Wow, this is really cool. I'm 63 this year and still playing hockey. This has really made me think about digging my old inlines out. I do struggle to hockey stop on them without feeling like I'm damaging my knees. I guess it's just technique.
Depending on the surface, I can do hockey stops if I WANT to, but I don't bother. I move my wheels around enough as it is, and they last quite a while doing it that way, but hockey stops would force me to move wheels around a lot more (and replace them more often) than I prefer. As it is, I need to do a lot of T stopping, (and if I'm skating in a large group, sometimes a LOT of T stopping) and even that, I try to minimize. As far as your knees go: I have found, after 4 years of skating (quite consistently, and hardworking most of the time), it has paid off tremendously. (I skate a lot, but never seem to overtrain) Before skating, I was in the gym regularly. I was in good shape, but I had a nagging knee issue, among other things, that all went away completely, in less than a year of skating. Today, every muscle, joint, tendon, and bone, feels 100%. I have zero issues while skating, or after skating, other than feeling the great workout. For me, returning to skating has been the best thing I've ever done, for my overall health. My last 2 annual physicals prove it to me, beyond any doubt. Hats off to you to be playing hockey at your age. I loved the game on the ponds as a kid. Best wishes if you dig out those inlines.
Wow, this is really cool.
I'm 63 this year and still playing hockey.
This has really made me think about digging my old inlines out.
I do struggle to hockey stop on them without feeling like I'm damaging my knees.
I guess it's just technique.
Depending on the surface, I can do hockey stops if I WANT to, but I don't bother.
I move my wheels around enough as it is, and they last quite a while doing it that way, but hockey stops would force me to move wheels around a lot more (and replace them more often) than I prefer.
As it is, I need to do a lot of T stopping, (and if I'm skating in a large group, sometimes a LOT of T stopping) and even that, I try to minimize.
As far as your knees go:
I have found, after 4 years of skating (quite consistently, and hardworking most of the time), it has paid off tremendously. (I skate a lot, but never seem to overtrain)
Before skating, I was in the gym regularly.
I was in good shape, but I had a nagging knee issue, among other things, that all went away completely, in less than a year of skating.
Today, every muscle, joint, tendon, and bone, feels 100%.
I have zero issues while skating, or after skating, other than feeling the great workout.
For me, returning to skating has been the best thing I've ever done, for my overall health.
My last 2 annual physicals prove it to me, beyond any doubt.
Hats off to you to be playing hockey at your age.
I loved the game on the ponds as a kid.
Best wishes if you dig out those inlines.
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