T-stop

The trailing blade laid across behind the glide, braking on its outside edge.

Also called T 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 —

forward outside edge · the trailing blade across it, on its outside edge, sliding. Negative twist means the shoulders are held back against the hips, which stores rotation before a takeoff and checks it on a landing.

You glide on one foot, place the free foot behind it at right angles, in a T, and press it down so that the outside edge of the back blade stops you. That is Ice Skating Australia’s description: the T behind the skating foot, the braking blade’s outside edge, and downward pressure, with good posture of the upper body through to a complete stop. Learn to Skate USA has it at its sixth level, on either foot; New Zealand assesses it at its Advanced badge, after the backward edges and three turns.

The edge is the detail to hold. The stop is made on the outside edge of the back blade, the edge facing away from the skating foot. The T is the same position the forward stroke starts from, with the foot behind this time, and the pressure goes down into the ice.

Build on

One-foot glideThe T-stop starts from a one-foot glide, the other foot set down behind it.

Appears in

In the UK's grades

None of the British level lists in this guide name it outside the Skills tests below.

No test syllabus recorded yet.