| What are abec bearings? Well, they are something | | | | beginners, but for more advanced players you will |
| that every hockey player should know about. Actually | | | | want a higher rating. I tend to think the more speedier |
| that's only partly true. Every Inline or Roller hockey | | | | hockey players will want to go for an abec rating of 5 |
| player should know about them. When I first started | | | | or above. When I was younger, I noticed a huge |
| playing roller hockey I didn't think much about my | | | | difference in speed and smoothness of skating |
| skates, that was until the wheels broke. It was when I | | | | between the two different types. |
| took them off and discovered for the first time what | | | | Basically, hockey boils down to one thing. Your hockey |
| made my wheels actually work. What gave them their | | | | skates and your speed that you achieve with those |
| speed and their smoothness. These were the skating | | | | skates. In roller hockey, you need these skate bearings. |
| bearings. Now, the brand that was used were Abec | | | | They are what enhance your speed and can make |
| bearings. The reason I'm mentioning abec and hockey | | | | you a better player in an all around sense. You can |
| is because you will find alot of hockey skates come | | | | actually look for skates with these types of hockey |
| with abec bearings. If you don't believe, just get an alan | | | | bearings in them. If you don't want to spend too much |
| wrench and take off the wheels. You can actually | | | | money right away, you can always buy the ones with |
| replace your skate bearings with other ones too. | | | | a cheaper and lower rating, then upgrade later. It isn't |
| This brand of bearing comes in ratings. The cheaper | | | | too hard to change out the hockey skate bearings |
| skates tend to come with what are called abec 3s. | | | | yourself. |
| This is an alright type of hockey skate bearing for | | | | |