Hi, that sound comes from having wheels that are hard enough to slide laterally on the surface, and using the right amount of pressure. This is a stop that's often used in roller derby, where we're skating on hard wheels on smooth surfaces like indoor or outdoor rinks. For situations where your wheels are soft like outdoor wheels, or just too soft to slide on a particular surface, the plow will need to be modified--a low to medium speed open plow stance (like for speed control on a slope) or a pizza stop (similar to doing bubbles/swizzles/lemons that end in a stop), and no slide is happening--or for higher speed, more efficient stops on softer wheels I'd use a different stop like the turn around toe stop. If your wheels ARE hard enough to slide then I wouldn't worry about it if they're not making the sound, that will come as you master the stop and can vary your pressure easily.
Hey there, great question! Soft wheels usually don't give us the lateral slide we need for a plow stop (unless the surface is really slick). When I'm on outdoor wheels my go-to stop is usually the turnaround toe stop.
Hi, great question! Plows don't pose any additional risk to the ankles, they're one of the more stable movements and build on the same movement we use for complete beginner skaters: bubbles (also called swizzles, lemons). When I was a new skater and practiced plows for about 2 hours for the first time (plows are often taught the first 2 weeks in roller derby), it was my glutes that were very sore the next day, not my ankles. Our ankles are primarily assisting us with sustaining the proper angle during the plow, all of the power and a lot of the friction absorption should be coming from our big leg muscles (glutes, adductors). That said, you used the phrase "done wrong" and obviously a whole lot of movements on skates can cause injury if something goes weird, you fall badly, etc, I've seen sprained ankles happen from the most innocent situations, like standing and suddenly one skate slips away from you (at the end of my transitions video, you can see this happen in the blooper lol). If you're nervous about plows, you can build up to them with bubbles, this is how I teach plows to beginner skaters, and bubbles are such a beneficial exercise that we never stop using them (they're a part of all of my warm ups). Since ankles are involved in just about everything we do on skates, I frequently do ankle exercises for mobility (sit in a chair, lift one leg and point the toe of that foot, with your big toe as the guide, trace the alphabet in the air), I also use a resistance band around the ball of the foot for ankle exercises, and a wobble pad--standing on the wobble pad not only helps us a lot with balance, but it gives the ankles realistic training supporting the body under changing circumstances and weight shifting.
Hi! Having really tight/stiff trucks can make it difficult to learn plows because we do need some flexibility in our trucks to keep all 8 wheels on the ground while bearing down on our edges. Still do-able, but beginners often find the edging difficult because their skate set up is stiff in the beginning (a lot of skates ship with tight trucks, great for stability, but limiting)...this can be mitigated by sitting into your plow, deepening the knee bend as you enter the plow (which will send more weight/pressure into the wheels). Beyond the early learning stage, stiff/loose trucks are mostly a preference. I usually recommend opening up from tight trucks a 1/4-1/2 turn at a time, and riding on that adjustment a while to get used to doing all the things you know with the increased action.
Hi! We have to be able to get some lateral slide for a plow stop to work (similar to drifting in a car), so this means wheels + surface need to have a relationship that allows for some slide. I've skated on concrete rinks and courts using harder wheels to get slide, e.g 95A+ (a lot of roller derby is played on concrete using hard wheels). But for street skating and recreational outdoor skating, softer outdoor wheels are usually favored for a smooth ride, shock absorption, and traction. The caveat is the softer wheels usually have too much grip on asphalt and most concrete to enable plowing.
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Great demo and explanation. Thanks for sharing.
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I can't seem to make the sound your skates are making, any tips?
Hi, that sound comes from having wheels that are hard enough to slide laterally on the surface, and using the right amount of pressure. This is a stop that's often used in roller derby, where we're skating on hard wheels on smooth surfaces like indoor or outdoor rinks. For situations where your wheels are soft like outdoor wheels, or just too soft to slide on a particular surface, the plow will need to be modified--a low to medium speed open plow stance (like for speed control on a slope) or a pizza stop (similar to doing bubbles/swizzles/lemons that end in a stop), and no slide is happening--or for higher speed, more efficient stops on softer wheels I'd use a different stop like the turn around toe stop. If your wheels ARE hard enough to slide then I wouldn't worry about it if they're not making the sound, that will come as you master the stop and can vary your pressure easily.
@@ThisRad oh, alright! Thank you!
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Can you do these stops with soft wheels because I'm finding also impossible to do, the only stop I can do is the hockey stop outside!
Hey there, great question! Soft wheels usually don't give us the lateral slide we need for a plow stop (unless the surface is really slick). When I'm on outdoor wheels my go-to stop is usually the turnaround toe stop.
Do you train people individually by any chance and where do you skate at
does this hurt the ankle if done wrong?
Hi, great question! Plows don't pose any additional risk to the ankles, they're one of the more stable movements and build on the same movement we use for complete beginner skaters: bubbles (also called swizzles, lemons). When I was a new skater and practiced plows for about 2 hours for the first time (plows are often taught the first 2 weeks in roller derby), it was my glutes that were very sore the next day, not my ankles. Our ankles are primarily assisting us with sustaining the proper angle during the plow, all of the power and a lot of the friction absorption should be coming from our big leg muscles (glutes, adductors). That said, you used the phrase "done wrong" and obviously a whole lot of movements on skates can cause injury if something goes weird, you fall badly, etc, I've seen sprained ankles happen from the most innocent situations, like standing and suddenly one skate slips away from you (at the end of my transitions video, you can see this happen in the blooper lol). If you're nervous about plows, you can build up to them with bubbles, this is how I teach plows to beginner skaters, and bubbles are such a beneficial exercise that we never stop using them (they're a part of all of my warm ups).
Since ankles are involved in just about everything we do on skates, I frequently do ankle exercises for mobility (sit in a chair, lift one leg and point the toe of that foot, with your big toe as the guide, trace the alphabet in the air), I also use a resistance band around the ball of the foot for ankle exercises, and a wobble pad--standing on the wobble pad not only helps us a lot with balance, but it gives the ankles realistic training supporting the body under changing circumstances and weight shifting.
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Does it help to have loose trucks?
Hi! Having really tight/stiff trucks can make it difficult to learn plows because we do need some flexibility in our trucks to keep all 8 wheels on the ground while bearing down on our edges. Still do-able, but beginners often find the edging difficult because their skate set up is stiff in the beginning (a lot of skates ship with tight trucks, great for stability, but limiting)...this can be mitigated by sitting into your plow, deepening the knee bend as you enter the plow (which will send more weight/pressure into the wheels). Beyond the early learning stage, stiff/loose trucks are mostly a preference. I usually recommend opening up from tight trucks a 1/4-1/2 turn at a time, and riding on that adjustment a while to get used to doing all the things you know with the increased action.
@@ThisRad thank you very much👍 much appreciated.
Would these work on asphalt or concrete?
Hi! We have to be able to get some lateral slide for a plow stop to work (similar to drifting in a car), so this means wheels + surface need to have a relationship that allows for some slide. I've skated on concrete rinks and courts using harder wheels to get slide, e.g 95A+ (a lot of roller derby is played on concrete using hard wheels). But for street skating and recreational outdoor skating, softer outdoor wheels are usually favored for a smooth ride, shock absorption, and traction. The caveat is the softer wheels usually have too much grip on asphalt and most concrete to enable plowing.
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