How To Tie Your Hockey Skates for performance and feel

How do you tie your hockey skates for performance and feel? This video with DuPraw Powerskting. Coach Ryan explains the difference between tying your skates for feel vs. performance.

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[plumpy]

Good vid. I've been playing hockey for almost 50 years. Stopped here and there when the kids were young or starting a career. Technology has changed. I had those plastic Micron skates when I was around 10 or 12. Those were hard to tie effectively! Zero flex.
I tie my skates similar to what you showed. I use wax laces and find the bottom few holes don't move much and if they are too tight, my toes go numb. I have 10 holes in my skates. I barely touch the bottom 3. Then I tighten the next 3 a bit, leaving some flex. Then the next 2 get a bit of a snug so they aren't loose but I can move them, just like you showed. I concentrate on the top two holes. I always always always do a double under to keep them from slipping! I keep the top two snug but not too tight. After all the years of pucks off the ankle and shin, too many bruises to aggravate and I don't want lace bite (had that too many times). I also use gel pads on the inside of my ankles. I use very short, thin socks, keeping any seams away from my ankles to avoid irritation. I also find a sock seam by my toes will cause them to go numb or hurt!
I usually find after about 30 - 40 minutes of beer league or drop-in hockey, I retie the top two or three holes, just a bit to keep my ankles supported.
I'm going to experiment with the lace from the outside rather than the inside. Good tip!

[lightbulb]

Best how to hockey video on the internet! This will save so many people countless hours of trial and error to get their skates to fit right.

[brookeelayna]

I'm the 35 year old chick skating around in Bauers and a hockey jersey (and hockey helmet) at learn to skate class while all the other students are in figure skates. So I get the over 30 club refrences lol. I had to pull out last week and got almost no practice in because the skates were literally hurting my feet, to the point I was going numd. I tried this method, barefoot and looser in the mid foot, and it feels so much nicer but still secure! I can't wait until this week's lesson to try it out for real on the ice, thank you so much!

[Omelettedufromage]

I have been looking for the answer for my foot numbness/cramping all over the internet and found this. Thank you for helping me solve a huge problem. Can't wait to skate this weekend!

[Sciexful]

I just bought my first pair of ice skates and this video was very helpful. I have wide feet and high arches. The shop said I needed DD width but they did not have a pair in stock so my ice skates are D width. I found wearing my skates barefoot and lacing them up like this video was perfect as it gave me that extra bit of width I needed and room in the arch to be comfortable. Looking forward to trying my skates this weekend!

[sleepingbob]

Wow great video, thank you very much for this one. I will definitely try this out the next time i go on the ice.

[shogekimura]

im happy and relieved to see a pro tie their laces exactly like mine. tight-loose-medium. i actually thought that the boot bend was not good but after hearing you say that it helps im less stressed about it

[mhicaoidh]

Great video!

I tie my skates the same way with a couple of small differences. I use waxes laces which I feel holds the lower laces tighter, longer. I found with regular laces, the looseness of the arch area would migrate to the lower ball area. Also, I do not lace the top eyelet. This keeps the ankle more mobile, and cuts down on lace bite on the front tendon.

My feet are weird though. I tried the size down method, and actually ended up (after years of pain and experimentation) a half size larger (11) than my shoe size (10.5).

[djkenfyre]

Definitely earned my sub, thank you. Everything was awesome. Then you mentioned old school methods of lacing, and right there you had me. I’m pushing 40 trying to still play. Both knees looking at being replaced, right ankle broken three times, last one never set right. Got back to playing roller and ice since stopping after college puck and midnight. I came back and the equipment is all different, I still play with my old Cooper shoulder pads. Thanks for vid, it helped me realize how much it hasn’t changed, just my fear of snapping an other ankle this late in the game. I won’t change the way I play but my hat is off too those who move it forward.

[dannyboy]

Thanks, will try the tie tip tomorrow at practice....great video.

[RonVichar]

Thanks for the history lesson and tips. I am probably over tightening Coffey style on my kids' boot while lacing up, thinking tighter is better for support. I'll have to experiment now with socks on ;) so that he has the flexibility for a full stride. My kids are learning so I don't want to give them old bad habits from the paleozoic Era of time when I played hockey.

[dylanrizzardi]

I’m gonna try the tight-loose-snug next time I skate because I always find my arches cramping up during games

[eliminator]

Thank you this thins video was very helpful and a lot of your videos also .I got back on skates after I've had 2 hip replacements.. thanks your tips

[joehemsworth]

I always go tight at the bottom loose and tight at top but never use the top holes which allows for good feel up to the ankles but doesnt restrict my ankle bend.

[troybarney]

Great it took me two times on the ice with my feet going numb that I do your way so my feet don't go numb. Thanks.

[josephl]

I also am tight in the toes, very loose in middle. Very tight on the eyehole right at the ankle hinge point, skip the hole above that (usually third) then medium tight above that. Skip the top hole.

[bamboograssburned]

Thanks for highlighting inside out vs outside in. Have you considered other “weird” patterns around the tongue instead of staying loose? It seems like loose will negate bottom and top tightness. Perhaps you could try to alter you pattern by doing a big X or switching from inside to outside? Would make a good video, especially from someone who understands power skating so well.

[alphateamleader]

There was a Russian team were there coach made the players skate with no laces

[thedino]

my skates were so loose i could only rest on my inside edge, after a coach helped me it felt amazing! thank you for showing us. what do you recommend beginners have for their laces? tight or loose? i am trying to get on my edges and stride. also hockey stop.