Robbie Glantz "staggered stop"

[Katzenjammer 1]

His idea is that the parallel (feet) stop is best used when you want to go backwards immediately after stopping - and, everything else being equal you will tend towards that direction with this stop.

However (he argues), if you are stopping and going in the opposite direction, you're better off using what he calls a "staggered stop." In this, your leading foot/leg extend, your rear foot turns outward, so you can step out of the turn.

See here:

To me this doesn't make much sense - if you parallel stop you can kind of snap out of the stop in the opposite direction; the stop he shows above seems sloppy and - with your legs so far apart - not particularly snappy at all.

What thinkest you?

[WSjo22 1]

I use a variation of that stop when changing directions skating forward... I don't get my feet as wide apart in front of and behind my body like he does though

[Katzenjammer 1]

I use a variation of that stop when changing directions skating forward... I don't get my feet as wide apart in front of and behind my body like he does though

If I'm changing directions, I make sure to keep my center of gravity more forward wrt my skates; I snap hard with both feet and when the edges hold firm to the ice, I sort of jump out with both feet, snapping to the other direction, with leading skate stepping over the trailing skate. Seems like a much better way of doing it that what Glantz is suggesting above.

[Katzenjammer 1]

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doesn't anyone else have an opinion on this?

[Katzenjammer 1]

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doesn't anyone else have an opinion on this?

apparently not good sir!

Oh, wait, that's me.

[goblue9280 33]

doesn't anyone else have an opinion on this?

My opinion is he needs to burn that teal and yellow warmup suit.

I played mostly house hockey growing up, and rarely took power skating... so I don't have a high level of expertise on the nuances of skating. However, in the few years my son has been playing, I've taken him to clinics taught by different instructors of different backgrounds, and each seems to have there own opinnion on the different aspects of skating. For example, if you go to 3 different power skating coaches, you'll probably learn 3 different ways to do a quick start from a stop... whether that's a v-start, a crossover hop start, or a speed skating type start. Bottom line, try different approaches and come up with the one that works best for you.

[Katzenjammer 1]

My opinion is he needs to burn that teal and yellow warmup suit.

I played mostly house hockey growing up, and rarely took power skating... so I don't have a high level of expertise on the nuances of skating. However, in the few years my son has been playing, I've taken him to clinics taught by different instructors of different backgrounds, and each seems to have there own opinnion on the different aspects of skating. For example, if you go to 3 different power skating coaches, you'll probably learn 3 different ways to do a quick start from a stop... whether that's a v-start, a crossover hop start, or a speed skating type start. Bottom line, try different approaches and come up with the one that works best for you.

Totally agree on the most important thing: that dudes "warm-up" suit just has to go.

:)

Yeah, I've had many different power skating coaches in the past and each had their own "thing" - I always tried to take the best from each and see what works for me. Just wondering what people thought about this particular technique.

[ktang 34]

I do the type of stop in the video if I need to stop quickly and under control. With the legs staggered it's easier to get the hips low to the ice with the back straighter, and the pressure is towards the toe of the inside edge and the heel of the outside edge.

[Stoop 1]

I've got into a bad habit, and it reminds me a little of this.

When I stop on the left side, I have total confidence. I can slide on that left skate with or without help from the right now problem. Just turn the hips into the turn.

But on the right side, I am horrible, I think because I worry about my right ankle. When I'm going to stop right hip forward, I have a bit of using my left skate to slow down and kind of pivot on the ball of my left foot, and then turn my hips and try to slide my right foot out. Often times I end doing a full 180 degree to a backwards skate. I need a way to make myself learn to turn and stop on the right foot alone. This is hurting my progress.