Help from inline hockey to ice.

[Ethan_zak 0]

Hey guys. I'm 13 years old and I play inline hockey. I have a pretty good shot,can pass, and can play good defense while staying position ally sound. My skating is continuing to get better by the day. I hope to switch to ice. My question is that if i continue to get better and get my skating to a high level will I be able to keep my skills when I go to ice?

[MarsB 33]

Stick handling, shooting and passing will all transfer to ice, but be prepared for it to feel different with a heavier puck. Skating will be very different, and will be the hardest part of transitioning. Work on this the most, you will basically have to learn a completely different method of stopping, starting, and changing direction. Be prepared to be humbled at first as it will take you some time to get used to playing on ice, don't get too frustrated. Knowing good positioning will definitely help you out as you make the transition. Good luck, and have fun!

[chk hrd 164]

Learn the rules of ice hockey. There is nothing more frustrating than someone who does not know off sides, icing position, where to be on face offs or other things. When it comes to skating ice is more stop and start than flybys.

[AfftonDad 88]

I haven't played a lot of roller hockey but my understanding is that it really helps your hands relative to ice because the puck bounces/rolls so much more. The big stylistic thing that I have noticed that roller hockey players have to change (as chk hrd mentioned) is that they need to learn to switch to quick stops and starts instead of circling. It's probably atypical, but one of the best ice hockey players I play with only played roller hockey until he was fourteen (made AAA his first ice tryout).

[gxc999 7]

The best advice, from experience, is that you should stop playing roller and make the full switch over to ice if that's what you want to excel in. A lot of things carry over but it's very hard to be equally good shooting, skating etc on both.

[SCATMAN 33]

Learn the rules of ice hockey. There is nothing more frustrating than someone who does not know off sides, icing position, where to be on face offs or other things. When it comes to skating ice is more stop and start than flybys.

^^^This+++

I played inline for like 10 years then switched full time to ice about 3 years ago. I still sometimes forget how to stop on ice haha The puck is a lot more heavy and it's harder to stick handle but a lot of the shooting and passing etc is similar

[Quasitd 1]

Stopping, stopping, stopping.

I had never played inline hockey, but spent a large part of my growing up rollerblading. Deciding to play hockey when I got older, I found a lot of the skating transferred for me, except stopping.

From what I've heard this is common for converting from inline. The best advice I can give you is work on your front to back weight transfer, heels and toes. You don't get that as much in roller, but it's huge on ice.

[xcntracer 2]

Hmm, I was an inline player before switching to ice but I've always found it's easier on ice, especially the stopping part. I mean if you can hockey stop on inline, it would make sense, right? I agree with the difference in puck weight but it shouldn't take long to adapt.

My biggest challenge back then was the endurance part, it takes more fitness to play ice.

[Cosmic 178]

In ice the heavier puck helps my stickhandling as I can feel it better on my blade. Inline pucks are so light that I never can get a nice feel as I try to stickhandle with it (and thus never make it too far).

[guitarfreek92 7]

Hmm, I was an inline player before switching to ice but I've always found it's easier on ice, especially the stopping part. I mean if you can hockey stop on inline, it would make sense, right? I agree with the difference in puck weight but it shouldn't take long to adapt.

My biggest challenge back then was the endurance part, it takes more fitness to play ice.

see i disagree i think inline takes more endurance because you really cant go as fast with wheels because of the whole bearing situation so roller is a slower game but ice requires more team work and cycling the puck.

[Souldriver 64]

But the ice rink is also longer and there is no dumping the puck to the other end to get a change, you need to carry it out. Not saying I'm not tired after mygames and shifts playing inline but I think i wouldn't be able to go over a 2 minute shift on ice.

With a good swiss bearing I don't think the glide vs til friction takes too much effect. It's not like you're gliding/rolling to all your momentum is gone before taking another stride, you're usually busting it. The only thing I playing on my outdoor skates with non swiss bearings there is a difference and it's like skating on a high school wrestling mat.

[CommodoreColt 19]

It takes a lot more effort to get moving from a dead stop on inlines. The skating stride isn't as efficient since you need all four wheels on the floor to push. The effect of keeping all fours on the floor is a shorter, choppy stride with lots of energy going into side-to-side movement. It's quite a bit of work.

Inline needs a lot more coasting and looping around to maintain momentum when changing directions instead of stopping and starting in the other direction. You can enter sharp turns a lot faster on ice since you can use your edges and throw snow to bleed off some energy and make a tighter turn. A lot of turns that would throw you nose over tail on inlines are required on ice and it's massively fun to discover these for the first time.

There are also a few forwards/backwards transition maneuvers that are impossible on inlines. The ice game really opens up a lot of agility in this regard.

All of these small details in the skating add up to make the ice game quite a bit quicker and less linear.

The more I try to play an agile, start/stop game on inlines the less it's worth it; I just get too tired too quickly. Lazy skating in inline is almost a survival necessity and part of the game. If you just coast around on the ice the way most people do on inlines you really take yourself out of the play.

[start_today 770]

The best advice, from experience, is that you should stop playing roller and make the full switch over to ice if that's what you want to excel in. A lot of things carry over but it's very hard to be equally good shooting, skating etc on both.

There are guys in the NHL who played a good bit of roller when growing up. Odds are, however, any given hockey player isn't going to make the NHL, so you might as well do what makes you happy and what you have fun doing. Playing different sports develops different skills and ability. Playing roller means a different skating and different overall playing style that doesn't translate 100%, but it gives you more puck touches and more time and space to handle the puck.

[Souldriver 64]

Things I see in ice that I found impossible on inline is using a stop to not stop but just shed some speed. You see it a lot in ice hockey shootoits where they make a stopping motion spray some ice and don't stop but slow down. In inline it just doewnt work like that, for me at least.

[Redwinger503 0]

I def agree with MarsB. The transition from wheels to blades can be very tough. I play inline in the summer and ice in the winter and it takes me awhile to get get back into the flow. As far as the rules go and the game itself it will all come with practice. Take care. Good luck