I saw a post earlier and there were a couple people mentioning the importance of “off-skate” routines- I like to work on eagle in both directions against a wall to help the flexies and stretch- what are some things y’all are doing off-skate that is proving helpful when you get back in skates?!

Feb 23, 2026. My crazy arm waving on these cross-pulls is my mistake and throwing off my balance. See my follow up correction videos where I fix that. This (approximate) arm work is for alternating backwards crossovers.

Welcoming myself to the party here with a question, but first, this looks awesome and a cool community! Question: does anyone have experience with the Radar Domino 101a wheels? Ordered some for indoor skates- curious if anyone has thoughts?

So I worked on my skates a week ago. I cleaned my bearings, got me some new wheels, and I changed out my cushions. Wow! My skates feel so different now. Changing the cushions completely changed the responsiveness. I love being able to lean in and turn on my edges, but it came with a bit of instability and my balance isn’t as good as it was before. I’m trying to figure out if I should go back to the firmer cushions or try and get better balance with the lighter cushions. Is it all a matter of preference? Also do you all tighten your wheels all the way? One video said to completely tighten wheels and then do a quarter turn back. I tried that, but I feel like it made my wheels roll back too easily when I try to balance on one foot. Since I’m new, I’m trying to figure out what I should focus on getting better with vs what is an equipment issue. The possibilities seem endless. For added info, I skate outdoors on a soft (78A) wheel.

Something isn’t clicking yet. Still feel like I’m dragging my foot and not getting it at all decent enough angle. I know I’m probably not leading enough with my shoulder and also not picking up the trailing foot and turning it. But it’s better than what I was doing weeks ago. Hopefully it’ll come together in the next week or so. I hadn’t skated for 4 days which is way too damn long but it’s been a long week.