Thanks mike! Marsblades are great but I wouldn’t suggest working on your lean on them. Unlike on ice the more y-angle (lower your blade to the ice) the more risk of slipping. As long as your careful about that you can make amazing progress on your mechanics with marsblades. With Covid I wasn’t on the ice for over 8 months and still make good progress just on my marsbaldes so you got this!
Thanks for continuing to pump excellent high quality content Spencer! I always look forward to your videos and even my 7 yo can relate to them LOL Quick ?n: I the video you mentioned not stepping too wide into the circle with the inside leg, and used an example of CMD warm up crossovers in a circle. But you also righfully pointed out that sometimes we do need to step wider inside. So have you figured out the formula what's used where exactly? It seems that these wide, grabbing the ice type steps are used on linear crossovers or crossover starts, where is more narrow stepping used for curvilinear crossovers? Could it also be a style thing? Mckinnon for instance seems to be stepping much wider in general than CMD?
Thanks SolarWind! I always appreciate seeing your name in the comment section. Here's my findings on width vs narrow on crosses in the context of landing. What I've found is the more centripetal force created the more you can be narrow the less centripetal force the wider you have to be. and it's also a positive feedback loop. Because landing more narrow -> more centripetal force and landing wider -> less CF So you're spot on about linear crosses and cross starts being wider, as you have less CF. What you'll see often is players will start landing wide and as they build speed and centripetal force they'll start landing narrower and narrower. The second consider is the y-angle. The wider your feet the less y-angle (bigger angle)--> wider the turn Narrower feet the more y-angle (smaller angle) --> tighter the turn. Generally, If you want to travel on a wide radius - land wider If you want to travel on a tight radius - land narrower Practically speaking, I wouldn't think behind these parameters, and I would focus primarily on practicing narrower. In the Mcdavid example where he's landing wide notice the arc he's traveling on. It's very wide, he's crossing almost parallel to the blue line. (The full clip is in the "important message on the pillars of skating" video). If you want to go deeper you also have to factor in the speed. So if you're going very fast and you're on a wide route (ex the bend on the fastest skater lap) you would still land narrow (back to the centripetal force point) Hope that provides some insight into your question.
This is so helpful. A question: I now have True skates which mold great to my feet, but when they are laced, I can't bend my ankle like I used to do to get on an outside edge. Is bending the ankle like that bad form? Should I try to lace my skates less tight so I can bend my ankle more? Should I learn more to keep my leg straight on outside edges? Thanks for help!
Hi Ron, I also have custom True skates. I find that undoing the top eyelet gives me a good balance of stiffness and loseness. If you don’t already, give that a shot!
@@TheDownhillSkater I had the top eyelet open and also opened the second from the top -- I have more ankle mobility. I was able to find the outside edge on my left skate, but I don't have near the lean like the guys in your video. Would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks so much
I think riding a bike is a great way to "feel" distance between center of mass and point of contact. Great way for those with less access to ice to feel your body learn.
Not hard to surpass Hackel, he’s a kid who just repeats everything his idol Ben Patrick says verbatim and try’s to pass it off like they’re his own words
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Thanks for the 🏒 videos and insights.
At 74, I’m skating, stick handling and shooting better than ever. What fun😀
That’s so awesome Mike, I love to hear that!!
I’ve watched this video a 100 times,it’s not easy but it is explained very clearly just have to watch it 100 times keep up the good work 😊
Thanks Douglas! Doesn’t matter how long it takes as long as you get there!
I like how you blurred that Itrain hockey guy to not hurt his feelings lol
No way you can tell who that is… 😆
Such a great follow up to the first video!
Thank you!
Another awesome video! Bummed my last skate is tonight, and ice comes out til September. Gotta get some marsblades I guess!
Thanks mike! Marsblades are great but I wouldn’t suggest working on your lean on them. Unlike on ice the more y-angle (lower your blade to the ice) the more risk of slipping. As long as your careful about that you can make amazing progress on your mechanics with marsblades.
With Covid I wasn’t on the ice for over 8 months and still make good progress just on my marsbaldes so you got this!
Thanks for continuing to pump excellent high quality content Spencer! I always look forward to your videos and even my 7 yo can relate to them LOL
Quick ?n: I the video you mentioned not stepping too wide into the circle with the inside leg, and used an example of CMD warm up crossovers in a circle. But you also righfully pointed out that sometimes we do need to step wider inside. So have you figured out the formula what's used where exactly?
It seems that these wide, grabbing the ice type steps are used on linear crossovers or crossover starts, where is more narrow stepping used for curvilinear crossovers?
Could it also be a style thing? Mckinnon for instance seems to be stepping much wider in general than CMD?
Thanks SolarWind! I always appreciate seeing your name in the comment section.
Here's my findings on width vs narrow on crosses in the context of landing.
What I've found is the more centripetal force created the more you can be narrow the less centripetal force the wider you have to be. and it's also a positive feedback loop.
Because landing more narrow -> more centripetal force and landing wider -> less CF
So you're spot on about linear crosses and cross starts being wider, as you have less CF.
What you'll see often is players will start landing wide and as they build speed and centripetal force they'll start landing narrower and narrower.
The second consider is the y-angle.
The wider your feet the less y-angle (bigger angle)--> wider the turn
Narrower feet the more y-angle (smaller angle) --> tighter the turn.
Generally,
If you want to travel on a wide radius - land wider
If you want to travel on a tight radius - land narrower
Practically speaking, I wouldn't think behind these parameters, and I would focus primarily on practicing narrower.
In the Mcdavid example where he's landing wide notice the arc he's traveling on. It's very wide, he's crossing almost parallel to the blue line. (The full clip is in the "important message on the pillars of skating" video).
If you want to go deeper you also have to factor in the speed. So if you're going very fast and you're on a wide route (ex the bend on the fastest skater lap) you would still land narrow (back to the centripetal force point)
Hope that provides some insight into your question.
This is so helpful. A question: I now have True skates which mold great to my feet, but when they are laced, I can't bend my ankle like I used to do to get on an outside edge. Is bending the ankle like that bad form? Should I try to lace my skates less tight so I can bend my ankle more? Should I learn more to keep my leg straight on outside edges? Thanks for help!
Hi Ron, I also have custom True skates. I find that undoing the top eyelet gives me a good balance of stiffness and loseness. If you don’t already, give that a shot!
@@TheDownhillSkater I had the top eyelet open and also opened the second from the top -- I have more ankle mobility. I was able to find the outside edge on my left skate, but I don't have near the lean like the guys in your video. Would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks so much
I think riding a bike is a great way to "feel" distance between center of mass and point of contact. Great way for those with less access to ice to feel your body learn.
Very true, thanks John!
Tip 6 is way too true. I work at the city Rec centre, and the pros that come to stick & puck ALWAYS come in full gear.
💯💯💯 practice like you play!
Thought this was going to be about beverage
Well, I think McDavid keeps his arm close to his body in tight turn mainly because his stick is just so damn long.
Bro you have surpassed Jason Yee and Mason Hackel.
Not hard to surpass Hackel, he’s a kid who just repeats everything his idol Ben Patrick says verbatim and try’s to pass it off like they’re his own words