Does a Rally Driver look at Drifting...................

[Drama]

I agree, they get to wear all those cute outfits!!!! OMG JEALOUS!

hahahah thanks for the amazing sig!

[Shadao]

I have no idea where this hockey player taking figure skating lessons or something like that comes from. I have never heard of that in my entire life. I very much doubt that professional hockey players take any type of figure skating at all.

Maybe a Toronto thing?

geoff and russ courtnal(more so russ) was known for his figure skating training and it showed in his very agile skating...

the local junoir b hockey teams i watch, and i am friends with a number of the players aged from 15-19 and a few older guys as well... some of them take it, some of them dont... the main reason for takin figure skating is to help with balance and agility... it seems strange but it is no different than a hockey player doing a power skating course...

they use it for improving there abilities...

another sport which uses a different sport for training pourposes is football... many football linebackers are getting into MMA because of the skills you learn with body positioning

[JD74]

WTF is a 4 chan user ! ? ....someone, please.....

[mcfly]

WTF does that even mean ? What is a 4 chan user ?

Did Actionbstard hi-jack your account and post that or something ?

oooo old man burn. That would sting

WTF is a 4 chan user ! ? ....someone, please.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan

[Muss]

geoff and russ courtnal(more so russ) was known for his figure skating training and it showed in his very agile skating...

the local junoir b hockey teams i watch, and i am friends with a number of the players aged from 15-19 and a few older guys as well... some of them take it, some of them dont... the main reason for takin figure skating is to help with balance and agility... it seems strange but it is no different than a hockey player doing a power skating course...

they use it for improving there abilities...

another sport which uses a different sport for training pourposes is football... many football linebackers are getting into MMA because of the skills you learn with body positioning

That's bizarre. Like I said I play Jr.A, BCHL and SJHL and not a single person I have ever met takes figure skating.

That seems so counter productive. Spins, triple whatevers. I can't picture that helping. Power skating has lots to do with hockey, it teaches you proper technique. Everything in figure skating is different then in hockey. Skates, skating style, everything.

[M13]

WTF is a 4 chan user ! ? ....someone, please.....

If i were to post the link for 4chan, I'm pretty sure GTRC would ban me. Go google it.












old man

[Shadao]

That's bizarre. Like I said I play Jr.A, BCHL and SJHL and not a single person I have ever met takes figure skating.

That seems so counter productive. Spins, triple whatevers. I can't picture that helping. Power skating has lots to do with hockey, it teaches you proper technique. Everything in figure skating is different then in hockey. Skates, skating style, everything.

well you're looking at it far to objectively...

while a hockey player has no need for doing triple sow cow axle flip-tards, which is at the far end of the figure skating scale, many hockey players do use very agile moves... just look at crosby, malkin, ovechkin, etc etc etc... some of the stuff those guys do defies what the average hockey player is able to do on his skates...

im not implying that a hockey player learns figure skating to do figure skating moves... im simply saying that some... certainly not all, do take some to improve balance and such...

just think of all the hockey skating drills you do, lines, crawling, etc etc etc... im sure there are figure skating drills that are able to cross over to hockey which could help the hal gill's of the hockey world...

[JD74]

oooo old man burn. That would sting

Yes, I have officially shown my age - I give up........lol

Like the '74' in my nic wasn't clue enough ?

[Wolfattak]

If i were to post the link for 4chan, I'm pretty sure GTRC would ban me.

That deserves a sigification

[cozmosland]

well you're looking at it far to objectively...



while a hockey player has no need for doing triple sow cow axle flip-tards, which is at the far end of the figure skating scale, many hockey players do use very agile moves... just look at crosby, malkin, ovechkin, etc etc etc... some of the stuff those guys do defies what the average hockey player is able to do on his skates...

im not implying that a hockey player learns figure skating to do figure skating moves... im simply saying that some... certainly not all, do take some to improve balance and such...

just think of all the hockey skating drills you do, lines, crawling, etc etc etc... im sure there are figure skating drills that are able to cross over to hockey which could help the hal gill's of the hockey world...

1st, Wayne Gretzky use to figure skate.

2nd.
your absolutely right. hockey players wouldnt do it for the spins jumps and things like that but more for control and agility.

now you have alittle more control with figure skates as the blade is flatter and theres a toe pick but. that doesnt mean it is easier. if your take a figure skating drill which is also a hockey drill*, lets say for basics doing a figure 8 in mutiple directions forwards and backwards, do it in figure skates and in hockey skates.
i'll bet you the figure skates will be harder to do it in.


i personally do figureskate and have done so for 17 years, did start with hockey but quit.
i know for a fact that i can out skate a hockey player even if hes not in gear. you can skate faster and maneuver quicker then hockey skates because of the lack of an edge and that they are more of a curved blade.

i do have respect for hockey players though, it does take skill to balance a puck and get through loads of people just like figure skating takes alot of skill and control to jump and spin.


so i do think that you can compare rally driving with drifting as it takes alot of control and even delicacy.

but not speed skating, thats just straight line quickness.
i think hockey and figure skating is a good analogy.