How to Break in Hockey Skates

Instructions

• 1

  Using your skates
  
  As soon as you buy a new pair of skates, you should start using them. It is considered the old-fashioned way to break in your hockey skates. It is very important that anyone who is buying skates, should know that in the start he or she will be feeling some discomfort while skating on the ice but with the passage of time your pair of skates will be quite easy to wear and you will also not feel any hardness while using them. The foam inside the hockey skates needs to be shaped like your foot. It will take some days or perhaps weeks to get you a comfortable feeling while skating on the ice. Usually open skates are quite different than ice skates and that is why it needs to be broken in before you use them on ice. This old fashioned technique is also very good if you have an important game ahead. With this technique, expert ice hockey players say that you will not injure yourself.
• 2

  Using blow dryer
  
  Using a blow dryer is also a good technique if you want to break in your ice hockey skates. The hot air into the hockey skates opens the surface and will give you relative ease when you will want to wear and use them.
• 3

  Going with professional method
  
  This method is slightly professional as you will feel that professional sports shops who sell sports related stuff know very well that what the problem is and how to fix it. After buying the skates if you face any problem, you can ask your retail store that you are facing stiffness while wearing the skates. The sports retailer will put your ice skates into an oven and in few minutes, your ice skates will become quite comfortable to wear.
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  Compression machine
  
  It is also important to know that a compression machine can also break in your ice skates.