Stopping with Inside of Skate

[Dubbs 0]

I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or tips on describing how you stop with the inside of your skate. For instance if you watch the NHLers who go over to the bench, a lot of the time you see them stop with the inside of their skate, and lift one leg to step inside the door on a line change. If anyone can give me some suggestions, id appreciate it!

[ISTOUT 0]

For me my habit is to lift my left leg and perform the stop using my right foot.. To do this I simply use the right outside edge (ROE) of my skate.. My suggestion is to practice doing a traditional "T" stop and learn to gently and gradually shift and transfer the amount of weight and pressure needed to stop as quickly as you need to the outside edge of whatever foot you decide to use to stop… You will most likely lose it and bust ass when learning but if you can do a regular "hockey" stop or “T” stop you should be able to pick it up with some practice.. Also don’t short change yourself practice stopping on both sides.. Hope that makes sense and helps..

[Jordan 13]

A good drill to learn this is to do a normal two foot hockey stop, and once you start skidding, loift the outside foot up.

This will give you the feel of skidding on your back foot, trailing edge, and your other foot will be there if you catch an edge. This skill is mostly about confidence and commitment to the move.

[Jarick 5]

What's a T-stop?

To be honest, I'm still not any good at stopping with anything other than my inside edges. I need to work on that this winter.

[IniNew 53]

What's a T-stop?

To be honest, I'm still not any good at stopping with anything other than my inside edges. I need to work on that this winter.

A T-Stop is exactly like it sounds

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One fot right behind the other.

[ktang 34]

You do it on the outside edge of your skate, not the inside edge.

[Ahriman 1]

yes, either the original post is confused about which edge is which or the replies were.

a T stop is done on the outside edge of the back foot, which sounds like what the OP is trying to describe. If not and the replies thus far are not helping: to learn to stop on your inside edges - make a pie wedge like they teach first time downhill skiers, this will progress into all inside edge stops.

[Aussie Joe 0]

I'm also working on this, I can do it when I'm not thinking about it. But when I purposefully try and do it I fall arse over tit. :(

Any vids? I searched on the Tube not too long ago and didn't find any.

[dumbpolak9 1]

this?

just turn body and put all of pressure on the foot your stopping on

[Aussie Joe 0]

OK, so when stopping like this do you balance on the middle, heel or toe of the blade? In that vid it looks like the heel on one angle and the foot on the other.

[Dubbs 0]

sorry, ktang's right, i meant the inside foot, outside edge.

[ktang 34]

sorry, ktang's right, i meant the inside foot, outside edge.

OK, I think that's an important clarification. I've seen dads trying to teach this to their kid(s) by dragging the skate behind on the outside edge, and then expecting to be able to skid and balance on 1 skate.

One thing that helped me learn it (when I was about 3 or 4) was that my skates were extremely dull (my parents didn't know that skate blades needed sharpening).

I do them in the flats to preserve sharpness at the front and back of the blades, but I can do them towards the front by pressing my knee forward. I can't do them towards the heels, but my son can.

[SolarWind 23]

actually as far as the progression goes after t-stop the easier way to keep learning how to stop with the outside edge is to do what's called 'tango stop' in figure skating - just youtube it

basically it's the same as a regular snow plow (where one foot is scraping the ice in front of the body on the inside edge), just done on the outside edge instead. this will teach the feeling on sliding sideways scraping the ice on the outside edge

it is essential progression from T-stop, and is a good mid step before one footed stop on the outside edge.

the key here is to lean quite a bit back to actually get on the outside edge.

[freestyla 0]

Found this video on Youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=act-hKKZ0ow

Starts at 4:49

[freestyla 0]

Major bump.

Does boot stiffness have any effect on doing these stops? I have really crappy skates with pretty much no stiffness and I feel when I try this that the boot bends so that basically both my edges touch the ice while my leg is angled. I'm guessing what happens is with both edges touching that it just gets caught and I fall.

/ Boot angle

| Vertical blade

I also feel my boot touching the ice when I make sharp turns but that's a whole other issue. Really looking to upgrade my skates but don't exactly have a lot of money.

[Chadd 916]

If you don't have the ankle strength to hold yourself up, then you may need a stiffer boot.

[freestyla 0]

Obviously you can't tell without knowing me, but in general would a skate like the ONE70 have a pretty stiff boot? I'm looking for something in the 300-400 range. I should have jumped at the chance to get a pair one ONE95's when they were getting cleared out. Now my LHS are out.

[chk hrd 164]

when I teach kids to skate I make them remember...Heels to turn - Toes to stop. If you straighten up in a turn it put your weight on your heels, that's why you spin out of control. Keep the knees bent and put the weight on your toes and (most importantly) commit to the stop. If you don't commit then you will straighten up. Once you get it on two skates it's just a matter of lifting either leg.

[edinburghcaps! 0]

A good drill to learn this is to do a normal two foot hockey stop, and once you start skidding, loift the outside foot up.

This will give you the feel of skidding on your back foot, trailing edge, and your other foot will be there if you catch an edge. This skill is mostly about confidence and commitment to the move.

this i how i did it! kinda came natualry to me.