How to choose the right skates?
Ice skating is one of the favorite pastimes forchildren and adults. And now, when the winter has given frosts and snow, you can skate not only on indoor skating rinks, but also on numerous open areas. Join and you! If you do not have skates yet, then the Soviet Union will tell you, how to choose skates correctly.
To properly choose skates, It is necessary to be defined for the beginning with the purpose of their use. As you know, skates are hockey,figured, walking - from these names it is clear, for what purposes each kind of skates is intended. The approach to the selection of hockey, walking and figure skates should be different.
Usually for non-professional skating are selected inexpensive hockey or figure models - exactly such skates are represented in most sports shops. Figured skates are different from hockey-shaped blades, as well as the presence of denticles on the blades.
Besides, The shoes of figure skates are usually made of natural or artificial leather, whereas hockey skates should be goodto protect the leg from blows, and therefore they are made of synthetic materials, and to support the ankle they use plastic pads, the heel and the sock in such skates are additionally reinforced with a metal mesh.
If you want to skate on your own for fun, then your choice is walking skates. Pleasure skates are very similar to hockey, they are only made of lighter materials, and also keep the ankle not so much.
To properly choose skates, you need to remember that A shoe fitting should be carried out on a tight warm sock - the kind in which you will ride. The correctly chosen size of skates is of great importance. In a too loose boot, the leg can move, and then the risk of injury during riding is increased. If the skates are too tight for you, it will be uncomfortable for you to ride, and it will not bring you any health benefits.
Skates should firmly fix the ankle, but because of their choice importance attached to the height of the shoe, the stiffness of the material, from which it is made, and also to qualityshoe laces. So, beginners are not advised to purchase skates with too stiff or too soft shoes, and the height of the shoe should allow the leg to sit tightly in the ridge. And the more holes for lacing, the stronger you can lace up the skates and the more comfortable these skates will be when skating.
To properly choose skates, it is important pay attention also to their blades. Blades of skates of inexpensive models, as a rule,are made of stainless steel, they should not be too thin. And after buying skates, before the first exit to the rink, it is better to sharpen the blades of skates in a specialized workshop.
If to choose the right skates, then skating on them will bring you the presentpleasure. Just do not forget to properly care for your purchase: do not dry the skates of various heaters, do not leave them for a long time to lie in a bag or bag, do not skate on asphalt or concrete. Let your skates serve you more than one winter!
