hockey stops
Skate spray halt
A hockey stop is a braking technique where a skater turns both skates perpendicular to the direction of travel, scraping the ice to halt quickly.
The move creates a spray of ice shavings and is fundamental to hockey but also used in figure skating and recreational skating: She executed a perfect hockey stop at the boards.
- skatesWheeled or bladed footwear
- decelerationDecrease in speed
- brakeDevice to slow motion
- bladesSharp flat cutting parts
- glideMove with effortless continuity
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