So, I think I’m dealing with a bit of pronation in my skating. I have trouble getting good, strong outside edges (LBOs are a nightmare) and I even sometimes collapse onto an inside edge during backward one-foot glides. It’s frustrating because it’s holding me back from cleaning up my waltz jumps - I’m really not getting a deep enough LFO to get a good takeoff - and it makes one-foot spins an extremely dicey proposition (if my weight isn’t PERFECT on my left foot, I fall off the edge and my spinning foot skids out from under me).
I just got new boots (Jackson Debuts) and my fitter did a temporary mount of the blades. She’s aware of the pronation and she said we could consider moving the blades inward if need be. We also chatted briefly about footbeds for pronation and she said given the width of my foot and the fit I’m getting in the Debut, she thinks the Riedell R-Fit would be a good choice if I decided to go the footbed route - but she didn’t seem to think one method was better than the other.
So my question for those of you who also struggle with pronation - how did you deal with it? How much did correcting for the pronation help with skating skills? And is there an advantage to the footbed route versus mounting the blade closer to the instep?
I just got new boots (Jackson Debuts) and my fitter did a temporary mount of the blades. She’s aware of the pronation and she said we could consider moving the blades inward if need be. We also chatted briefly about footbeds for pronation and she said given the width of my foot and the fit I’m getting in the Debut, she thinks the Riedell R-Fit would be a good choice if I decided to go the footbed route - but she didn’t seem to think one method was better than the other.
So my question for those of you who also struggle with pronation - how did you deal with it? How much did correcting for the pronation help with skating skills? And is there an advantage to the footbed route versus mounting the blade closer to the instep?