Beginner skater, problems with getting a good knee bend?
Discussion in 'Moves In The Field' started by mady16, Mar 24,
2014.    1. mady16      mady16 New Member      Hello, this is my
first post here so I want to say hi real quick. I'm Mady.
Anyway though, on to my question. I've been in a Learn to State
class for about 4 weeks and just passed Basic 1! with my crazy
schedule this month, I haven't had anytime to practice outside
of my hour and half lesson. Now though, I'm going to be skating
a lot more (probably 4 hours a week). My instructor told me I
have a problem with my knee bending though, and that even doing
basic moves I don't bend my knees enough.      I was just
wondering if this could have to do with the fact that since I
use rental skates with little support, I lace them up very
tightly almost the whole way up. I haven't been able to skate
since my lesson to test this theory. I know you are supposed to
leave two fingers width at the top, but doing that, I feel like
I'm wobbling and have littl