Hello, I tried to find a forum on the internet about skating and this one came up. I saw that people ask a lot similar questions, so I hope I don’t bother everyone too much on this forum.
I am 173 cm and 50 kg. I never skated before but always wanted, so now that I am 21 I finally can do it. I went to a fitter to get my skates. He told me I should get Edea but I didn’t really want them since they cost so much, so I asked about maybe another brand. He measured my foot and brought one model of Jackson (I don’t know which one) and one model of Edea Tempo. I tried on Jackson skates and they seemed too tight, it was pretty uncomfortable and my toes were bent in them. Then I tried Edea Tempo, and they seemed comfortable. He asked me if I can touch the front of the boot with my toes, and I told him that I can’t. I asked him how should my boots feel, and he told me that they should feel comfortable and that Jackson are too wide and Edea suit me better. So i bought them.
I don’t have a coach yet, because I wanted to teach myself how to skate (just the basics. I don’t plan on becoming self taught, I know it’s dangerous). It’s been weeks, and I can succesfully do swizzles and go forward, backward and do slaloms and T-stop.
But, whenever I go forward, and lift my leg after pushing myself forward, I feel my heel going up in my skate. It’s really uncomfortable, because I feel it moving back to it’s place when I put my leg down and I worry that one time it won’t and I will break my ankle (not sure if it’s realistic fear). I try also to do one foot glides but I can’t do it at all. I trained balance on various balance boards for weeks, at least an hour every day and now I don’t move at all. I think I could stand the whole week on the board without moving, yet I don’t improve at all when skating. Still can’t lift my leg for even a second. I also pronate in my left leg, which I assume is smaller than my right, since the skate feels more loose, and I don’t pronate in any other shoe or without shoes.
I apologize both for how long this post is (I didn’t notice until I finished writing) and for my English. Hopefully it’s understandable. If anyone read this, thank you.
I am 173 cm and 50 kg. I never skated before but always wanted, so now that I am 21 I finally can do it. I went to a fitter to get my skates. He told me I should get Edea but I didn’t really want them since they cost so much, so I asked about maybe another brand. He measured my foot and brought one model of Jackson (I don’t know which one) and one model of Edea Tempo. I tried on Jackson skates and they seemed too tight, it was pretty uncomfortable and my toes were bent in them. Then I tried Edea Tempo, and they seemed comfortable. He asked me if I can touch the front of the boot with my toes, and I told him that I can’t. I asked him how should my boots feel, and he told me that they should feel comfortable and that Jackson are too wide and Edea suit me better. So i bought them.
I don’t have a coach yet, because I wanted to teach myself how to skate (just the basics. I don’t plan on becoming self taught, I know it’s dangerous). It’s been weeks, and I can succesfully do swizzles and go forward, backward and do slaloms and T-stop.
But, whenever I go forward, and lift my leg after pushing myself forward, I feel my heel going up in my skate. It’s really uncomfortable, because I feel it moving back to it’s place when I put my leg down and I worry that one time it won’t and I will break my ankle (not sure if it’s realistic fear). I try also to do one foot glides but I can’t do it at all. I trained balance on various balance boards for weeks, at least an hour every day and now I don’t move at all. I think I could stand the whole week on the board without moving, yet I don’t improve at all when skating. Still can’t lift my leg for even a second. I also pronate in my left leg, which I assume is smaller than my right, since the skate feels more loose, and I don’t pronate in any other shoe or without shoes.
I apologize both for how long this post is (I didn’t notice until I finished writing) and for my English. Hopefully it’s understandable. If anyone read this, thank you.