Excellent insight and advice! I changed my lacing method based on your recommendation, and it helped significantly. I ref 4-5 times a week and could not stand pain from lace bite. I am now able to ref an entire week without having to put my feet in epsom salt water after each shift. Thanks!
To make this fool proof, it would be better to start lacing it from scratch. My brother didn't understand this and I had to show him, but he is only 15. But, I think if you just showed people how to do it from the beginning this would help a lot of people out.
Man this hurts so bad to find out now. I had no clue what lace bite was growing up. I just knew it hurt like he'll so I took the pads from my mom's bras, wore double socks and put on numbing cream. Nothing ever worked to the point I would be playing games screaming internally but just dealing with it. It got so bad my ankles stole up and I now gave permanent bruising on my ankles right in front. Hell my doctors didn't know what was wrong and suggested my body couldn't handle skating so I had to stop playing hockey. Finding out now it was just lace bite I feel dumb but oh well i guess it just wasn't meant to be.
Thank you for this video! The way you lace you skates or rollerblades makes a huge difference. This method seriously works for me. I was able to rollerblade much longer and pain free in my skates. Usually I would have to stop and pull my skate off from bad foot cramping.
I recently switched from inside out to outside in because of this video. Here is my experience: It’s strange to get used to for lace up because your pulling from the inside, not the outside. This method does reduce lace bite, at least for me it did. I found that maybe it’s because I don’t have to tie my skates as tight as before. The first time I tied this way, I tied them as I normally do and got severe pain on the outside edge of my foot, and I mean SEVERE... I lasted 2 shifts. After loosening them, they still feel tight on my foot without making the actual skate very tight. I also tried the loop method... didn’t like it at all. When I loosened my skates, I couldn’t undo the loop due to my wax laces which made it more time consuming just trying to loosen them. I did however tie from the inside out on the last eyelet. I felt this was much much easier to tie off. Great video, great advice.
Only problem with having the lace start on the outside of the eyelet is that the probability of a cut lace goes way up. Also if ur getting lace bit change your skate, the laces shouldn't hurt in a properly fitting skate, or you are wearing the wrong size. I moved down half a size this season and saw massive increase in my agility and comfort as well. If you need to really tighten your ankle that much, its probably the skate and not the lace job. (PS go to a Bauer store if you have one close by. You can get your feet diagnosed for free and they tell you what model and size is the best fit. Then let you skate in them so you can get a good feel)
Hey man this vid helped me a lot so thank you. Just a quick question. When I finish tightening to the top I find it a bit awkward tying my final knot. Is this normal or do you lace the top last holes inside out(tennis shoe)?
I don’t cause if I do then I don’t have enough room for the tongue to go forward and be able to do a full sit up and that’s how I test if it’s laces are not too tight so the skate around the foot is not so tight that it prevents from bending forward.
Thats just common sense. Apparently i don't have much common sense with regard to lacing my skates. Never really had lace bite, but why tighten the tongue instead of the boot?
Thank you SO much for this video! I've recently picked up roller skating and had been having issues with lace bite, which is very annoying as it cuts down on practice time. I switched to this lacing method, after practicing and my feet were already feeling sore, and IMMEDIATELY felt the difference! I was able to get right back up and practice more without the lace bite. AWESOME!
+Walter Babst Calm down, that's just the skate that they like to wear. She wasn't wasting your time, she was just stating in the comments like you just did.
Btw Christopher Brook, Figure skating may be an Olympic sport and may be alot harder which is great for you but other people just prefer speed skating like me.
Well, you made me look it up, soooo +1 view and thumbs up for ya. Good info for people just starting to skate. Always laced my skates like that ( minus the loop ) and just cause i'm anal I flip what lace in on top on the other boot so it's symmetrical.
one question, my nephew is 6 years old and we are applying the same procedure,but in his skates is one hole less what means the last hole is not free for movement. That is correct? if not what would be the correct way to do it.Thank you.
Thanks for this. I am on the road to recovery with my lace bite. I have full on lace bite and with this lacing method I could skate and get into my knees again.
if you are in the right skate model for your foot shape, lace bite should NEVER be an issue. Lace bite comes from boot depth issues, meaning the instep depth is too shallow for your foot. If the instep depth is high enough for your foot, you will not get lacebite regardless of how you lace them. There are over 20 different lines of skates on the market and realistically only 1 or 2 will fit each person's foot properly. Its just a matter of going to someone who knows what they are doing to look at the person's foot and tell them which line of skates is for them.
Raff Falco Not necessarily, you assume that there is a skate that fits a given foot, which is not always the case. Nexus, the deepest Bauer, did not lock my ankles. Vapor was too shallow. Supreme was just right, but I’ve had lace bite a few times over the last year.
trust me when i say you dont wana know what it is. Ive had violently painful lacebite. it feels like theres a knife blade pushing against the tendons inside your skate
Wow, thanks for the video. I've laced my skates for the last 30+ years from inside out. I've had some lace bite issues for the last few months and the outside in approach with the trick at the top eyelets have solved my issue 100%. Even the bottom of the boot feels better in my Supreme 190's.
Great video! If this doesn't work try using a high quality lace bite gel pad. We have created two new versions that help. We have one with a donut shaped gel pad that relieves the pressure on the injured spot. NHL teams love this one. We have another new one called the Soko Sleeve which was inspired by an NHL physical therapist. It has two gel strips that do the same thing as the donut. They run on either side of the painful area to relieve the tendons on the front of your foot from pressure. If this it doesn't work go to www.prosportprotection.com. Good luck everyone
Plug plug plug. Find social media videos that you can hock your product on, then plug plug plug. FYI - Tried several products after getting lace bite once. NONE worked. None even came close to working. The only thing that works? This guy's tip to avoid GETTING lace bite to begin with... AND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME NOT SKATING if you do happen to get it.
@@RWT2777 This is true that rest is the best at reducing inflammation but if your skates and your foot do not work well together you might need another solution. Everyones foot/skate situation is very different as feet come in many different shapes and sizes. A very good solution is buying a different model of skate that is deeper and will therefor reduce the pressure on the tendons on the front of your foot. Not everyone has the money to buy new skates and many like the current feel of a skate they have been using for years. This is when many different options are available and suggested. I am not trying to trick anyone into using our products. NHL teams wouldn't buy from me if the players didn't like the product. The players get everything they want and use nothing they do not want. I have not had one return of a lace bite sleeve Ive sold in 3 years. This doesn't mean my products work for everyone but they do work for some. When a problem like this is so variable it is helpful to have multiple options as I know how uncomfortable it can be as I played professional hockey myself for 12 years. Just want to help if I can
@@prosportprotection5199 Definitely good to have options and am glad you made something that can be tried. Likely you haven't seen a single return because it's not worth the bother trying to return a relatively inexpensive product. I just bought TRUE custom pro skates yesterday and am hopeful it will allow more comfort and less problems like this. Gotta wait 4 weeks for them to come and they weren't cheap!! $1000, however every person I've met that has them had said it's the best money they've ever spent on ANY hockey gear.
In my experience lace bite comes from crappy tongues (felt padding). My last skates had thick felt tongue pads. My new ones have the new and improved lace bite system from CCM. It sucks. It sucks so bad that I sewed new tongues in place.
I too have skated for over 30 years an never experienced lace bite - that is until I signed up for an adult hockey clinic/camp over 4 straight days of continuous on the ice/off the ice sessions throughout each day. I believe what finally gave me my case of lace bite was having wet & weak skates after numerous sessions in the same day. I did bring my skate/boot dryer and tried to dry between each session, but it only helped so much. It's definitely a link between how you lace your skates up and the support of the tongue. If it's super wet or the padding has thinned over the years, it's going to allow your laces to pull in against your tendon in your foot right where the top bend is/flexes. If you happen to tie your skates like most people tie sneakers (threading the opposite of what this guy shows here, which is going to the under/inside of each eyehole first), you're going to have a great chance of getting lace bite. What does lace bite feel like? Agony, through every flex of your foot as you take steps. Every degree of bending your foot as you walk is excruciating and putting it into your hockey skate is without question absolutely impossible. It takes MONTHS to heal from this and NO AMOUNT of extra padding you stuff between your top ankle tendon and that skate tongue will alleviate it. To get rid of it I had to stop skating for 2-3 months.
Man I've always laced up this way and ppl think I'm weird! Great vid
Excellent insight and advice! I changed my lacing method based on your recommendation, and it helped significantly. I ref 4-5 times a week and could not stand pain from lace bite. I am now able to ref an entire week without having to put my feet in epsom salt water after each shift. Thanks!
To make this fool proof, it would be better to start lacing it from scratch. My brother didn't understand this and I had to show him, but he is only 15. But, I think if you just showed people how to do it from the beginning this would help a lot of people out.
How much you weigh also can make a big difference, I weigh 250 pounds and if i dont tie my skates just right they can be very uncomfortable.
This 💯💯💯
Man this hurts so bad to find out now. I had no clue what lace bite was growing up. I just knew it hurt like he'll so I took the pads from my mom's bras, wore double socks and put on numbing cream. Nothing ever worked to the point I would be playing games screaming internally but just dealing with it. It got so bad my ankles stole up and I now gave permanent bruising on my ankles right in front. Hell my doctors didn't know what was wrong and suggested my body couldn't handle skating so I had to stop playing hockey. Finding out now it was just lace bite I feel dumb but oh well i guess it just wasn't meant to be.
Thanks but for those who don't know how to do it, you didn't show exactly how to lace up the skate...I'm good now!
THANK YOU! THIS SAVED MY FOOT
Thank you for this video! The way you lace you skates or rollerblades makes a huge difference. This method seriously works for me. I was able to rollerblade much longer and pain free in my skates. Usually I would have to stop and pull my skate off from bad foot cramping.
I recently switched from inside out to outside in because of this video. Here is my experience:
It’s strange to get used to for lace up because your pulling from the inside, not the outside. This method does reduce lace bite, at least for me it did. I found that maybe it’s because I don’t have to tie my skates as tight as before. The first time I tied this way, I tied them as I normally do and got severe pain on the outside edge of my foot, and I mean SEVERE... I lasted 2 shifts. After loosening them, they still feel tight on my foot without making the actual skate very tight. I also tried the loop method... didn’t like it at all. When I loosened my skates, I couldn’t undo the loop due to my wax laces which made it more time consuming just trying to loosen them. I did however tie from the inside out on the last eyelet. I felt this was much much easier to tie off.
Great video, great advice.
Thanks, I'm gonna try this way of tying on my new inline roller skates.
tucking the skate lip under your shin pads also works for me
People wear their pads on top? Why?
Lacing under then over makes it much easier to grip the lace for tightening.
James Huser true,
Only problem with having the lace start on the outside of the eyelet is that the probability of a cut lace goes way up. Also if ur getting lace bit change your skate, the laces shouldn't hurt in a properly fitting skate, or you are wearing the wrong size. I moved down half a size this season and saw massive increase in my agility and comfort as well. If you need to really tighten your ankle that much, its probably the skate and not the lace job. (PS go to a Bauer store if you have one close by. You can get your feet diagnosed for free and they tell you what model and size is the best fit. Then let you skate in them so you can get a good feel)
Hey man this vid helped me a lot so thank you. Just a quick question. When I finish tightening to the top I find it a bit awkward tying my final knot. Is this normal or do you lace the top last holes inside out(tennis shoe)?
Thanks, i was making the same mistake and coudnt figure iut why my feet were killing me
Do you do the last eye lid
I don’t cause if I do then I don’t have enough room for the tongue to go forward and be able to do a full sit up and that’s how I test if it’s laces are not too tight so the skate around the foot is not so tight that it prevents from bending forward.
Great video, love the Seinfeld reference 😂
That's the most bender thing i have ever seen.
Justin Pictou yes! I've never known a hockey player that puts that much thought or effort in lacing them up.
How times have changed I hope your mind isn’t so small now
Thats just common sense. Apparently i don't have much common sense with regard to lacing my skates. Never really had lace bite, but why tighten the tongue instead of the boot?
Thank you SO much for this video! I've recently picked up roller skating and had been having issues with lace bite, which is very annoying as it cuts down on practice time. I switched to this lacing method, after practicing and my feet were already feeling sore, and IMMEDIATELY felt the difference! I was able to get right back up and practice more without the lace bite. AWESOME!
For figure skates I use just normal laces is that wrong x
Caitlin Sweetland No that is okay. With figure skates you want to use the laces they come with. This only applies to hockey skates. Good question. :)
+Walter Babst Calm down, that's just the skate that they like to wear. She wasn't wasting your time, she was just stating in the comments like you just did.
+Walter Babst You realize figure skating is an Olympic sport right? I anything we should be laughing at speed skaters
on my tour thor 909's i use the waxed laces and they give an extreme amount of support in the ankle but i will be getting mission ds6's
Btw Christopher Brook, Figure skating may be an Olympic sport and may be alot harder which is great for you but other people just prefer speed skating like me.
Dealing with some minor lace bite and found your vid. Thanks for explaining it so well.
Skate anymore, I tried today, can't do anything, tried putting folded paper towels, helped for 1hour, then the pain came back, really hurts
Well, you made me look it up, soooo +1 view and thumbs up for ya. Good info for people just starting to skate.
Always laced my skates like that ( minus the loop ) and just cause i'm anal I flip what lace in on top on the other boot so it's symmetrical.
one question, my nephew is 6 years old and we are applying the same procedure,but in his skates is one hole less what means the last hole is not free for movement. That is correct? if not what would be the correct way to do it.Thank you.
Thank you!!! I have yet to do this but I can already tell this will work.. it's so obviously logical once you put it this way,.
been playing 20 years. i resorted to gel pads. i never really knew about this lacing technique. thanks! gonna try this tonight!
how do you play for 20 years and not know lacing??
@@kostammg hahah thanks for the funny reply 8 years later
lol@@lubesicle
@@nathandoyle7050lol
@@lubesicleYou've now been playing for 30 years. What lacing method are you using? Is it this one or something different.
So far, all my skate boots came with exactly this lacing pattern. So I was right not changing it.
The only time I really have an issue with any lace bite is when I am not playing and don't have my knee pads under the tongue.
I just talked to by doctor and he said “Don’t use waxed laces”
Outside in is also mentioned as a recommended pattern in figure skates, according to Edea user manual
I got the same lace colors on my Tour Thor 909's and they work perfectly fine
So how do you actually fucking lace it then?
Thanks for this. I am on the road to recovery with my lace bite. I have full on lace bite and with this lacing method I could skate and get into my knees again.
This actually helps thank you!
thanks, absolutely will try
I want those pink wax laces please?
Great video. Really helpful
Incredibly helpful thank you
Using DS7 Missions sized mens 10. What length waxed lace should I buy?
Lucariio 120
if you are in the right skate model for your foot shape, lace bite should NEVER be an issue. Lace bite comes from boot depth issues, meaning the instep depth is too shallow for your foot. If the instep depth is high enough for your foot, you will not get lacebite regardless of how you lace them. There are over 20 different lines of skates on the market and realistically only 1 or 2 will fit each person's foot properly. Its just a matter of going to someone who knows what they are doing to look at the person's foot and tell them which line of skates is for them.
Raff Falco Not necessarily, you assume that there is a skate that fits a given foot, which is not always the case. Nexus, the deepest Bauer, did not lock my ankles. Vapor was too shallow. Supreme was just right, but I’ve had lace bite a few times over the last year.
Benders use this method
I have no clue what this "lace bite" is. I've been skating for a while, what is it? Also, my skates came laced like this, is that weird?
trust me when i say you dont wana know what it is. Ive had violently painful lacebite. it feels like theres a knife blade pushing against the tendons inside your skate
thank you thank you thank you
what size are the laces
Very helpful, thanks!
Good to know, eh?
cool thanks.
Thank you!
awesome thanks :-)
Thanks, this helped !
Great video! Started getting lace bite during last two skates. Will try some of your approaches. Thanks!
I'd like to know how that worked out for you? I am getting lace bite for the first time in my 25 years of playing.
Did not work out for me. I ended up buying the Bunga pads, and I also put sponges in my skate. No more lace bite.
I ended up tying them up like this and am now using the EH gel pads and no more lace bite either. Fingers crossed it lasts!
Wow, thanks for the video. I've laced my skates for the last 30+ years from inside out. I've had some lace bite issues for the last few months and the outside in approach with the trick at the top eyelets have solved my issue 100%. Even the bottom of the boot feels better in my Supreme 190's.
Great video! If this doesn't work try using a high quality lace bite gel pad. We have created two new versions that help. We have one with a donut shaped gel pad that relieves the pressure on the injured spot. NHL teams love this one. We have another new one called the Soko Sleeve which was inspired by an NHL physical therapist. It has two gel strips that do the same thing as the donut. They run on either side of the painful area to relieve the tendons on the front of your foot from pressure. If this it doesn't work go to www.prosportprotection.com. Good luck everyone
Plug plug plug. Find social media videos that you can hock your product on, then plug plug plug. FYI - Tried several products after getting lace bite once. NONE worked. None even came close to working. The only thing that works? This guy's tip to avoid GETTING lace bite to begin with... AND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME NOT SKATING if you do happen to get it.
@@RWT2777 This is true that rest is the best at reducing inflammation but if your skates and your foot do not work well together you might need another solution. Everyones foot/skate situation is very different as feet come in many different shapes and sizes. A very good solution is buying a different model of skate that is deeper and will therefor reduce the pressure on the tendons on the front of your foot. Not everyone has the money to buy new skates and many like the current feel of a skate they have been using for years. This is when many different options are available and suggested. I am not trying to trick anyone into using our products. NHL teams wouldn't buy from me if the players didn't like the product. The players get everything they want and use nothing they do not want. I have not had one return of a lace bite sleeve Ive sold in 3 years. This doesn't mean my products work for everyone but they do work for some. When a problem like this is so variable it is helpful to have multiple options as I know how uncomfortable it can be as I played professional hockey myself for 12 years. Just want to help if I can
@@prosportprotection5199 Definitely good to have options and am glad you made something that can be tried. Likely you haven't seen a single return because it's not worth the bother trying to return a relatively inexpensive product.
I just bought TRUE custom pro skates yesterday and am hopeful it will allow more comfort and less problems like this. Gotta wait 4 weeks for them to come and they weren't cheap!! $1000, however every person I've met that has them had said it's the best money they've ever spent on ANY hockey gear.
@@RWT2777 I have played with many guys that use those skates and they love them. It will be worth the wait for sure. Good Luck
Sorry man but I don't like this method,
hi
Is "Lace bite" common in ice hockey or is it just a thing in inline?
both cause the boots are the same
What the heck is this 'lace-bite' things that's all the rage. Ive been in skates 3 times a week for like 30 years and never had an issue
lucky man... :/
Michael Oliva ikr it is horrible that guy is soooo lucky
In my experience lace bite comes from crappy tongues (felt padding). My last skates had thick felt tongue pads. My new ones have the new and improved lace bite system from CCM. It sucks. It sucks so bad that I sewed new tongues in place.
I too have skated for over 30 years an never experienced lace bite - that is until I signed up for an adult hockey clinic/camp over 4 straight days of continuous on the ice/off the ice sessions throughout each day. I believe what finally gave me my case of lace bite was having wet & weak skates after numerous sessions in the same day. I did bring my skate/boot dryer and tried to dry between each session, but it only helped so much.
It's definitely a link between how you lace your skates up and the support of the tongue. If it's super wet or the padding has thinned over the years, it's going to allow your laces to pull in against your tendon in your foot right where the top bend is/flexes. If you happen to tie your skates like most people tie sneakers (threading the opposite of what this guy shows here, which is going to the under/inside of each eyehole first), you're going to have a great chance of getting lace bite.
What does lace bite feel like? Agony, through every flex of your foot as you take steps. Every degree of bending your foot as you walk is excruciating and putting it into your hockey skate is without question absolutely impossible. It takes MONTHS to heal from this and NO AMOUNT of extra padding you stuff between your top ankle tendon and that skate tongue will alleviate it. To get rid of it I had to stop skating for 2-3 months.
I clicked off the video as soon as he said "toesies"
Afraid you might get an erection?