Backward snowplough stop

The snowplough's skidding stop, made travelling backwards.

Also called backward snowplow stop. Other names.

basic

Not checked yet. The mechanics on this page are a first draft by a non-expert, and no coach has seen them yet. Read them as a starting point and check them with a coach. Corrections are very welcome.

shoulder to hip —on the —

both blades skidding, travelling backwards · toes turned out, inside edges. Negative twist means the shoulders are held back against the hips, which stores rotation before a takeoff and checks it on a landing.

The snowplough stop made travelling backwards: a skid that takes the speed off while you are moving the other way. New Zealand’s KiwiSkate teaches it in two stages, the half snowplough first, one foot at a time and assessed on each foot at the Basic badge, then the two-foot backward snowplough as a teaching idea at Novice 1.

None of the documents this guide holds describes how the backward stop is done, and the forward stop’s description does not transfer by itself. Which end of the blade presses out, and where the weight goes as a backward skater slows, are questions for a coach. So this page names the stop and its place in the programmes, and leaves the technique for a coach to set.

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Snowplough stopThe same skidding stop, travelling backwards. New Zealand teaches the backward half snowplough at its Basic badge.

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No test syllabus recorded yet.

Where it sits in one country's grades is on that country's copy of this page: UK, USA, Australia or New Zealand.