All about sharpening skates for hockey, figure skating, skating at home: tips. How to buy a machine, tool, tool for sharpening skates on Alyexpress? Where can I skate the skates?

Instructions for sharpening skates.

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Than you can sharpen skates yourself?
How to buy a machine, tool, tool for sharpening skates on Alyexpress?
What does it mean: skates are sharpened under a trough?
What kind of sharpening of skates is better: straight or grooved?
How to properly sharpen skates for hockey at home?
How to properly sharpen skates at home for figure skating?
How to properly sharpen skates at home for speed skating?
How to check the sharpening of skates, how to understand: sharpened skates or not?
How do sharpened skates look?
Where can I skate the skates?
VIDEO: Sharpening of skates

Now a lot of ice palaces are being restored. At the same time, parents tend to carry the child into sports, so they give them to various sections and circles. Now no one is surprised that the child is engaged in hockey or figure skating. In this article we will tell you how to self-sharpen skates.

How can you sharpen skates yourself?

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Many people think that new skates are not needed to sharpen, since they are already from the factory. This is not the case, factory sharpening is only suitable for units. So I'll have to try. The most interesting is that athletes trust this work only to units. They are professionals engaged in sharpening. After all, a small error can cause a fall when performing complex tricks.

Ways to sharpen skates:

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How to buy a machine, tool, tool for sharpening skates on Alyexpress?

Special sharpeners for sharpening skates are sold at Alyekspress. It is worth noting that they are not the same and differ in the methods of sharpening. This is a V-shaped grinding, which is rarely used here. It is mainly used by athletes of America. And also there are machines for grinding under the chute. That's exactly this option is used in our country. Looks like sharpeners. It is a small thing with a deepening inside. The groove has a thickness of the blade. Inside the bulge, which will help to make a groove. The main drawback of such a sharpener is the inability to regulate the depth of the trough.

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What does it mean: skates are sharpened under the trough?

Sharpening under the groove in our country is considered the most popular and popular. Inside the blade, a groove similar to a groove is made. Due to this skaters can perform complex pirouettes. This is due to the fact that most complex tricks are performed on the inner or outer edge of the skates. The most interesting thing is that this groove in depth differs among people who are engaged in different sports and have different weights. The more a person weighs, the deeper the groove must be. In this case, the striker in the hockey striker should be deeper than the defender.

Which skate sharpening is better: straight or grooved?

This question can not be answered. This is due to the fact that the new skates are sold with sharpened straightening. That is, there is no groove inside. Such a sharpening is not suitable for very few people. It allows you to develop a huge speed and quickly slow down, but maneuverability is lost. That is, turns are more difficult to perform. Therefore, straightening is more suitable for athletes who are engaged in sports that involve direct and rapid movement.

Figure skaters, especially hockey players, choose to sharpen the chute. It allows you to develop not such a great speed as straight, but skates are very maneuverable. This allows you to perform tricks, turns and rotations. It is more difficult to brake on such skates.

How to properly sharpen skates for hockey at home?

For hockey players in our country, sharpening under the groove is used. But in Europe and the United States, other types of sharpening are also popular.

Types of sharpening for hockey players:

Channel-Z.Becomes more popular in our country. Allows more maneuverability to move on ice, without losing speed. It looks like a groove with a small groove inside.
Classical. This is a sharpening under the groove. It helps to develop maneuverability, but "eats" speed.
FTB.This kind of grinding is used in Western countries by NHL teams. This is due to the fact that they mainly perform on artificial ice. Therefore, the main grip, speed can be sacrificed. It looks in profile as two sharp blades with a straight platform inside.

How to properly sharpen skates at home for figure skating?

For figure skating, the grinding is carried out under the groove. It can be performed with the aid of an insert or a grinding wheel.

Instruction:

Take the nave and the wooden block. Make a groove in the wood and place a nadalik
in it. Place the blade of the ridge in the groove and move the bar back and forth
Continue working until inside the characteristic notch

How to properly sharpen skates at home for speed skating?

Differ from other types of skates longer long blade, a larger radius of the curved blade, and most importantly because they are the only skates with a movable blade. The official name "clap"( English clap skate) was given to skates for a characteristic sound - cotton, which releases the blade, when, after the athlete's push, the spring returns it back to the boot.

These skates are very sharp, they can cut food. The most interesting thing is that the grinding is carried out in several stages. Immediately rough cutting of the groove, and then fine grinding paste goya. Often a laser is used for sharpening.

How to check the sharpening of skates, how to understand: sharpened skates or not?

Specialists put skates on the floor or other flat surface. In this case, they should ideally stand flat. If there is sloping or curvature, it is time to sharpen the blade. In addition, a distinct groove should be visible. There should not be any burrs. If you're skating and it's hard for you to perform tricks or turn, then immediately sharpen.

How do sharpened skates look?

Honed skates have a groove inside. The lateral ribs themselves are of equal thickness and sharpness. The blade is as sharp as a knife. In hockey players, the thickness of the side edge is 2 mm. This is a thin enough blade. After the acquisition, skates are not sharpened or the lateral ribs are not sharp enough. To correct the situation, you can increase the radius of the circle.

Where can I skate the skates?

Sharpening is carried out on skating rinks or in sports palaces. If you are professionally involved in sports, then you better entrust the professional to the sharpening. It is carried out on special equipment. These grinding machines, which quickly and very qualitatively produce sharpening.

Sharpening of skates is a responsible and rather complicated task. If you are afraid to spoil the blade, contact the professionals.