Inline guys who do ice too

[MillerTime247]

This call for help is for people that have also made an inline to ice transfer or who do both.

I'm slowly creeping into ice and the differences in movements are still really giving me trouble.

If you guys could post how you had to change your movements (specifically foot-work) to play on ice I'd really appreciate it.

[streethockeygoalie]

I played roller last summer, and now I only play ice
I found that the biggest change for me was in the shuffle. When I played roller, I used to pick my foot up and place it where I wanted to go when I was going sideways. Roller guys know what I mean. It took me a while to learn to slide when I go side to side, and to keep my weight evenly transferred when I was doing so. I still have some trouble, but I am way better then when I started.

[leaferguy]

I think it would be a better idea to tell us specifically what the problem(s) is (are). If you're having trouble with everything, I'd say more ice time would be important. One thing I've noticed is to, when you're on the ice, forget that you've ever played roller. The movements are so different (IMO), and it only hurts you to even try and compare the two. I think I'd recommend a look at Keeks' CDR (I think it deals with some skating techniques, I forget ).

[Arcan57]

Having played roller for ~5 years then moving to ice for the last two, I've found two main differences in the two.

1) Lateral movement -obviously. Playing roller, you pick up all kinds of tricks to move sideways, and none of them transfer well to the ice. I don't pick my feet up while shuffling anymore, but I still have difficulty keeping my pads square instead of having the leading leg turned out.

2) Patience - Roller hockey encourages diving saves and going down earlier than ice hockey. Because of the lack of lateral movement, you have to commit yourself earlier than in ice hockey. This can be a hard habit to break and leads to ugly goals on the ice.

[alw]

After being an ice goalie most of my life I played roller hockey two summers in a row. Part of me thought it was really fun, maybe because it was a change from what I had always done. None the less I finally came to terms with the fact is was really messing up my game on the ice! I just found so little of what I did on the ice transfered to wheels. The ice game is preset somewhere way in a deep corner of my brain. It is all more or less automatic. Learning a new style for roller was "corrupting the data" if you will. Can you do it? Absolutely, I just came to realize there was a HUGE difference and that I should probably stick with what I was good at. I suppose there is a point to this....the transition between the two either way is not an easy one and requires some re-programming. Anyone can learn a move and when to use it, being a good goalie though is making those things automatic. I highly recommend you try the ice game. Give it some time, be patient. When you realize how awesome it is, commit to it full time! (Am I going to catch hell for this???)

Oh, yeah, on more thing....playing goalie when it is 90+ degrees in the Summer with more or less full equipment was not much fun either! We play indoors on the concrete floor of ice arenas. So not only was there no A/C but no wind either. Ugh.

[SUPERSTAR3531]

I know exactly what your going thru, when i made the switch to ice it was a wreck i was sliding all over the place and floping like a fish. I also would be very out of position all the time if i went down that was it, i couldn't get back up quickly enough to follow the play. Because of this i would never come out of my crease and played the goal line all the time but my advice to you is just keep at it i found that every time i steped on the ice i felt more comfortable and my movements got alot better. Just try to play on ice as much as you can and you will not even notice the little things like shuffling or a nice butterfly slide on a two on one it will just come to you. Before you know it you will go back to roller and say f*ck this i can't move and it will make you love being on the ice that much more. good luck!!

jeff

[Vision]

Play ice and play roller. Actually returned to the corded house in a roller league and then went back to ice. Love playing on either surface and don't think that either effects the other in a negative way. I would say that it's all in your mindset. With the exception of tournaments, ice usually takes precedence but I try to keep my schedule setup so that I'm either on the ice or the floor more days than not.

[Damion]

I am a goalie who mad ethe transistion from ice to roller but still play mainly Ice I only play roller in the summer if I don't have any ice time that day I have found that roller is the best way to improve your laterall movement for ice because you have to push so much harder to do butterfly slides and such

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[WERNER 1]

Vision, that is EXACTLY the way I feel!

I love both, while they are both different, I dont' like one over the other......just different.

The more you play, the better you will become. It takes time to get used to the "new" surface.

Pick up sessions really helped me out a bunch, you can concentrate soley on the issues you want and not worry about if you let in a bunch of goals