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Women-in-Hockey Digest Sunday, January 4 1998 Volume 01 : Number 092
In this issue:
Inline skating vs. ice skating
Re: Inline skating vs. ice skating
Re: Inline skates and sticks
Vancouver Game
RE: Vancouver Game
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Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 13:20:27 -0800
From: Anne Paulson
Subject: Inline skating vs. ice skating
I've been playing ice hockey for a year now. OK, I'm not great or
anything, but I've gotten to the point where I can skate, and at
least execute all the skating moves like stopping, forward and backward
crossovers, pivots, tight turns and so forth.
Two days ago my son's roller hockey team had a pickup game, parents against
kids. I don't skate inline much, but what the heck, neither do some
of the dads who were playing, so I got my stuff on and went out there. And
I couldn't skate at all. I felt like I had bricks on my feet. I expected not
to be able to stop, and I couldn't, but I couldn't turn either, and I was
absolutely unable to pivot from forward to backward. I looked pretty pathetic
out there. I'd go to the net, wanting to pivot quickly to one-time the puck,
and instead I'd just stumble around. It was frustrating.
Looking for excuses, I looked down at my skates. I noticed that while the
inline hockey skates have a very short wheelbase, my skates were longer. In
fact the front *axle* of my skates is about an inch and a half in front of my
toes. How much difference should this make? How much better are inline
hockey skates than random roller blades if you're trying to play hockey?
Anyone have any tips on going from ice to SportCourt?
- -- Anne Paulson
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Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:08:20 EST
From: Goneskatin
Subject: Re: Inline skating vs. ice skating
Hi Ann,
I skate both inline and ice. I grew up on ice decades ago and took up inline
in the last 6 years. Having just returned to ice again, and in hockey skates,
not figure skates, I find that my knees are thanking me.
I have since shortened the wheelbase on my inline skates by popping out the
plastic insert that holds the front and rear axle. Rollerblades have this
feature in their TRS series. You would have to remove a wheel on your
recreational skates to see if the insert has an eccentric (offset of center)
hole to shorten the wheel base. Another tip on switching ice to
roller....throw away that useless brake! After doing this, go to a safe place
(tennis court) and practice turns and stops until you feel confident. The
brake hinders your natural skating ability developed on ice. Just be
patient...the stops will come.
A note about the longer vs shorter wheelbase....The longer the wheelbase, the
more stable you will be at high speed and going flat out on a break away.
Paying the piper comes when you try to execute sharp turns on long skates.
Imagine a Cadillac going thru a cone slalom against a Honda Civic. Their is a
lot less torque on your knees in shorter wheel base skates in the turns, but
you have to work a lot harder to keep up on a break away. I prefer
manoeverability over top end speed, so I keep the wheel base short and put the
biggest wheels in the truck will accomodate. Hope this helps?
Terry P.
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Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 04:59:04 EST
From: Rdwng13
Subject: Re: Inline skates and sticks
I have had great luck with Easton's inline sticks. They last long, and
are durable, yet still very light. I got away with using the Easton
Crossroads Stick almost the entire summer. Its also relatively cheap, 18-25
dollars. I have heard that Koho also makes a good inline stick that can be
used for ice or roller hockey, but I haven't tried that one out yet. Hope
that helps!
Jennifer
#13 Springfield Scream
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Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 11:37:34 -0500
From: Madeleine Oldham
Subject: Vancouver Game
does anyone have any info on the women's game in Vancouver in a couple
of weeks, like what time is the game and if tickets are available, how
to get them?
Thanks,
- -madeleine
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Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 14:05:44 -0800
From: Alan Chim
Subject: RE: Vancouver Game
>does anyone have any info on the women's game in Vancouver in a couple
>of weeks, like what time is the game and if tickets are available, how
>to get them?
The game is between Team USA and Team Canada and will take place on Friday,
January 16th, 1998 7:30 pm at General Motors Place.
Tickets still are available. For group ticket inquiries (15 or more
people) call Reid Mitchell @ 899-7618.
For individual tickets, call Ticket Master at 604-280-4400
Alan.
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