If you do not know how to properly skate, you can not enjoy the ride on them. No matter how wonderful the skates are , it's worth lacing them wrong, like skating turns into flour. Properly tightened shoes allow the leg to fully utilize the power of the blade, accelerate to the desired speed and make different shapes. In addition, the correct lacing allows you to avoid injuries and fatigue of the legs.
The correct lacing can be made qualitatively only on shoes that are tailored to suit all requirements. If the shoes do not match the size or volume of the foot, they are not comfortable, then no lacing will be impossible to achieve.
How correctly to string figure skates?
Before lacing skates, you need to pay attention to the laces. They should be made of nylon and have an average thickness.
To correctly lace the skate for figure skating, you need to perform a number of actions:
- loosen the lacing of the ridge until the third hook or hole from the bottom;
- Push the tongue forward and lower your foot into the boot;
- The leg should feel comfortable and fill the whole shoe;
- The foot must be moved until the heel does not take its place;
- starting the lacing is necessary from the boot sock;
- When lacing, it is necessary to strive for strong tension in order to achieve tightness of the foot;
- It should be ensured that the lacing is not excessive and does not lead to a disturbance of blood circulation in the foot;
- pairs of lower and upper hooks should be tightened so that the heel is fixed against the back of the ridge;
- since in figure skating there are often attacks and squats, various tricks, the end of the lacing should not have a strong tension;
- Each succeeding pair of hooks must be weaker than the previous one, but at the same time adhere to a sufficiently tight tension;
- to verify the effectiveness of
gently stand up and pay attention to whether the heel is moving; - with proper lacing, the boot will sit tightly on the leg, and the fingers will only touch lightly on the cape of the shoe;
- check by the squatter will show if the hobby will not be dragged;
- if the lacing is done correctly, it will not be possible to put your finger into the boot;
- If the leg in the boot feels some discomfort, then it is necessary to pull the shoelaces anew.
Knowing how to lace figure skates will help you prevent injuries and get a full enjoyment of gliding on ice.