Comments on: How To Hockey Stop

By: Michaela

Michaela — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:42:34 +0000

This video really helped me im 12 years old and last year i was not able to stop!!!! (haha) but i learned from your video it took me 3 weeks to learn! Thank- you guys! <3

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:10:25 +0000

I am not affiliated with this site but I will definitely tell you YES! While many times you can come to a stop with your favorite foot, there will be those “emergency” times in hockey where you have to quickly come to a stop with your off-foot. So instead of bailing and crashing you should spend the time now to learn and become comfortable with both feet.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:30:01 +0000

Hey! I’ve been watching your videos and trying and I am finally starting to get the hang of it. My biggest problem is the mental barrier.. but I am slowly getting over it. I just had a quick question on stopping though. Should you learn how to stop both ways with the right and left foot in front? Does it really matter in hockey if you can stop either way?

Thank you!
-Andrew

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By: scapegoat

scapegoat — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:33:45 +0000

Thanks HowtoHockey -this site is totally awesome! I’m 36 and have been inline aggressive skating for years -so on ice I can go but have never been able to stop (the correct way haha). I checked out your site the other day and practiced the gradual steps last night on the ice… I was able to hockey stop in about fifteen minutes- I could hardly believe it! I’m not a pro now by any means as it will still take quite a bit of practice to perfect at high speeds but I find it amazing that your simple teaching method is so effective.

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By: stan

stan — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:04:29 +0000

i have been on the ice for most of my life . in michigan as a kid thats all i did in my teen years now 49 i still skate and not bad. the problem i have for some reason is when i go fast and try to spray its like my skates are just to sharp and i just cant get it right . can weight be the problem and my skates are diggin in more. when i was younger i could spray people in the face all day .

stanley szamiel
middleburg fla

By: Jerome

Jerome — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:57:32 +0000

Thanks a lot for that video, it helped me a lot to finally achieve a correct hockey stop, after months of self and resultless attempt.

Any advice for stopping backwards could be great as well. I don’t know why but when i stop while skating backwards, only one of my skate is skimming the ice, not the other one, so each time my stop is also a bit of a turn.

By: seongpil.woo

seongpil.woo — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:24:07 +0000

i want to be a better skater thanks to howtohockey.com and hope to get more skating video

By: JB

JB — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:19:23 +0000

One thing that has helped me with stopping is to get a fairly shallow radius on my blade….I am 6’0″ and about 210lbs and skate with a 7/8 radius which is pretty shallow compared to what your hockey store’s default will be (probably 5/8″ or 1/2″). If you’re a beginning skater over 175lbs you should at least TRY a shallow radius once and see if it makes stopping easier. The added weight from your body mass will cause the edges to dig in pretty deep on a deeper radius blade, making it more difficult to shave the ice for stopping purposes (you’ll be digging in too deep without even trying to).

If you just walk into the hockey shop and ask for sharpening without being specific, they are going to probably do the easiest thing…either just use whatever the machine is currently set to (from the last person that got his/her skates sharpened…which is like skating on a wildcard) or set it to a their average setting which is probably 1/2″ or 5/8″ radius which is going to be deep for a beginning skater who has passed puberty.