doing the tight turns thing

Hey dudes and chicks.
I've been ice skating for 5 weeks now and I'm working on keeping my hips, knees and boots paralell (sp) while I'm slamoning from side to side on the ice. How can I simulate making tight turns that you would use to stop. Without falling on my bum. I's gots balance like a squirrel on a live wire :) :lol:
*hehe anyone esle guilty about walking about thier house in thier skis ?

rock on

-IceGhost

Newton's Third Law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

In many sports, this is a fundemental concept to understand. There are times when you need to minimise a movement because it will cause an undesired reaction and there are times when you can fully utilise the reaction.

The Hockey stop is a maneuver that fully utilises the reaction. The upper body rotates one way and in reaction the lower body and skis rotate in the other direction, across the the line of travel.

As with all movement, timing is key, also edge angle and weight distribution.

Trencher

IceGhost wrote:
*hehe anyone esle guilty about walking about thier house in thier skis ?

Yep! had my full gear on last weekend in the house, I do seem to recall someone in the garden with their skis on also!! Ellistine?

Freezywater wrote:I do seem to recall someone in the garden with their skis on also!! Ellistine

And your point is?

:wink:

ive taken to wearing my boots everywhere to try and break them in a bit, parents going nuts as the solid wood floors dont take well to the abuse haha

ellistine wrote:

Freezywater wrote:I do seem to recall someone in the garden with their skis on also!! Ellistine

And your point is?

:wink:

ha :lol: don't crush the flowers. I think I'm going to push myself further and put on my skates and find a hill and go down them to shake the uncertianty and the doubt out

ellistine wrote:

Freezywater wrote:I do seem to recall someone in the garden with their skis on also!! Ellistine

And your point is?

:wink:

you know - just jealous 'coz my garden isn't steep enough :( but the road outside is a different story :twisted: bring on the snow in Northamptonshire 8)