Sept./Oct 2004
THE HOCKEY STOP - Pt. 2
- This is a follow-up column to The Hockey Stop, Part I, April 2003 NOTE: Bill continues with an explanation of some of the science/mathematics involved in his Jammin technique and the process of stopping. Grab a pen and paper and see if you can sketch out and envision the circle-within-a-square concept Bill goes over in this column. ....In terms of the stop itself, how it's done for the Jammin technique, it has all the stops, 22 different moves and in those moves some are similar and some are not, i.e., you move 22 times. In order for you to learn how to use the hockey stop you can take one of the 22 moves and use it in an exercise to teach you how to skate and stop. You have to know how to have a beginning and an end, that's why it's called skate “stop”, every move has a start and every move has a stop. In other words, you've got to get to a stop position after every move you make. There are only the 8 stops regardless how you do it and in those 22 moves you're using one of those 8 stops. When you're skating there are certain ways to get to these stops, forward, backward or diagonally because in terms of the stop itself, if you're on the floor, you should be able to stop. You don't have to be going in any particular direction. The floor is the same, it's just that we turn [while it] doesn't, it's just there - so if you're on the floor you're supposed to be able to stop. There are different exercises just to learn how to stop and that's what happens in these 22 moves, but they can be repeated any number of times. If you can make a space, 5x5 square or 10x10 square, and you can make either one 5-10 times its size, it [changes] how many directions you can get out of those 2 examples. In that square...let ‘s say you took the pen and you put it on the corner to your right and you start to draw a half moon line to the other side. Take the pencil, put it back on that corner and draw a straight line to the upper left hand corner, you see what you've got? You've got a loop from right to left (or left to right, you can start on either side) ... Now take the pen and draw a circle inside that square, oblong or however and you'll get an idea as to what I mean. You see how many ways you went already? These are the moves you can make. Let's say the skater doesn't know any more than the circle you just made and they skate that circle trying to do these things (these 22 moves), but they use the circle only. That skater won't get as much understanding of that space as the skater who did the loop and that straight line. Because now, you can take that pen and make a loop like the one at the bottom where it crosses the diagonal line you made in the box. You see how many ways that same skater has used that space? Take the pen from the last loop which took you from the left to right (or right to left) but it should look the same top and bottom but the 2nd loop crossed the diagonal line. The one at the bottom didn't, did it? In other words, don't worry about the circle because the lines are going to cross each other anyway. The point I'm trying to make is... the only lines that are crossing are the circle lines but not the top and the bottom loops, they should look exactly the same. Let's take the two skaters with the different trends of thought and blend it into one so now say both skaters know the deal, the circle skater now knows about the two loops or the straight/diagonal line. The [other] skater knew about the line and the loops, now each one teach one, so now you've got two skaters that can use that space the same way. Now you can take the diagonal line and the loop skater and come off at any point of that diagonal line and go to that circle and continue that circle. At any point you can take that pen and put it in the very middle of the diagonal line and skate to that circle at any point and skate it or skate to the loop and skate that. Now all of a sudden that square is more exciting. RST - When your skaters are doing the circle, either
solo, pair or trio, is that what they are doing?
Do you have a specific question on the above information or the Jammin technique? Ask Bill |
| QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
i skate here in virginia. at one time it was a big thing now its hard to even find a rink to practise in. i have an old pair of american plus wheels with many miles on them but i refuse to throw them out. with roller skating i releave stress and when i am doing jumps or spins or even fugures i go to another world. i just love it thanks peggy Bill: This is Michelle Hanold. I was one of the skaters on Young Old School. I wanted to take the time out to say thank you to all the cast/crew/producers who allowed me to be a part of Roll Bounce. This was an AWESOME experience for me as well as the rest of the members of our team. Working with you and the other cast/crew/directors - was a pure blessing. Everyone was very cool to be around for the last month. I know i speak for myself and the rest of my friends when we say this movie has been like a dream come true. Especially for J-Rock (Jason - Sweetness' crew). We have been waiting for the day that someone would make a movie about skating again and that we could be part of it - and well - THE DAY HAS COME. You are an awesome skater and individual and you do a remarkable thing for the skating era. I just wanted to let you know that i am very grateful for this opportunity and blessed to work with such a talented group of individuals. Thank you again and good luck on your up and coming productions. Michelle Hanold
|