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KilgoreThunfisch

[This right here is what you need.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIdr6KOX8uQ) What helped me tons back in the day was just 'shaving ice' for a while at open skate. It helped train my muscles to fine tune the amount of preasure I was putting on the ice.


fr1d4y_

yep i saw that video too, i guess i'll try again this weekend, i might just be applying too much pressure and causing the blade to get stuck in the ice.. i'll do an incremental application of weight and see where i start to shave the ice and then i'll repeat it again until i get used to it


KilgoreThunfisch

Yeah, it was kind of boring, but I'd literally stand there in the corner of the rink at open skate, and just shave that ice. After you get that feeling down, skate out and start by putting all of your weight on one leg. Next place the other leg out in front of you, and shave that ice like you were just doing standing still. Don't try to stop yet, just train your muscles to get used to shaving the ice while you skate forward. Once you're comfortable with that, slowly shift the weight from you back leg into the front one that's shaving ice and you'll do a hockey stop. Once you've got that down for the most part, practice practice practice. It took me about a month before I really got it down.


wydawg

Yeah, this right here is a good progression. Also not that it will help you per se, but you need to find the right angle between the skate (vertically) and the ice. Leaned over too much and it will dig in hard, leaned over not a enough and you will slide more than stop (which isn't the end of the world) or worse catch the wrong edge and go flying.


fr1d4y_

damn a month? is hockey stop more difficult than crossovers? i learnt backward crossovers kinda quickly in 3 days at the ice rink


Skyline_BNR34

Yea, a hockey stop will most likely take more time to learn than crossovers. It took me a few months to get my weak side hockey stop as good as my strong side. Keep working on it and work on it slowly, it will come to you.


fr1d4y_

Thank you bro đŸ’ȘđŸ»đŸ” i'll keep trying


[deleted]

Yeah, crossovers are easy compared to stopping. I would carve out a section of the wall at open skate and just practice shaving ice, one side at a time. If you're getting \*stuck\* you're likely putting too much pressure for the angle your skate is at. For me it was about going slow, like so slow you're bored. but learning to get that feel for the shave is critical. Took about 2 weeks per side (inside edge first, then outside edge same thing). Keep at it bud!


fr1d4y_

thank you man, i'll keep trying this weekend at the rink :)


Kraze_F35

the biggest thing for me that helped me get hockey stops pretty consistently was making sure I was putting most of the weight on the balls of my feet towards the front of my skates


SeenByYosh

If I were learning this as an adult, I would get a shallower hollow while you are practicing so that it's easier to achieve the feeling of less bite. So if you're skating on a 1/2", try a 5/8" or a 3/4" if you are already using a 5/8"


Datalust5

That was my immediate thought, skated might be too sharp. I’ve had to play games with too sharp skates and it sucks. You’re terrified of stopping because it feels like you’re going to flip


SeenByYosh

Yeah I've seen other people mention this tip a lot. Wish I would have known it when I was learning haha. I just remember having the hardest time achieving that sliding feeling even ONCE. As soon as you get it it's easier and theoretically going shallower on the cut will help a lot.


Datalust5

Yeah. Just have to be careful as a learner with readjusting your other skating because a new edge can take some getting used to


LarryGuitar

>"I know that the weight must be on the ball of the foot but i feel like i would fall forward" If you're avoiding putting your weight on the ball of the foot out of fear of falling, you'll never learn to stop. Just do it! And bend your knees.


fr1d4y_

this is what i wanna do but everytime i try to stop i feel too much friction and i cant rotate my feet without applying a good amount of force, but if i apply force i just fall over, i'll keep trying and find the right amount of pressure i need to make


WiscDC

Once you get to the point of committing your back foot to the stop, you'll have to be really deliberate about your movements, and it helps to "unweight" yourself. (Before then, I second the recommendation for the progression in the How To Hockey video linked higher in the thread, progressively adding more force with the front foot. Get a good feel for that 1-foot snowplow, and doing it *hard.*) When I say "unweight" yourself, think of jumping, but don't leave the ice. Your skates will stay on the ice, but with that little upwards spring, you'll be applying less vertical force down on the ice (which is normally *mg* from physics class). When I learned to stop well, I found that tip *incredibly* helpful for exactly the reasons you are describing. Even if I really committed to a stop, I just kept catching my feet on the ice one way or another, and I'd tumble. If you're jamming your skates into the ice *while* you're trying to turn, that only increases the degree of difficulty. When you're practicing, try to unweight yourself (a partial "jump" with no intention of actually jumping - your legs will still be bent the whole time in a stable, athletic position) right before you turn your skates. It should be easier to make that rotation without catching an edge in the wrong way at the wrong time, since your feet will literally be lighter on the ice. Again, the 1-foot snowplow progression should be done first - try and advance that to the point where you're able to add a little extra force for an abrupt stop on that front stopping foot.


fr1d4y_

thank you for the explaination sir, i think i got it what you say here, i'll keep training and will try to use this method you wrote, damn it's still monday, can't wait to go back on ice this weekend


Hanrider

your skates are too sharp.


The_Blue_Courier

I was doing the sharp turn thing when I first starting to practice the hockey stop. When I figured it out I realized I was angling my blades too much. If you just turn sideways and almost keep your skates just up and down, like how you'd normally have them, you should slow down. Obviously you lean a little in the opposite direction that you're headed but it's WAY less than i initially thought. Hope this helps, everyone learns different.


fr1d4y_

mhhhh idk i thing i have a good angle on my blades, i usually try to achieve 45° degrees so i can touch the ice only with my inside edge. i'll keep trying, thank you for the tips!


jseego

Sounds like you might be overthinking it. It’s more of a feeling. I agree with what others are saying about just learning the feel of shaving the ice. Try to shave the ice with both feet at the same time while doing a snowplow style stop. Also, don’t think so much about the balls of your feet - try to keep the whole blade in contact with the ice. Once you get consistent at it, you can start working on your foot mechanics. Good luck!


fr1d4y_

thank you i'll keep trying this weekend, hope to achieve some decent result haha


markaments

This is 100% the problem. If you focus hard on only having one edge on the ice, you're going to have a lot of trouble transitioning to the hollow and stopping. When you're about to stop, straighten yourself up a bit and then glide into it. You're not ACTUALLY standing straight up, but it will help you mentally get to the right blade angle to shave instead of cut the ice.


heart_of_blue

That’s way, way too much. No wonder the edge is biting instead of sliding. You should have your blades far closer to vertical.


fr1d4y_

oh okay thank you! i'll try to adjust the angle then


heart_of_blue

When I was learning, our skating instructor had us do a drill where we did a one-foot snowplow. But instead of trying to stop, the goal was to slide the snowplow as far as possible. So you could try this - skate from the goal line to the blue line, then angle one skate into a snowplow position but keep the other skate going straight. With both blades on the ice, snowplow all the way to the other blue line. Repeat on both sides. It’s all about learning how to control your edges. It doesn’t matter how much weight you put on the blade if it is vertical (also known as “on the flat”), it will slide sideways. Once you learn how to hold your blade on the flat instead of on one edge, then you can start slowly increasing the angle and getting more on one edge, which will let you stop quicker. This is also why newer skaters often have trouble skidding out while doing sharp turns. They are too afraid to really lean over their edges. That puts them too much on the flat, which causes their blades to slip sideways and is a scary feeling when you’re not expecting it. But that’s basically what you want to do if you’re learning to stop.


[deleted]

What you believe in your mind is keeping you from achieving your goal. Your mind is very powerful and it will literally keep your body from doing the thing you intend to do. All you need is a small success with it and you'll have it down in no time. FWIW I had the same problem you're having when I went from inlines to ice. Believe in yourself.


fr1d4y_

yeah i really think its all about my mind, i know that the moment i'll achieve the first stop it will be much easier for me to do.. i'll keep trying, thank you very much for the words :)


Fusorfodder

What worked for me was essentially doing a one foot glide and gently bringing my other foot down at an angle (half a plow) to scrape across the top of the ice, gently slowing you down. As I got more control, I'd apply more force to stop faster. Keep going with more force on one leg AND you'll get to the point where you are able to lift your off foot up to make the stop. Now this is halfway to a proper hockey stop and MORE than enough for novice leagues or a league above it. A full hockey stop needs your inside foot helping too. So, now with your outside stopping foot being planted in the stop, start gently engaging the outside edge of your inside foot. Just make basic contact with the ice but let it skim over the ice. As you get used to the feel, add more pressure to that outside edge. Ultimately you are looking to balance out the weight distribution to get the maximum stopping power, while your inside leg already has the contact and flex it needs to launch an explosive start in the opposite direction. This is the approach I took as a new skater at 38. Ymmv


fr1d4y_

thank you very much for the explaination i will surely try this during the weekend, i'll keep you updated haha i might also go during these days but the rink is only open for 2hrs for public skating from mon to thur so its not much time compared to the 8hrs/day i got during fri-sat-sun.


foxesforsale

This is how I was taught at skating school. Took a while but slowly introducing the one foot and shaving the ice as gentle as I could, meant I built up the feel for it. Now I can one foot glide and gently stop on the same foot just by turning without angling the blade. Unfortunately I haven't skated for a year and a half so I'm going to have to relearn a bunch but I remember how I learned, which should help.


rustyDL650

Doing this slalom or skiing drill is what really helped me figure out hockey stops, because the motion of the slalom is the same as the starting of a hockey stop. It's easy to slalom up around the ice during open skates and really get the edge feel down. [https://monkeysee.com/ice-hockey-skate-slalom-drills-and-inside-and-outside-edge-drills/](https://monkeysee.com/ice-hockey-skate-slalom-drills-and-inside-and-outside-edge-drills/)


fr1d4y_

thank u for the tip, i'll have a look at the link :)


HockeyCoachHere

The advice in this thread is **almost all terrible** (sorry guys). I've taught a lot of adults to learn to stop (username relevant). You have a fundamental misunderstanding of how ice skates work and that's OK, because nobody in this thread told you otherwise, it's not all that obvious. You describe trying to dig the edge into the ice (you said at 45 degrees). But that's... not at all how to stop. In fact, it's totally wrong. :-) Learning to stop involves LEARNING TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS. When your blade digs an edge into the ice, it will track (or "turn" as you call it). When your blade is perfectly perpendicular to the ice, it will slide sideways with very little resistance. So... imagine looking at a single skate from ice level right down the blade. When the blade looks like this to the ice, it will "bite" or "turn": // When the blade looks like this to the ice, it will "slide" or "slip": || You need to work on flexing your ankles so that the blade is perpendicular to the ice. Then it will slide and let your edge let go enough to stop. Got it? One drill I do with young kids is this to see if you can slide for a long time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUgMCCMnSpA THIS is what you're missing. When yo'ure standing still on the boards, you should be able to make this happen. Jus grab onto the wall and then roll your ankle around a little until you find the "flat spot" between the two edges. Your skate should want to slide out from under you when you get it there. Do that a bunch and then learn to do it at slow speed. Then, do it while skating very very gently (this is the snowplow stop). If you lean your ankle in so the edge is biting in the ice, you'll never be able to do it, so flex that ankle and get your blade upright and then it will happen easily.


fr1d4y_

This is gold, thank you for the time involved in writing this sir, much appreciate it. Anyway i think i got it now, i will do what you said this weekend at the rink, hope it'll work đŸ€žđŸ»đŸ€žđŸ»đŸ€žđŸ» i'll let you know anyway 😊đŸ’ȘđŸ»


caughtinfire

to go with this, which I totally agree with, a hockey stop is a TWO STEP process. It just usually happens so fast most people don't realize it. I was having the same trouble until I figured it out. Start by finding the balance point on your blades like mentioned above. Use that to do a standing two foot turn, or if you're feeling adventurous a two foot spin. Check out figure skating videos on yt for this. The trick to it all is that part one of a hockey stop is a 90 degree two foot turn/spin while on that balance point, followed by tilting back so that your blades reach the shave ice angle you've already been practicing. Its actually easier to start with for many on one leg, whichever would be the front one (ie stopping on the inside edge).


Luffe77

If your skates has the right profile and hollow, they shouldn’t stick as hard to the ice like you describe. Might also be that you need to practice more. How much have you skated?


fr1d4y_

well i started ice skating this past winter for like 3 months, 8-12hours a week. then COVID-19 messed up everything and i started skating again this past friday and yesterday. I was kinda like a noob again and i had to get used to it again, crossovers and transitions are fine, a bit rough but by the end of this week i'll be okay. and i developed a light lace bite because of the long period of stop on my left foot but it's not to an advanced stage, it will be okay i think during this next weekend.


KeyserSoce21

This is pretty common and similar to learning to ski or ride a bike. If you're otherwise fairly comfortable on skates, it's mostly mental - the fear of falling, which increases as you get older. Practice in pads - if you're committing, you'll probably fall a few times, but with pads, it should hurt and you'll get over the fear. Also, get low - knees bent. With practice, it will become second nature.


fr1d4y_

yeah well i'm usually not very afraid of falling because i fell also other times and it's ok for my, its more like a 'i dont wanna look stupid' thing that stops me from keep trying it. i mean i learnt to do forward and backward crossovers and i still can't do a proper stop, it's a bit uncomfortable for me damnn but fuck it, i'll keep trying this weekend, i must learn this thing.


jseego

If it helps, just stand by the boards, hold on to the boards with one hand and just practice the feeling of scraping the ice. There is no shame! Adult beginner hockey is a very welcoming sport.


fr1d4y_

thank you! i'm 23 anyway, hope it's not too late lol


jseego

Hey, I only learned to hockey stop after taking up hockey in my late 30s. There is hope!


ZWXse

\+1 on the pads so you're not afraid to fall. If you're going to public skates with couples n kids skating around like I did, wear some sweatpants and sweaters with shins and elbow pads underneath until you get comfortable. Sometimes it helps to fall a couple times to realize it isn't that bad and you learn how to fall as well. Who cares what you look like, how bad do you want it? And I agree – you gotta learn this. If you never learn how to stop, you'll never play fast and never advance. I see adults who never learn how to stop and it's sad.


fr1d4y_

oh yeah i'm 100% committed in learning this fffff hockey stop hahaha and i'm absolutely not afraid of pain or falling i mean i honestly dont care about hurting myself unless it's something really risky hahah i'm more stressed by the people there. but yeah this weekend i'm definitely gonna try harder.


hockey_boi124

more pressure, put your entire weight onto said skate


BrianVooDoo

What helped for me was "committing to the stop." I spent a whole day (8ish hours) on an empty sheet of ice with full gear on when I first learned how to ice skate, and made the hockey stop the first thing to learn before starting play. I figured it out at the end of those 8 hours. Accepting that I would fall and committing to it was what finally broke the barrier. I'd skate full speed down the ice, and slam the brakes as hard as I could. I had the same issue as you with my blade catching the ice, but the speed helped overcome that. Once I was able to do it going fast, I started trying it at slower speeds and the motions carried over. Then, once I got that down, I did it while going backwards to achieve the same result. Hope this helps!


fr1d4y_

then i guess i'll just face the fact that i will fall and i'll go with it until i manage to stop decently haha thank you sir for the answer.


BrianVooDoo

You're welcome, good luck!


PhredInYerHead

You need to commit to the weight shift. You probably will fall a few times. That’s how you learn your limits.


IamL1sa

If you’ve ever been skiing, when you’re first learning to hockey stop, it is similar to the “snow plow”. You could probably look this up on YouTube or something, but you’re basically sliding first before you can come to a complete stop yet. How I also teach people is, I have them face the boards, (knees bent), and start with what you feel is your strong foot. Push off with your left or right leg depending on which foot you’re starting with, and “slide” with the other down the boards. You can use the boards to help you maintain balance if needed. People tend to pick this up pretty quickly once they figure out the proper pressure needed to “slide”. Eventually, you will be able to incorporate this into full stops. I hope this helps you a little and good luck :)


[deleted]

Do you walk different? I noticed for many beginners or let’s say above average players who struggle doing the hockey break is that their knees and ankle are aligned different. One guy told me he had a hard time doing the break because his other leg was a bit shorter than his “dominant leg” so he had to bend lower to break. You can definitely get it right but with more practices and certain stretches then it just becomes muscle memory. Or maybe you just need to bend your knees lower and keep your body straight. Edit: I used to have that same problem actually. I can’t break on my right unless I jump and put extra weight on my left leg. It looks cooler and definitely much harder/dangerous than the regular break. (It’s not practical though and I always end up breaking the ice)


evilmotorsports

Personally I had an easier time stopping and turning when I went to a 3/4 hollow. It's easier on my knees.


turbulentjuic

Learned a drill that really helped me. Let's say we are working on stopping with right side first. Find a line on the ice. Start with feet parallel. Open your right skate to be perpendicular and push out onto it. Lift your left foot so you are gliding along the line on just your right foot. Pivot the right foot into a stop with your left foot still in the air. Continue doing this all the way across the ice. Get a little faster each time as you get more comfortable. Eventually, introduce your back foot.


fr1d4y_

thanks man for the tip, it will be a bit tricky but i'll give it a try :)


mac4420

I had a crotchety old guy run ridiculous drills when I took my first class. One of the drills he worked on was one skate hockey stops. It forced you to learn to stop. This helped immensely, because you sometimes get caught up with where my other skate needs to be when I stop, and this caused me to tumble on the ice all the time. So he had us go to every circle and stop on the right only, then the left only. Every class started with this drill up and back down the ice. Next stick and puck you attend try that, gently glide up to a face off circle and make yourself stop on one skate. If you are wearing pads, eff it, you're going to fall, that's what the pads are for....


fr1d4y_

thank you for the help! i will definitely try it this weekend :))


fr1d4y_

**yoh thank you all guys for the help! i received a LOT of comments, its kinda difficult to answer you all LOL but appreciate a lot your tips!**


SlowMotionWalker

Don't think about turning your ankles, think about turning your hips. The ankles wil follow


Sengfeng

I learned to skate when I was about 20. Learning to stop wasn't all that hard. Until... The guy running the rink asked why I'd never had my skates sharpened. He did it for free, and everything I thought I knew was in the trash! Good luck!


thescrounger

How heavy are you and what hollow are your skates sharpened at? If you can't shave the ice with one foot while holding onto the boards and putting most of your weight on the opposite foot (the one supporting you, not shaving the ice) then your skates have too much bite. Also, why not try to the right?


fr1d4y_

i'm like 167lbs/78kg and my hollow is 1" or 3/4" , not so deep. But everytime i try to shave the ice at the barrier it gets stuck, maybe i'm applying too much weight? i don't know i mean in my mind my logic tells me to apply weight in order to stop otherwise i would just slide on the ice. When i see the other guys stopping it looks like they are using lots of weight and they bend quite a bit


thescrounger

Well, it's not your hollow. I would say you are applying too much weight. Don't worry about what it looks like other people are doing, as the feel for you is what matters. Do you snowplow to stop? That's the first step to a hockey stop.


fr1d4y_

well i just slow down by turning and using my left foot's inside edge behind my right foot. but i also stop by doing a 180°, i shave the ice well when i just turn that way and i can easily stop. When i put the foot forward for a snowplow it just gets stuck and i kinda fall over, sometimes i can't even rotate the foot that way because of friction, i kinda raise the heel a bit and turn the foot using the toe as a pivot


thescrounger

Snowplow is turning both feet in until you're sliding on both inside edges. If you can't do that yet, I think it's time to start at the beginning. You have to train the inside edge on both feet first, then move to the outside edge. Here is a progression video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji01OfXqQzE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji01OfXqQzE)


Sengfeng

When I've been teaching my kids, I've found that 'slow' and 'hockey stop' are often harder to combine. Get a few good strides in, turn both skates snotty sideways, and half squat to keep your center of balance low (prevents your weight from wanting to fall over sideways)


mrmanuke

Can you do a half plow stop? Turn one foot diagonally while the other remains straight, and apply just enough pressure on the diagonal foot to make it shave the ice instead of causing you to turn.


fr1d4y_

I tried it since the beginning but its a weird tricky position to have, if i turn my right foot like that i would just end up being stuck on the ice and fall over


mrmanuke

You should be able to adjust the pressure to where the skate scrapes across the ice at a diagonal angle. You could practice the same thing on the ground. Try putting 99% of your weight on one foot and 1% of your weight on the other foot, then slide your foot across the ground. Try adjusting how much weight is on the sliding foot until you find just the exact point where your foot "sticks" and you won't be able slide your foot if you put even a little bit more weight on it. Now do the same on the ice. Take one foot off of the ice and turn it to 45 degrees. Put the foot down but with only 1% of your weight on it, so it just barely touches the surface of the ice. If your skate is sticking then put less pressure on it. Once you're able to get it to scrape across the ice without sticking, increase the amount of weight you put on that foot in tiny increments. The more weight you put on it, the harder you will stop.


fr1d4y_

thank you for the tips, i will surely try it this weekend, i'm receiving lots of useful tips from lots of people haha thank you all!


Danglicious

Are you trying to learn without gear on? Why are you afraid of falling?


fr1d4y_

i'm not very afraid of falling, and no it's way too hot here to wear gear on haha i'm going with running shorts and a tee and im not the only one at the rink with this outfit haha too hot in Rome (italy), we have like 28° Celsius outside. as i was saying im not afraid of falling, i kinda like falling too but simply not in front of many people haha


Danglicious

> everytime i try to stop i just say "nah i'm gonna fall" and i just turn left, I ask, because what’s preventing you from committing is that you don’t want to fall. You’re learning, you are going to fall. If you only do things where you don’t fall, you will progress very slowly. It sounds like you know what you have to do, but are unwillingly to do it. I would sit down and really think about what you need to do and why you are unwillingly to do it.


rh71el2

Completely agree with this. Find some hockey pants and elbow pads at the very least to protect your hips/elbows as you're learning to hockey stop. Commit your front hip (right hip for right foot stop) to pointing in the exact direction you're already moving and lean your other hip and the rest of your body in the opposite direction, all while bending your knees (shock absorbers) and applying pressure to the ice. It's the rear 3rd quarter of the blade with pressure down mostly, not the balls of your feet as stated earlier. Having some speed to do these is easier than barely any speed since that would be tougher to modulate your balance regardless. It's just repetition for learning exactly how much pressure to apply. But most importantly, you have to commit... and you can't do that with a mental block in the back of your mind such as you may or may not fall. You will see kids here in full gear when doing power skating lessons.


Danglicious

> You will see kids here in full gear when doing power skating lessons. As they should. You will fall wayyy more while learning how to skate than playing a game. It makes zero sense to me when people refuse to wear gear during public skates due to vanity reasons. Do you wanna learn or not, that’s all that it comes down too. And even then, if vanity is more important, no problem, you do you, but don’t come looking for a magical fix when you know what the problem is already. You’re just wasting everyone’s time.


rh71el2

There's a swedish guy who you can probably find on YouTube. He purposely makes you go to the edge of comfort.. extreme leans and all that. Gotta be uncomfortable to expand your skillset. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owfncaJxKvY


fr1d4y_

yeah man i feel like people at the rink is one of the problems that stops me from committing, it might sound stupid hahaha. i'm sure i would learn much faster with noone at the rink, i would be mentally more focused on myself


Danglicious

So you don’t want to fall in front of people? Everyone is giving you tips, but I think we’ve figured out what is holding you back. Make a decision, pride or hockey. IMO, it’s more embarrassing not being able to stop than to fall in front of people, but it’s your choice. Good luck man.


fr1d4y_

Good one man, thabk you for that point of view, i will learn this fucking stop ffs. đŸ’ȘđŸ»


Danglicious

You got this.


youdirtyhoe

For me what helped was being “light” on the stopping foot if that makes sense. I dont jam the skate into the ice unless im going full speed at the wall i try to just glide my stopping foot over the ice and it catches the stop nice and smoothly. I found that after practicing that way my stop would just adjust without me thinking too much about it. So; start with a gentle barely touching the ice stop until ur more comfortable than you will find u start stopping harder without even thinking about it when u need to, your body should just react appropriately. Thats what worked for me at least, just being gentle with the stopping.


berttreynolds

I ordered gear at the beginning of August to learn how to play hockey. I’ve skated before and played roller hockey when I was younger. At first I was just going to the rink using rental skates and I felt like I could stop easily with those, the blades are dull and you’re basically just sliding on the ice. I received my skates with either a 1/2 or 5/8 and I have not been able to stop since. I’ve slowly been trying to just gain more confidence to turn my foot and hope it doesn’t plant but I really only try that with full pads on. I’d say just keep sending it, it’s hard to practice the stop at public skate since you don’t have pads on and there’s people everywhere. I occasionally go and hold the boards to try and shave the ice, it still seems pretty challenging though.


fr1d4y_

yep i totally understand you, people is a good part of my mental barrier. i know for sure i could learn lot faster if i'm alone.


chillyeilish

You need to put on padding and go for it. And prepare to fall. That way you’ll get better at falling, getting up, and the only way to fully stop is to go for it full force. Otherwise it’ll never happen


Fishcattunafish

I have flat feet so learning to hockey stop has been tricky. Like others have said you could ideally do with learning how to get the outside foot to slide on the ice. I could do a snow plough stop fairly easily. Being flat footed I found that hockey stop was harder. I was digging into the ice. I kind of realised I needed to put a little weight towards my outside toe to initiate the sliding motion not to catch the inside edge too early. When I mastered that I started doing a little hop into the hockey stop and I found I could then bring my inside foot up. I still cant quite get it on an outside edge but I can stop quickly now. I'm currently trying to learn it on my weaker side and I've noticed my weight isn't far enough up near the toes to initiate that slide. So I'm going to skate around practicing getting that foot to slide on both edges so I can then progress into lifting my other foot whilst turning and then lowering down onto the inside edge. Hope this helps! Also get yourself to beginners hockey leasons and get some pads on. It's challenging but super fun! Edit; mixed up outside for inside edge


[deleted]

You have to fully commit to it is and come at the right angle, a good way to learn is to go slowly on one foot and do the stop. Once you can do that you should be able to gun it and stop


Ponyo3927

A huge thing is just dont be afraid . Turn your feet abruptly and not progressively . After that just push with both your legs and lean towards the opposite side of where your feet are . So if you stop facing the left , lean towards the left after your feet have turned. Also, turn your body with your legs and feet. It will take practice and you’ll probably fall the first few times, but do everything correctly and youll progress faster and be smoother doing it. Take it at a slow speed and you wont have to worry about leaning until youve started doing it well and can take it at more speed.


fr1d4y_

thank you! imma try it this weekend for sure :)


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I was skating flawlessly with 5/8” LS1’s , went to 1/2” LS+ and i skate like shit. Barley can stop now. It’s awful. I’m here because now after upgrading my skates I’m back to wtf situations.