| Ice Skating. What does it mean? Why do we want to | | | | skate, the better they become. It truly is that simple. |
| teach our children to ice skate? | | | | However, I did invest in power skating lessons. But |
| When your child decides to play hockey, the one most | | | | your child also needs some extra time to practice |
| important thing about playing is skating. This makes all | | | | what they learned and feel comfortable in their skates. |
| the difference in your child's ability to play hockey and | | | | Actually trusting their skates to do what they want. |
| have fun while playing hockey. Most adults forget the | | | | Allowing their ice skates to feel like shoes. The best |
| first time they put on a pair of skates. These skates | | | | way to do this is allowing the kids to play tag and |
| will allow you to glide and feel like flying. The fit of a | | | | make everything a game. Kids love to imagine flying |
| skate is crucial to your child's performance. | | | | and when they can stop, glide, fall down, and snow |
| COMFORT, COMFORT, COMFORT!!! When the fit is | | | | each other it is like another world to them. The faster |
| comfort and you sense a smile from your child then | | | | they skate, the more confident they become. Now |
| the sharpening of your child's skate is next. | | | | when they are playing on the ice - and then go into a |
| Make sure you get your child's hockey skates | | | | skating lesson they grasp it easier because they feel |
| sharpened by a person who cares about the blade. I | | | | comfort on the ice. There are so many technical |
| could not figure out why my son started to cry while | | | | dynamics to skating however the most important are |
| skating and was falling down. When we took off his | | | | the right fit, the right sharpened blade and the right |
| skates I discovered his blades were uneven. The last | | | | amount of fun on the ice which inherently comes with |
| fellow who sharpened his skates cut the blade | | | | more time on the ice. The more time they spend on |
| diagonally so he was uneven when skating. No | | | | the ice the more fancy tricks they will want to explore |
| wonder he was having so much difficulty. We later | | | | and expend. |
| found a person at a local skate shop that fixed the | | | | AS QUOTED FROM THE MOVIE, "MIGHTY DUCKS" |
| blades and now we take the hockey skates to him | | | | Kids really love to play by flowing on the ice |
| after every 6-7 hours of skating. Huge difference as | | | | It is not about winning |
| my son is now considered one of the best skaters in | | | | It is about showing them how to play~showing them to |
| his league. Do you think it is only because of the | | | | have FUN! And most of all |
| comfort and the sharpening of the blades? Well - it | | | | TEACHING THEM TO FLY!!!! |
| was a start as he stopped crying and continually | | | | This is what your kids will remember - there is no |
| smiled on the ice that allowed him to have fun and | | | | better feeling than stepping onto the ice and gliding to |
| skate longer. | | | | your hearts content. It truly is the closest thing to |
| The difference between children's levels of skating in | | | | freedom that a small child can access easily. And this |
| the beginning is primarily ice time. The longer your child | | | | is people continue skate into their elderly years. |
| spends on the ice and watches others people ice | | | | |