Improving your iceskills with Roller

[Rande 0]

Like every summer the icerinks are closed and i might start playing roller to improve my on ice skills. So i would like to know if its actually helpful at all. I wanna practice on my slapper cause there is always something to improve. Do you think there is a possibility i could work on some factors of my game (e.g. shooting) which can be improved or which can be seen as a positive evoluting when i step the ice again, because i dont know how similar the weight/body transitions on the concrete are.

I gotta add, that ive never ever been on Rollers, but AFAIK its not a big change and i got enough sunny days to adapt. I also dont wanna skate like a madman, i wanna shoot

Regards from Austria

Randy.

[lotus 2]

A roller puck is typically lighter than an ice one. Less than half the weight for the one we use, and it's much thinner. There is tons of friction on concrete obviously, so when you pass it, it slows down rather quickly. (on concrete, which is what I play roller on)

It would be more beneficial to just shoot off some synthetic ice or anything, if just shooting is what you're looking for.

Its a good way to keep some skills up however. But some just dont translate over for me.

Example: I cannot take a snapshot in roller hockey, no matter how many times I try, it just flutters around and way wide. I blame this on the different puck, but also mostly because I suck.

[Rande 0]

For me its indeed just shooting. I can skate but i somehow feel that there are some more mph when it comes to my slapper, so why dont i use the 4-5 months i got every summer. I also could get me a piece of synthetic ice and shoot a normal puck from this type of ground.

[Patrick67 1]

I sorta got the belief that in order to shoot effecient with an icepuck your form has to be right.

But to shoot with a inlinepuck your form has to be near perfect, otherwise it will flutter.

I.E. if you keep praticing your shooting motion with a inlinepuck untill all shots spin nicely, your shot with an icepuck should improve too.

It's hard to tell if your hitting a icepuck cleanly since it's less prone to flutter, but the inlinepuck make any problems with your form obvious.

[iceangel 0]

practice 2hr everyday with ice puck, propuck, golfball, smarthockeyball.

[Zac911 317]

I sorta got the belief that in order to shoot effecient with an icepuck your form has to be right.

But to shoot with a inlinepuck your form has to be near perfect, otherwise it will flutter.

I.E. if you keep praticing your shooting motion with a inlinepuck untill all shots spin nicely, your shot with an icepuck should improve too.

It's hard to tell if your hitting a icepuck cleanly since it's less prone to flutter, but the inlinepuck make any problems with your form obvious.

x2.... i also find that skating aside many Roller Players learn the flow of the game better due to it being 4-4 so you have a little extra time to make decisions. i see many kids that transition from Roller to Ice that are much more sound as hockey players ( flow, cycling etc ) and once they get the skating down are quite good and make alot of ice guys look silly. there is nothing wrong with playing roller. many ice guys are too quick to dismiss it and i think that is a mistake.

[buntrosgali 0]

I started playing hockey when i was 18, i started on ice, and played for about a year and a bit before i started playing inline aswell.

Within 6 months of playing inline i had learned twice as much about how to play hockey, carry puck shoot etc than i had in the previous year on ice.

Im a much better skater on wheels, and because of this i became more confident carrying the puck, and trying different things which i would never have tried on ice.

The knowledge ive got from inline has carried across onto ice big time, and i am frequently asked by team mates to help them with slap shots etc, i always recommend them to get inline skates on and practice, if you can do it on wheels its easier on ice to perform.

IMO