need to WORK ON YOUR CROSSOVERS. Crossovers are meant for speed try to lift up your foot a little more and actually pushing off it kind of looks like your doing figure skating crossovers, just helping you out.
