Roller Hockey to Ice Hockey?

Im a hockey player and i want to play ice, i tryed ice skating and for some reason it seems harder to skate on ice its like ive never been on skates. Any differences between ice skating and roller skating? ive been playing roller hockey for about 13 years.





Any tips as well?

Roller Hockey to Ice Hockey?
I have played Ice hockey for 12 years now, and I have seen alot of kids go from roller to ice. Their biggest adjustment, that many of them don't even make, but it makes them a bad ice hockey player is STOPPING. In roller hockey, you just make those big turns, and skate back into the play, well let me just tell you now, that there is nothing ice hockey coachs hate more then when they see some roller kid come out on the ice and do those big turns. To fix that, you will need to do alot of practicing. I would try to be at stick and puck, or public session as much as possible, and maybe bring a friend who plays ice who can show you the correct ways to do things. Once you have the basics down, or even before if you want to, I would go to either a power skating clinic, or learn to skate clinic, depending on your progress. Practice your stops and starts, because believe me if you don't, coachs and players will be able to spot you from a mile away. GOOD LUCK!!
Reply:actually if you play competitive travel roller, you stop too. You can't get back into the play by making big turns.. you should be fine if you know how to stop in roller. Just practice! Report It

Reply:Big differences on things like balance, just get on the ice, kind of stand there, get used to the feel, slowly skate a little and then stop (turn blade to the side)..and slowly just increase your speed, its easy, you just gotta get used to ti
Reply:The balance is the big issue, but you'll also need to learn how to stop. the other big thing is that you need to realize that you don't just fall, you slide. that's very useful to remember if you're trying to block a shot or something like that.





But it's pretty similar. stopping is the main thing you need to get used to. hockey stops are easy once you get the hang of them though.
Reply:It can be done. Ex NHL'rs Brian and Joe Mullen played rooler hockey in the streets in Hell's kitchen, crossed over to ice hockey which and went on to be very good players in the NHL.
Reply:take a couple of lessons, really, just to get the feel for it.
Reply:yea there's a difference but you can get used to it
Reply:Assuming you have had your ice skates sharpened, I'll go into my spiel. If you haven't, you have just discovered your greatest obstacle. Do so and the world will become a happier place for you.





Now, ice blades have a rocker which is much shorter than the wheel base of inlines. As such, your balance point, stride length and turning technique will be different.





These are all easy enough to overcome with ice time. You need to learn to master your edges and become comfortable stopping on ice.





Ice hockey blades don't sharpen to a point like a knife. The blades have a hollow with edges on either side. The edges will function much like the radius on your inlines.





The same way you rely on the inside or outside radius of your wheel to achieve traction is how the edges on ice skates work. As I said earlier, however, you need to get used to the natural rocker (arc) of an ice skate, since only 2/3 of the blade will be in contact with the ice at any given point.





I made the transition from quad roller skates to ice, so don't be too discouraged or frustrated. It'll come, just keep skating.



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