Characteristics of High-Performance Skating

Backward Stopping

1. One foot stop. High performance stop used by elite players. Enhances ability to accelerate out of stop.

   Back knee straight, front knee bent.
   
   

2. Snow plow stop. Both knees bent. Stopping with inside edges of both skates. Also used by high performance players.
   
   
3. High Speed Inside Foot Slowing Technique

   Used as a high performance technique to slow down or change directions, but not necessarily to stop. Forward skate is externally rotated (turned to the outside). Most of weight is on back knee which is bent. Pressure is put on outside edge of front skate to slow.
   
   

4. Used as a high performance technique to slow down or change directions, but not necessarily to stop.
   
   
5. Forward skate is externally rotated (turned to the outside). Most of weight is on back knee which is bent. Pressure is put on outside edge of front skate to slow.