The Off-Ice Skate is completely different from a traditional inlineskate/rollerblade. It has a uniquely shaped rockered chassis, which means that at any one time you are balancing on no more that 2 of the wheels.
What is off ice? Off-ice training is a fitness class – done OFF the ice – designed for the figure skater to optimize their potential ON the ice. The training focuses on building muscle, stability and endurance, in order to optimize jumping, spinning and dancing on ice. Read More...
Breakfast: Smoothie, egg wrap, yogurt, and corn flakes. Snacks: Yogurt, dark chocolate almonds, fruit, or Special K bars. Lunch: Meat sandwich, yogurt, fruit. Dinner: Rice, pasta, or bread with fish, red meat, or chicken, plus a vegetable and sometimes soup.
What can figure skaters not eat? Avoid foods higher in fat around competition time.
High fat foods will slow down your absorption of dietary carbohydrates and slow down fuel delivery to your muscles. Read More...
also called a "high wrap," or simply the "lacrosse move," the maneuver of lifting the puck with the stick and throwing it under the top corner of the goal, while skating behind the net, while the goaltender protects the bottom corner.
What is the term for moving a hockey puck? Controlling and moving the puck along the ice. Sweep check. A legal check where a player goes down on one knee and sweeps his stick along the ice in order to take the puck away from an attacking player. Read More...
