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Tapioca · 10-12-2010, 10:24 AM

I want to improve my skating because I may want to pick up hockey on a semi-serious basis.

I learned to skate when I was about 6-7 (I'm now 28) and I'm fairly comfortable on my skates. I have decent speed coming out of the corners, but I know my stride should be more efficient. I can skate backwards, but my left backward crossovers need work. I can only stop one-way (left-facing), so I want to learn how to stop the other way.

I started playing stick-and-puck hockey last year with a bunch of guys from work. We don't play in full gear and I'm not interested in acquiring a full set of gear until I improve the fundamentals of my skating first. My understanding of power-skating classes is that people show up in full gear.

I've never done skating lessons in my life so I've picked up bad habits and muscle memory. I feel that I need coaching to improve, but I don't want to sign up for conventional skating classes with beginners (but perhaps, any instruction is better than none?) Anyway, I didn't want to make a redundant thread, but after searching old threads on power skating, etc., I still think I need recommendations on what to do.

TIA.

10-12-2010, 10:24 AM	#1
Tapioca OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,199 Thanked 2,791 Times in 1,245 Posts Failed 81 Times in 54 Posts	Suggestions for skating improvements for a "'tweener"? I want to improve my skating because I may want to pick up hockey on a semi-serious basis. I learned to skate when I was about 6-7 (I'm now 28) and I'm fairly comfortable on my skates. I have decent speed coming out of the corners, but I know my stride should be more efficient. I can skate backwards, but my left backward crossovers need work. I can only stop one-way (left-facing), so I want to learn how to stop the other way. I started playing stick-and-puck hockey last year with a bunch of guys from work. We don't play in full gear and I'm not interested in acquiring a full set of gear until I improve the fundamentals of my skating first. My understanding of power-skating classes is that people show up in full gear. I've never done skating lessons in my life so I've picked up bad habits and muscle memory. I feel that I need coaching to improve, but I don't want to sign up for conventional skating classes with beginners (but perhaps, any instruction is better than none?) Anyway, I didn't want to make a redundant thread, but after searching old threads on power skating, etc., I still think I need recommendations on what to do. TIA.