How Do You Tie Ice Skates?

So, when you go to free skate or a figure skating class or a hockey game, you%26#039;ll always tie your skates. So, I can tie my skates, but I can%26#039;t get them tight enough. I don%26#039;t mean putting the laces through the holes, I mean pulling the skate laces, so they are tight enough around your foot to skate. Any advice on how to tie my skates? I can tie them, but I cant tie them tight enough, so I am asking about how to tie them tightly. Thanks.

How Do You Tie Ice Skates?
If you%26#039;re using rental skates, they%26#039;ve probably been used so many times that the laces are slippery. It%26#039;s hard to get rental skates laced up right, and the only answer to that is if you%26#039;re going to skate seriously, get your own skates.





If those are your skates, try some new laces. Good new laces stick to themselves and the eyelets just fine - without wax - and you should be able to lace them up, tightening as you go, just fine.





I double knot at the top, to keep the bow from slipping. The last thing I want to do in the middle of a game is skate over my own lace and go flying.





(I can do that fine without tripping on a skate lace.)





Are you sure you need your skates that tight, anyway? Novice skaters usually want to overtighten to make their ankles and feet feel more stable. The fact is, it%26#039;s all going to feel wobbly until your ankles and feet strengthen up.





I keep my skates pretty loose. Loose around the foot, tight right at the ankle joint, and then looser again up my ankle. I skate with a low stance, and I like to be able to really bend my ankles. I can%26#039;t do that if I%26#039;m laced up too tight.





Everyone%26#039;s preference is different, though. Lots of people I know lace tight.





Just don%26#039;t mistake skate stability for muscle stability.





And don%26#039;t listen to people giving you a hard time for not knowing how. You should have seen the first time I tried to put on a set of shoulderpads. And then what happened when I tried to pull a jersey on over them. We all start somewhere.
Reply:try using a skate key it should help. they sell them at most ice rinks; i should run you about three bucks so it%26#039;s no big deal.
Reply:do each eyelet individually- work your way from the bottom tot he top pulling out all the slack each time. They also sell tools that hook around the laces so you can pull them.





It%26#039;s hard to just describe, ask somebody at the rink who knows how. Tell them you%26#039;re new to it and I%26#039;m sure they%26#039;ll be happy to show you.
Reply:each time you tie them around a notch thing pull them and then double knot it at the top
Reply:for anckle support not around the behind of the skate you need to tie it tight where it just starts to come up.


There are lase tiers that I use sometimes to help
Reply:start at the bottom, and pull any extra slack out, and work your way to the top one row at a time. pull hard...


they sell little helper handles that can help you pull slack up, look at local shops where skates and ask them for the handles
Reply:hahahaha u cant tie ur skates



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