speed skating

Speed Skating When you hear the word speed skating what do you think of? Do you think of Dan Jansen in the last winter Olympics speeding across the ice? Perhaps you think of Chad Hedreck with his ten gold medals from the inline racing world championship a few years ago? If you thought about either one of these or anything like it you are exactly right. The are both great speed skaters. Dan skates on …

…one of the main fundamentals of ice speed skating. This allows you to extend your legs to get maximum power and extension out of each stroke. Speed skating is a great sport wither you are on blades or wheels. Between the skates, and the form I have concluded that if you can do one of the successfully then you should be able to learn with a small amount of work how to do the other.