Sammy*
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Its a peice of equipment I am thinking of getting for my son who is 9. In theory, it helps develop good skating technique. Has anyone ever used it or knows anyone who has & does it work?
MikeS said:Is that anything like the Skate-Mill?
Sounds like the hockey-specific (or skating-specific) piece of equipment I have been looking for too. I'd like to hear what experiences anyone has had with it...
Sammy said:Not really. Here is the guy (& below that, a girl) doing their thing on the power skater:
http://www.powerskater.com/strength.htm
Here is the website itself:
http://www.powerskater.com/index.htm
Pensfan86 said:get him lessons with a figure skating coach instead of some machine, im not kidding either, you will be shocked at how good he will become, it truly worked for me. also, by looking at the machine, does anyone think that the way the feet are set up initially that it might potentially cuase some problems? i mean, your feet should technically be like facing forward, not outward like they are in the picture
He goes to power skating. It will be supplementing that, basically to try & improve the stride & posture (its a very hard thing to get a kid to improve his posture while on the ice).Pensfan86 said:get him lessons with a figure skating coach instead of some machine, im not kidding either, you will be shocked at how good he will become, it truly worked for me. also, by looking at the machine, does anyone think that the way the feet are set up initially that it might potentially cuase some problems? i mean, your feet should technically be like facing forward, not outward like they are in the picture
Sammy said:(its a very hard thing to get a kid to improve his posture while on the ice).
Sammy said:Not really. Here is the guy (& below that, a girl) doing their thing on the power skater:
http://www.powerskater.com/strength.htm
Here is the website itself:
http://www.powerskater.com/index.htm
Oh , I agree with you. I have to be very judicious in trying to get him on it & then, it will have to be for very short periods of time lest he starts to hate it too much. I do have some optomisim though given that at the start of the year he hated power skating & now he kinda looks forward to it.WVpens said:I doubt I'd want to use that thing if I was 9 years old. But if your kid is willing to use it regularly, I'd say go for it.
MikeS said:Feet looked fine to me. Looked like Laura Stamm's power skating stance...