Reply To: Skating Treadmills

[Glenn Collins]

Skating treadmill may be good for stickhandling, but not for stride. Professional or Mite doesnt matter. The second a skate touches down on the treadmill, it is pulled back before your brain can tell your foot to push out. Even though its only a fraction of a second, its enough to create muscle memory of incorrect stride technique. The faster the treadmill goes, the greater the problem. Treadmill is great for running as the motion is the same, front to back. Not for skating. The only ones who dispute these facts are the ones who own the treadmills and you cant blame them as they have alot of $ invested.