Help on stopping when ice skating?

Question

I'm unsure on when I try to stop, how do I turn sideways without falling over and when u stop, do u use the edge of the blade or the flat bottom part?

Answer 1

First of all you have to bend your knees, then turn side ways, and push against the ice with your edges, to "make snow". I'm assuming you are trying a snowplow stop, so with this kind of stop you push out with the leg that is infront of you while sideways (so if you are sideways facing the left, this will be the right foot/skate). if you are trying to do a hockey stop, it is pretty much the same thing except you push your edges with both feet. Remember you can't stop with straight knees, gotta keep them bent!

Answer 2

Trial and error, you cant teach this.  You have to use the edge of your skates and get the feel of shaving the ice with your blade.  Try standing holding on to the boards and pushing one foot on the ice so you shave ice off the ground to make snow.  If your foot isn't moving when you try you are pushing down to hard.  Get the feel of that, then work your way into a snowblow stop (same as down hill skiing toes pointed in at each other).  Eventually you will feel good and develop moving completely sideways.  PS your blades are not flat on the bottom...they have a U shaped cut in them so you have 2 edges on each foot (inside and outside edge)

Answer 3

Well when you're trying to stop while skating if you're doing a side stop which sounds like what your explaning you bend your knees and brush the ice with the side of your skate and voila stop!