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Inline Skating and ice skating - is it much different when trying to balance yourself?

Let say, I can do a bit of ice skating, will it be much easier if I will try roller blading? Thank you.

Public Comments

1. its all preference. i prefer the feel of balance of inline skating and the wheels of inline skates arent as hard as the steel blades of ice skates.
2. Having learned to balance each foot over the blade underneath it will help you learn to inline skate more quickly. The big differences are (not knowing what type of ice skating you did) are: You can use the center edge. This allows you to start a stride with your weight over the skate and on an outside edge, bring the skate under you (center edge) and then push it out on the inside edge as one fluid motion. You have much more lateral grip. Your stride should shift to feet pointed more forward than on ice and the power of the stride being straight down the leg through the heel. Braking is obviously different. The most effective stop is using the heel brake. The key is to scissors your feet so that the braking foot is completely ahead of the gliding foot. The second most common (but much less effective) stop should be familier to you from ice. The T stop is dragging your trailing foot on the ground behind you.