How to properly lace hockey, roller and curly skates: diagram, description, tips

Beautiful skating skating depends on many factors. It is very important to properly cover the skates.

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How easily and beautifully the skaters flutter with ice, how quickly hockey players rush into the ice attack! To achieve such skill, the ability to correctly blink skates is not the last thing. What do you need to know to feel confident on skates?

How to lace skates: select laces

To line skates It is best to choose lords for From artificial material. The same nylon, for example, due to weaving is able to stretch well and tightly “sit” the horse on the leg without weakening the lacing subsequently. Thus, you will not worry that the leg will slide in the skate.

In addition, there are fabric laces And more reliable waxed, saturated with a special composition. They are more reliable than fabric, when creating tension, they do not need to be fixed with fingers, but it is quite difficult to untie them.

How to lace skates correctly: General principles

The first rule of the right lacing is the correct lace that should not be too thick or thin. The length of the lace depends on the size of the skate and on average is from 183 cm (for size 30.5) to 305 cm (for the maximum 45-46).

Is always line skates from below It is necessary than the ankles, the upper part is laid a little more freely.
The lace should be carried out on top.
After lacing the shoes should sit on the leg tight enough, but without squeezing it. The foot should also not be squeezed, but at the same time cannot “hang out” in the boot.

How to lace figure skates correctly: Scheme

Figure skates equipped with cloves in the front of the blade are easier than hockey, because they are intended not only to gain speed, but also to perform jumps, pirouettes, circles, etc.

Start a lace of curly skates It follows from the melting of the tongue, otherwise it is not possible to achieve good dense lacing.

Having straightened the tongue, then we lace from below according to the following scheme:

When lacing two initial loops, we do not tighten too much to avoid tightening the fingers on the legs, but enough in order to steadily fix the rise area, otherwise the ankle injuries are possible.
Thus we go up, following the principle: the higher, the more lacing lacing. To do this, throw the lace on top of the hook, and then start it down. This creates a kind of loop, thanks to which the lace is more pulled.
We continue the lacing in the same way upward, squatting after tying each two pairs of hooks. This is necessary in order to make sure that the lacing is not too tight and the boots will not squeeze the leg.

How to lace hockey skates correctly: scheme

Hockey skates, as a rule, have holes instead of hooks, although many experts argue that hooks are more practical and convenient.

The scheme according to which you need to lace hockey skates as follows:

Beginas well as the lacing of curly skates, from below, using the same method of the lace establishment (best to get inside) in the holes for each of the skates of the pair. When directing the lacing on the outside, a correct pressing of the lace on the tongue is created, and this leads to a closer contact of the legs with the boot.
Thus, we draw a lace from the bottom to the place a little higher than the ankle, where the bend of the feet is located, tightening quite tightly.
After that, the lacing follows a little loosenTo the foot could bend freely. Just as when lacing curly skates, you need to perform squats, tightening every second couple of holes to make sure that the leg is comfortable in the boot.
Check The density of the lacing A finger: if it does not pass between the leg and the skate, then everything is done correctly.

Video: How to light hockey skates?

How to lace roller skates?

The rollers also apply to the lacing rules from below. Like hockey and curly, you need to start with a dense but not squeezing leg of the lacing, so as not to violate normal blood circulation in the foot.
The rise is laid more tightlyTo fix the heel and protect the ankle joint from a possible injury, and to the top is weakened again so that the lower leg remains mobile and the joint is comfortable.
Starting to ride for the first time, make stops to loosen and tighten the shoelaces again - So the foot will not flow, and the leg will get used to the boot faster. Consider the location of the tibial nerve going in the upper arch of the foot, and to avoid unpleasant sensations, perform lacing so that the laces are in the outer part, i.e. To see them.

The most durable and reliable ways that will help to lace roller skates:

Crosswhich is optimal for cases of a small step of the ears and a large horizontal distance between the laces
Straight, suitable in the case when the lacing areas are quite long, and there are few ears.
There is a third way, called "butterfly"used for short laces, but it is used only as a decorative one.

Useful tips when lacing skates

Put a high toe on your leg to avoid rubbing.
When using waxed laces, you can use the lower lacing, since the density of the lace will not let it go. Other laces are better lace the upper lacing, that it will click it and will not let it weaken.
Before the first time go out on the ice, Train in lacing and stringing skates - so the boots will “sit down” faster on the leg.

The crossing place of the cords should be in the center of the tongue.
Before start lacing skates, Set your leg in the boot so that the heel is in close to contact with it.