BenBreeg

What is odd about addressing things fundamentally first?

Out of curiosity, why not just use more copper rivets as a matter of course? I am sure there is a price difference relative to non-copper rivets but it is a drop in the bucket when compared to high end skate cost.

No, you have biomechanics, can’t be avoided. They are either contributing to or detracting from your skating. We all have dominant sides, habits that we have developed over the years. My right foot pronates AND i am left leg dominant. Even off the ice if I am standing I tend to default to weight on my left foot. I skate unlaced at public skate now. If you pay attention to whats going on when you do this you will make quick improvements. I am 45 and have been skating since I was about 10 and was able to ID several issues right off the bat. You get feedback that a tight, stiff skate laced up will hide. I have seen improvement after only doing this only a handful of times, can’t imagine what I could do if I did it once or twice a week. I am still in an old Bauer Supreme 7000 which by this point is probably a fraction of the stiffness of these new skates and don’t feel it is holding me back, although I will be forced into new skates soon since they are literally starting to fall apart. Just because everyone doesn't teach a certain thing doesn’t it is or isnt valid. Laces undone has been done for a very long time.

This scenario, it seems....familiar.... 🙂

Best wishes and hope everything works out for the best. Great that you were able to move down there and be close.

Rationalization is a beautiful thing.

Learn the players’ personalities (you probably have a leg up there). Know which players respond to overt criticism and which ones need to be coached in a private side conversation. As mentioned, be valuable to the coach. Do all the little things on and off the ice that lets him focus on his core coaching responsibilities. i was in a somewhat similar situation when I was assistant for a college club team. Expectations weren’t explicit so I just defined it myself. I started running dryland and all S&C activities including designing the program and creating a web site for it. I put up bars in the office to hang the jerseys, took them home and washed them after every game (my wife lovvved that...), put together a first aid kit with spare helmet parts, designed and ordered helmet stickers and game pucks, delivered the line up to the scorer before the game, etc.

No need to stay with a line, mix and match. Don’t leave out STX, I think they provide great value and have multiple price points.

I would say their percentages on sales are more accurate than the number of people that fit in a given line. The two not lining up exactly isn’t surprising.

Yeah, the muscles atrophy. I remember getting a full leg cast off as a kid and my knee maybe had 15-20 degrees ROM. The wrist has a lot going on inside. Keep at it and hope to see you back on the ice ASAP!

There is plenty of pick-up around, stick time is generally reserved for 18 and under though. I don’t know of any place that rents gear. There is a Pure Hockey in north Pittsburgh and a Ko Sports in the south. Pure is probably like any other Pure, Ko is bigger. It is a Source for Sports franchise somit will have SMU stuff but dont think pro stock. There is also a Peranis but I havent been there for years. if you know where you are staying that would help.

The post does nothing to explain how this would help. The lace in inside out lacing and the lace in outside in lacing both cross the tongue with half the lace crossing from the top (or outside) of the facing and the other end exiting from the bottom (or inside) of the facing. Changing how you lace it is just reversing the order it enters and exits, not the amount of pressure on the tongue.

Gotta be placebo because it will be alternating “high-low” and “low-high” as it crisscrosses so really no difference.

Sorry to hear that, at least you got a positive diagnosis though.

Considering all the lawsuits, I ask myself the same thing. Surprised insurance doesn't mandate it. My son was skating with a kid he met at public skate a couple years ago and that kid went down and smacked his temple. My son has been in full gear all along at public skate. One, it helped him develop because when he fell he just got back up and wasn't afraid to try things. Two, it protects him from other people flying around. Kid on his team last year was clobbered by an older kid flying around not looking where he was going. He had gear on but still was shaken up pretty badly. The other day was the first time without full gear for my son, but he has to wear helmet, elbow pads, and gloves and will for quite a while.

For the feet, literally go buy a lacrosse ball (they also make sets of various sizes just for this, but the lacrosse ball is cheaper). For everything else, you can purchase a foam roller. You roll your muscle over the ball or roller until you feel it encounter a tight spot or knot, then you stop and keep the pressure there. It can be painful but it is effective on its own or as part of your warm-up before working out or skating. I do it before I leave the house for the rink or at the gym. Pretty straightforward. The only mistake really is people who just roll back and forth. You need to stop and work on the tight spots when you get to them.

The lace enters the boot outside in, exits the eyelet on the inside, crosses the tongue, and enters the other side on the outside. The lace is still crossing the tongue travelling from an outside to an inside eyelet, it is the same pattern just instead of inside-outside it is outside-inside. The only difference is how you perceive you are lacing it, the order you traverse the pattern. If you wanted to change the pressure, you would have to lace so that the lace never exited the inside before crossing.

This is something the minimalist runners used to do as well. They would take a rag or towel on the floor and pull it in with their toes, repeat, etc.

Still not sure how this alleviates lace bite, the pressure is still the same on the foot, it is basically just upside down lacing, what am I missing? The lace goes through the same pattern as inside out, just in opposite order.

Hard to draw the conclusion that the other kid plateaued because of the skate. Foster a love of the game and of being active in general, all the rest will sort itself out.

I can see how someone that is so analytical can get caught up in overthinking and second guessing but you made the right choice. My son just turned 8 and is in a similar level skate. I see kids in all levels of skates at this age and there is no correlation to skating ability. For my son, i would rather stay in a mid-tier boot for all the reasons that have been outlined before, buy on sale and keep him in a skate that fits well rather than think he needs top of the line and try to buy so he has room to grow and keep him in it too long because it is so expensive to get new ones. I can’t see the tongue being a mod that is worth it, steel, maybe, I will let others chime in.

I don’t think so either. The slightest change in movement pattern can have an effect on how the tendon is moving and the forces being applied to it.

Not a fitting expert but if something as fundamental as size is off as much as you say it is, profiling isn’t going to help much. Bad profiling may compound the problem but you have layers of variables to sort out. And now it is in your head every time something may feel weird you are going to question your skates.

Which tongue design is that?

Good to know, I had questions about that as well. I had to have the shoemaker who used to work on everybody’s skates put extra felt in mine because of my boniness 🙂