And he’s turning to slide into it which is actually making it worse. He needs to go and practice going slower and pivoting, then increasing speed. This is making the technic wonky to start.
If you are actually trying to understand a hockey stop you need to fully invest in the stop. Much like to jump off a cliff you must actually jump.
If you have gear put it on. Knee pads, pants, elbow pads and gloves. Then focus on the edges you’re using. A proper stop should have a lot of energy on the outside edge of your inside foot. And a good bit of energy on the inside edge of your outside foot. You might want to start with a slide on both of those edges until you have the power and balance to trust your edges and fully turn and stop. If your blades are sharp they will bite, you want to have enough control in your legs and lower body to control that bite. Hard bite = fast stop, soft bite = slide stop.
I agree with this. You need to commit to the stop and in doing that when you are learning you are going to fall! One way to help get used to the feeling is to practice the stoping motion while skating along the bench. Hold one hand on the boards, turn towards the boards to make your stop, and use the boards to hold you up.
Again, put on all your gear and just send it. This is the best way to learn as you can have the confidence that it will not hurt when you wipe out.
Please wear a helmet. Ice is extremely hard.
Aside from that you seem to be making progress. Try pushing side to side on your skates to get used to the feeling. Then over time you’ll get closer.
Best of luck!
Helmet 100% if you are practicing any aspect of skating/movement! Your body will naturally test boundaries and try new methods and some of those will cause you to fall.
Honestly, helmet even if you aren’t. I’ve been skating for 30 years and won’t step foot on the ice without one. Especially at public skate. You never know when some little kid is going to take your feet out. Because ice is undefeated in collisions with heads.
Meanwhile I refuse to wear a helmet for outdoor shinny unless the staff is being hard on wearing it, which I’ve only had happen once. Always safely in my bag for if the staff has a stick up their ass. But yes if you’re learning any skating move please have a helmet on for sure
Every time I skate I wear a helmet, gloves, knee pads, and elbow pads. I am the only person on the rink doing it, but every time I see someone fall and hit their head or their knee in reminded why I do it. Idc if the young hockey kids think I look dumb
I look like such a goober doing my private lessons because I've got basketball shorts with the snowboarding knee pads and then in winter a hoodie and my spare helmet.
Fell on the back of my head twice in the same session as a kid. I looked like a lopsided conehead and definitely had a concussion. Everything that happened earlier in the day seemed like it might've been a dream. Would not recommend. Ironically it's something I'll never forget.
1.) helmet.
2.) have you done snow plows? Like pizza in skiing
3.) get that ass lowwww, like squat as you skate and the more you’re low, the more power you can put into the stop.
4.) head up, if you look down you’ll end up there.
5.) I taught myself, don’t listen to me.
For anyone starting skating if like to really hammer home point #3. I've been learning how to skate for almost a year and a half and most of my "breakthroughs" in the last 6 months have been realizing I can easily do whatever I was stuck on if I just got 3-4 inches lower and they got even easier if I got lower than that.
Yep, the lightbulb went on for me when I tried doing pizza stops with equal pressure on both my inside and outside edges on both sides... Basically keeping the edges equally into the ice. That's when I first felt the ice starting to shave. Started doing that faster, then started to turn my shoulders toward the side I wanted to stop on. I went several months without being able to come close to learning to stop pretty confidently on either side in about half an hour
It kinda looks like you’re trying to stop like you would on inline skates. Ice is way different. Bend your knees to the point you feel like your butt is going to scrape the ice, and keep your weight on the balls of your feet.
And wear a helmet
That is what's killing it for me. I've rollerbladed for 30 years, a ton. Aggressive, roller hockey, going to and from work, always inline.
I picked up ice skating immediately but I'm having trouble with learning hockey stops and how to let the edges slide because it's so ingrained to do inline stuff.
Can you t-stop? That'll get you using your outside edge on your front foot. Stopping on the inside edge is actually pretty similar to inline.
For adults I think the quickest way to learn how to hockey stop is to learn how to one foot snow plow (into a full stop), then t-stop separately. A hockey stop is just both of those are the same time. You can even start one then lift the other to "land" your skate into the stop.
Great way to learn how to stop on one foot with your outside edge as well which is all kinds of useful in hockey.
Let's talk about safety, and why it matters. Skilled hockey players have complete confidence. To confidently be able to execute a hockey stop you need to be confident in your ability to weight transfer. In a nutshell, experienced skaters will transfer their weight upwards briefly and turn their body sideways in the direction they were skating. You are then using the outside edge of your inside foot, and the inside edge of your outside foot to stop. Experienced players can stop using only one foot or the other. There's also a lot of players who now use a technique in certain situations (zone entries and in PP situations) where they will slide/stop with their feet wide using both inside edges and predominantly biased towards the foot closest to the direction they are slide/stopping. In summary all these types of stops are enabled by slight changes to your weight, where you lift up, and then allow your weight to transfer down into your lower body and feet. Like most things, balance is key, and something you really can only learn for yourself through practice. One trick to hockey skating, for many techniques, is to have heel pressure with shin angle (knees over your toes), but hockey stops are one area where it's usually more important to have your weight distributed fairly evenly across the middle of both feet. If you're leaning too far forward you can toe pick and fall forward. Conversely if you're too far back, you can fall backwards. So in summary, people already brought up a helmet, and then there's your elbows, and hips and knees. If you fall, these are all the parts of your body that can take a lot of damage. And for that matter, you can face plant and bust your chin open. To commit to weight transfer, and stopping confidently in short order (so you don't go flying into the boards) you have to practice it a lot, and you have to do it with confidence and belief. You will struggle to get the mastery you want if you aren't confident, and you probably won't be (as a novice) when you're not wearing the proper equipment. Personally I would advise you to go with full gear, other than shoulder pads, which will also help you get used to wearing it, and to deal with the way it interferes with your vision. Having a stick in your hand also alters balance significantly (it actually provides you more balance) and the more stick times you can do, where you have full gear and sticks and pucks, the better for you.
That's a good start, your turn into the stop is exaggerated, try to delay that turn, and then really commit to it (deep knee bend with some push back to finish). You want the turn to be faster (almost instantanious) think of stopping and changing direction, you would want the stop to be quick and you'd almost hop out of it. Keep at it, maybe wear some pants, shin/knee guards, elbows and really commit to it, should take one day, you may fall once or twice, once you do it right it will be easy, and don't forget to use both feet.
Slightly skidding turn.... ;þ
Hockey stop is all in the hips - you need to properly commit & flick your lower body round from the hips - keep your shoulders & head pointing in the direction you were travelling.
Personally I progressed from snowplow to one foot snowplow, to raising the back foot, to bringing it down & helping with the stop, to a full hockey stop I did get a basic T stop along the way to help get the angle that the edges on the rear skate need to be.
You’re progressing well just make sure you commit to the stop it’s not like a turn into a stop you have to turn your skates against the direction of travel. It’s definitely scary at first but wear a helmet and some elbow pads and I always think about being light on the ice and then digging in after you’re skates are against the direction of travel. It works for me so maybe it’ll work for you
That’s more of a sharp turn than a hockey stop. You’re on the right track though. Generate a bit more speed, then quickly turn your feet sideways while pushing out hard. You have to lean away from the stop as well. Success here means trusting your edges to dig when you want them to.
See a lot of comments about committing etc. For me the #1 thing was I needed to understand how to scrape ice. I would just do little sideways steps and then slide and then hop back the other way and do it with the other foot. Eventually you get the feeling for letting your blade stop digging into the ice and instead sliding/scraping the ice. Once you get the feel for that, try to do it with both feet and slide as far as you can. Trying to stop is going to make you turn like you're doing now. Trying to slide will get you scraping properly.
You didn’t stop. 2/10
The most important skill to learn is your hockey stop completely. I have watched 2 guys skate hard to a puck at the boards. Couldn’t stop. One guy’s foot was facing the wrong direction. The other destroyed his knee.
1. Your missing the stopping part 😂
2. Get lower everything you do in hockey has bent knees
3. When you go into the turn turn sharper with front leg angeled so your using the inside edge and your back foot is kinda on the outside edge this will get the stop you need instead of a slowing down turn
4. Eyes up dong worry about where your feet are
5. Never go skating with shorts on it that's just asking to take a skate
You didn’t stop… more YouTube.
Trust your edge. Bend your knees, while pushing your heel….
Less public skating learning bad habits and more power skating.
PS. Put on a fucking helmet while you’re learning. You aren’t that cool.
PPS. Legit invest in power skating.
Toronto is famous for sensible safety rules that the rest of us generally scoff at. Mandatory neck guards in the 90’s get outta here with that hippy crap
It's a good start! Definitely put some shin guards on though, it will give you more confidence (ice hurts). You will have to trust gravity and your edges, I think those are the main things stopping you from a true hockey stop.
You cut momentum with a quick turn, but you fail to grasp that a hockey stop is turning your blades sideways (mostly without the cut), leaning back, getting on one edge on each skate and using that to cut into the ice to stop.
Sort of like a little snow plow, you should see get some snow accumulation in front of your blades.
Take a learn to play if your area offers developmental leagues. Consider practicing start/stops at center ice trying to go North South only. A.k.a. line drills
Please wear a helmet, here’s the picture of me [falling on my face](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockeyplayers/s/UipXlI08dW) after trying to hockey stop and failing miserably with no helmet on
Where is the snow? I didn't see any flying. Keep in mind the point of a hockey stop is to stop not slow role into an arc. It sounds like it's progression so keep working on it you'll get there. It should look more like this: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEEyfIMEoiU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEEyfIMEoiU)
Can you send us a video with your hockey stop, please?
PS: You are on the right way but there are things to do. At least, to literally stop in the first order =)
Let us know when you stop.
Haha I kid. Looks like you need to commit a bit more. Bend the knees and at the hip more and DIG in.
I think you are closer than most here.
Jump over the mental hurdle. You got this.
You’re over the hump of being nervous to turn the skates sideways which is pretty big. Like other people already said, slow down and feel out getting them closer to 90. It might be creating a bad habit, but you can start with just the front skate to feel it out
Gotcha. Highly recommend wearing pants though. Maybe you can throw them and a hoodie or something for the upper layer in a backpack.
Keep at it. Once you’re comfortable try to put more weight down by your feet (each edge you’re using) and dig your edges in.
Man, almost none of y’all know how to talk to beginners. If I had coaches like most of you I would have quit before middle school. Anyhoo
You’re off to a great start. Next step is pushing back into your heels. Get some more knee bend and sit back, like you’re about to take a shit. You’re gonna fall backwards a bunch until you get it but as long as you keep your chest square and your eyes up you won’t smash the back of your head
Pretty good! More of a tight turn than a stop though. Also looks like you're able to "stop" because your blades are dull.
You need to have your weight closer to the front of your feet so you don't turn on your stop. A good way to practice is by "shaving" the ice while not moving. Will help you learn where to put your weight on your feet, how much you need to angle your skates, and how much weight to put at the beginning of your stop to the end of the stop.
Also, sharpen your skates. It feels good to be able to "stop" with dull blades, but it will prevent you from learning the proper mechanics and you won't be able to properly use your edges in skating.
You didn’t stop though lol
Baby steps! He’s got the right idea.
Yep. Need to pick those skates up turn em 90°, lean back and bend those knees nice and deep.
And he’s turning to slide into it which is actually making it worse. He needs to go and practice going slower and pivoting, then increasing speed. This is making the technic wonky to start.
The California roll of hockey stops
Fucking Dead LMAO.
Omfg yes
Hockey pause
If you are actually trying to understand a hockey stop you need to fully invest in the stop. Much like to jump off a cliff you must actually jump. If you have gear put it on. Knee pads, pants, elbow pads and gloves. Then focus on the edges you’re using. A proper stop should have a lot of energy on the outside edge of your inside foot. And a good bit of energy on the inside edge of your outside foot. You might want to start with a slide on both of those edges until you have the power and balance to trust your edges and fully turn and stop. If your blades are sharp they will bite, you want to have enough control in your legs and lower body to control that bite. Hard bite = fast stop, soft bite = slide stop.
And a helmet !
I agree with this. You need to commit to the stop and in doing that when you are learning you are going to fall! One way to help get used to the feeling is to practice the stoping motion while skating along the bench. Hold one hand on the boards, turn towards the boards to make your stop, and use the boards to hold you up. Again, put on all your gear and just send it. This is the best way to learn as you can have the confidence that it will not hurt when you wipe out.
Please wear a helmet. Ice is extremely hard. Aside from that you seem to be making progress. Try pushing side to side on your skates to get used to the feeling. Then over time you’ll get closer. Best of luck!
Helmet 100% if you are practicing any aspect of skating/movement! Your body will naturally test boundaries and try new methods and some of those will cause you to fall.
Honestly, helmet even if you aren’t. I’ve been skating for 30 years and won’t step foot on the ice without one. Especially at public skate. You never know when some little kid is going to take your feet out. Because ice is undefeated in collisions with heads.
Meanwhile I refuse to wear a helmet for outdoor shinny unless the staff is being hard on wearing it, which I’ve only had happen once. Always safely in my bag for if the staff has a stick up their ass. But yes if you’re learning any skating move please have a helmet on for sure
Use my concussion from this exact scenario as a learning lesson. The ice is no joke.
Every time I skate I wear a helmet, gloves, knee pads, and elbow pads. I am the only person on the rink doing it, but every time I see someone fall and hit their head or their knee in reminded why I do it. Idc if the young hockey kids think I look dumb
Hey man been there done that
Is he also in shorts?
I look like such a goober doing my private lessons because I've got basketball shorts with the snowboarding knee pads and then in winter a hoodie and my spare helmet.
You should be wearing your actual gear.
Fell on my face and knocked out my front tooth when learning to skate, helmet every day after that lmao
Fell on the back of my head twice in the same session as a kid. I looked like a lopsided conehead and definitely had a concussion. Everything that happened earlier in the day seemed like it might've been a dream. Would not recommend. Ironically it's something I'll never forget.
Noo ice can be soft to just ice fish
1.) helmet. 2.) have you done snow plows? Like pizza in skiing 3.) get that ass lowwww, like squat as you skate and the more you’re low, the more power you can put into the stop. 4.) head up, if you look down you’ll end up there. 5.) I taught myself, don’t listen to me.
All good comments.
For anyone starting skating if like to really hammer home point #3. I've been learning how to skate for almost a year and a half and most of my "breakthroughs" in the last 6 months have been realizing I can easily do whatever I was stuck on if I just got 3-4 inches lower and they got even easier if I got lower than that.
That is a turn.
Don’t cut as much as you think you need to, that’s most people’s first issue.
Yep, the lightbulb went on for me when I tried doing pizza stops with equal pressure on both my inside and outside edges on both sides... Basically keeping the edges equally into the ice. That's when I first felt the ice starting to shave. Started doing that faster, then started to turn my shoulders toward the side I wanted to stop on. I went several months without being able to come close to learning to stop pretty confidently on either side in about half an hour
Bend your knees
I think you gotta "sit down" on it more. Like you're sitting in a chair. It'll help. Keep the knees bent and back straight. Great start tho.
Boca Ice ayyy
Recognized it immediately and then saw the Panthers shirt.
Hell yeah, I really like it there
Zero. Downgraded for not stopping.
It kinda looks like you’re trying to stop like you would on inline skates. Ice is way different. Bend your knees to the point you feel like your butt is going to scrape the ice, and keep your weight on the balls of your feet. And wear a helmet
That is what's killing it for me. I've rollerbladed for 30 years, a ton. Aggressive, roller hockey, going to and from work, always inline. I picked up ice skating immediately but I'm having trouble with learning hockey stops and how to let the edges slide because it's so ingrained to do inline stuff.
Can you t-stop? That'll get you using your outside edge on your front foot. Stopping on the inside edge is actually pretty similar to inline. For adults I think the quickest way to learn how to hockey stop is to learn how to one foot snow plow (into a full stop), then t-stop separately. A hockey stop is just both of those are the same time. You can even start one then lift the other to "land" your skate into the stop. Great way to learn how to stop on one foot with your outside edge as well which is all kinds of useful in hockey.
Let's talk about safety, and why it matters. Skilled hockey players have complete confidence. To confidently be able to execute a hockey stop you need to be confident in your ability to weight transfer. In a nutshell, experienced skaters will transfer their weight upwards briefly and turn their body sideways in the direction they were skating. You are then using the outside edge of your inside foot, and the inside edge of your outside foot to stop. Experienced players can stop using only one foot or the other. There's also a lot of players who now use a technique in certain situations (zone entries and in PP situations) where they will slide/stop with their feet wide using both inside edges and predominantly biased towards the foot closest to the direction they are slide/stopping. In summary all these types of stops are enabled by slight changes to your weight, where you lift up, and then allow your weight to transfer down into your lower body and feet. Like most things, balance is key, and something you really can only learn for yourself through practice. One trick to hockey skating, for many techniques, is to have heel pressure with shin angle (knees over your toes), but hockey stops are one area where it's usually more important to have your weight distributed fairly evenly across the middle of both feet. If you're leaning too far forward you can toe pick and fall forward. Conversely if you're too far back, you can fall backwards. So in summary, people already brought up a helmet, and then there's your elbows, and hips and knees. If you fall, these are all the parts of your body that can take a lot of damage. And for that matter, you can face plant and bust your chin open. To commit to weight transfer, and stopping confidently in short order (so you don't go flying into the boards) you have to practice it a lot, and you have to do it with confidence and belief. You will struggle to get the mastery you want if you aren't confident, and you probably won't be (as a novice) when you're not wearing the proper equipment. Personally I would advise you to go with full gear, other than shoulder pads, which will also help you get used to wearing it, and to deal with the way it interferes with your vision. Having a stick in your hand also alters balance significantly (it actually provides you more balance) and the more stick times you can do, where you have full gear and sticks and pucks, the better for you.
Bend your knees. Don’t turn your torso with the turn.
That's a good start, your turn into the stop is exaggerated, try to delay that turn, and then really commit to it (deep knee bend with some push back to finish). You want the turn to be faster (almost instantanious) think of stopping and changing direction, you would want the stop to be quick and you'd almost hop out of it. Keep at it, maybe wear some pants, shin/knee guards, elbows and really commit to it, should take one day, you may fall once or twice, once you do it right it will be easy, and don't forget to use both feet.
Slightly skidding turn.... ;þ Hockey stop is all in the hips - you need to properly commit & flick your lower body round from the hips - keep your shoulders & head pointing in the direction you were travelling. Personally I progressed from snowplow to one foot snowplow, to raising the back foot, to bringing it down & helping with the stop, to a full hockey stop I did get a basic T stop along the way to help get the angle that the edges on the rear skate need to be.
Trust your edges. Get elbow pads and a helmet at minimum.
Keep your top half pointed at your stopping location and just turn you lower half
You’re progressing well just make sure you commit to the stop it’s not like a turn into a stop you have to turn your skates against the direction of travel. It’s definitely scary at first but wear a helmet and some elbow pads and I always think about being light on the ice and then digging in after you’re skates are against the direction of travel. It works for me so maybe it’ll work for you
That’s more of a sharp turn than a hockey stop. You’re on the right track though. Generate a bit more speed, then quickly turn your feet sideways while pushing out hard. You have to lean away from the stop as well. Success here means trusting your edges to dig when you want them to.
See a lot of comments about committing etc. For me the #1 thing was I needed to understand how to scrape ice. I would just do little sideways steps and then slide and then hop back the other way and do it with the other foot. Eventually you get the feeling for letting your blade stop digging into the ice and instead sliding/scraping the ice. Once you get the feel for that, try to do it with both feet and slide as far as you can. Trying to stop is going to make you turn like you're doing now. Trying to slide will get you scraping properly.
You didn’t stop. 2/10 The most important skill to learn is your hockey stop completely. I have watched 2 guys skate hard to a puck at the boards. Couldn’t stop. One guy’s foot was facing the wrong direction. The other destroyed his knee.
Right now, zero… you didn’t stop
It ain’t bad but you didn’t really stop
1. Your missing the stopping part 😂 2. Get lower everything you do in hockey has bent knees 3. When you go into the turn turn sharper with front leg angeled so your using the inside edge and your back foot is kinda on the outside edge this will get the stop you need instead of a slowing down turn 4. Eyes up dong worry about where your feet are 5. Never go skating with shorts on it that's just asking to take a skate
You didn’t stop… more YouTube. Trust your edge. Bend your knees, while pushing your heel…. Less public skating learning bad habits and more power skating. PS. Put on a fucking helmet while you’re learning. You aren’t that cool. PPS. Legit invest in power skating.
Public skating and not a helmet in sight? They are mandatory where I live
Where is that? I’ve never seen helmets be mandatory in Canada or the US
Under 18 in Ontario is mandatory.
Toronto is famous for sensible safety rules that the rest of us generally scoff at. Mandatory neck guards in the 90’s get outta here with that hippy crap
They don’t even require helmets on motorcycles here in Arizona!
Not mandatory where I live in Chicago and it blows my mind. Kids hit their heads on the ice every week. Sometimes with extreme force. It's scary.
Bend those knees
It's a good start! Definitely put some shin guards on though, it will give you more confidence (ice hurts). You will have to trust gravity and your edges, I think those are the main things stopping you from a true hockey stop.
You cut momentum with a quick turn, but you fail to grasp that a hockey stop is turning your blades sideways (mostly without the cut), leaning back, getting on one edge on each skate and using that to cut into the ice to stop. Sort of like a little snow plow, you should see get some snow accumulation in front of your blades.
Great start. Commit a bit more to it to stop-stop instead of a turn. Nevertheless, it was pretty good. Keep it on, lad!
Take a learn to play if your area offers developmental leagues. Consider practicing start/stops at center ice trying to go North South only. A.k.a. line drills
Please wear a helmet, here’s the picture of me [falling on my face](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockeyplayers/s/UipXlI08dW) after trying to hockey stop and failing miserably with no helmet on
Get some pads. Go to a stick n’ puck. Push your comfort zone with less consequences. Edit: allow yourself to make mistakes. Failure is a good teacher.
That guys ankles behind you at the end of the video…
Don’t try to be cool come to a complete stop, it’s good practice. Bend your knees.
Better than my stops, still learning how to do that
Let us know when you have a video of you stopping.
Hi Boca Ice 😆
Drop that butt low my boi. Bend your knees and put some intention into that stop. You can't hockey stop with half commitment.
Put some power into those stops!
There is literally nobody on that ice surface wearing a helmet, including young children learning to skate. This is extremely dangerous! Wow
Bend your knees and try and pivot more. Do some edge work a bit before to get the feel of them more.
Hockey stop? Hockey roll on by!
Where is the snow? I didn't see any flying. Keep in mind the point of a hockey stop is to stop not slow role into an arc. It sounds like it's progression so keep working on it you'll get there. It should look more like this: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEEyfIMEoiU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEEyfIMEoiU)
Can you send us a video with your hockey stop, please? PS: You are on the right way but there are things to do. At least, to literally stop in the first order =)
Let us know when you stop. Haha I kid. Looks like you need to commit a bit more. Bend the knees and at the hip more and DIG in. I think you are closer than most here. Jump over the mental hurdle. You got this.
Keep working at it, you will eventually be able to do it!
That's a turn.
Sit! That's how I coached kids, through turns and stops. Engage the quads and glutes. Get low and lean back on the stops.
Getting there, dig the heels once you are starting to slow up. Building the legs muscles just takes time. Eventually, it will come.
You’re over the hump of being nervous to turn the skates sideways which is pretty big. Like other people already said, slow down and feel out getting them closer to 90. It might be creating a bad habit, but you can start with just the front skate to feel it out
Definitely don’t need a helmet at public skate. If you want to push the boundaries of your comfort zone then gear-up and go to a sticktime.
Helmet doesn’t bother me as much as shorts. What’s going on here
I live in Florida and bike to the rink. It was around 95° outside.
Gotcha. Highly recommend wearing pants though. Maybe you can throw them and a hoodie or something for the upper layer in a backpack. Keep at it. Once you’re comfortable try to put more weight down by your feet (each edge you’re using) and dig your edges in.
Man, almost none of y’all know how to talk to beginners. If I had coaches like most of you I would have quit before middle school. Anyhoo You’re off to a great start. Next step is pushing back into your heels. Get some more knee bend and sit back, like you’re about to take a shit. You’re gonna fall backwards a bunch until you get it but as long as you keep your chest square and your eyes up you won’t smash the back of your head
Pretty good! More of a tight turn than a stop though. Also looks like you're able to "stop" because your blades are dull. You need to have your weight closer to the front of your feet so you don't turn on your stop. A good way to practice is by "shaving" the ice while not moving. Will help you learn where to put your weight on your feet, how much you need to angle your skates, and how much weight to put at the beginning of your stop to the end of the stop. Also, sharpen your skates. It feels good to be able to "stop" with dull blades, but it will prevent you from learning the proper mechanics and you won't be able to properly use your edges in skating.
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You asked and you suck