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Gloves: Skaters wear cut-resistant gloves to protect their hands from blades. Because the skaters' hands often touch the ice on turns, the gloves are equipped with hard plastic balls on the fingertips that allow the glove to slide along the ice. -
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How do speed skaters spin?
Speed skaters don't spin. Their training and equipment is designed to maximize foreward velocity.
How much pro skaters wear helmets?
Pro hockey and speed skaters wear helmets but pro figure skaters don't.
Who do speed skaters and figure-skaters wear different kinds of skates?
They're used for different purposes-- figure skates for jumps and spins and speed skates for speed.
What are 10 facts about speed?
Speed skaters use friction and drag.
What are the Norway speed skaters?
Norwegians that skate fast
What are on the finger tips of short track speed racing gloves?
The finger tips of the left hand of a short track speed skaters glove is usually metal, plastic or a material named epoxy. This is because when they turn, they are trying to skate the fastest track pattern. The track pattern varies depending on the skaters position in the race and whether they want to make a pass. Becuase of the high speed and tight corner, a pivot may be needed to maintain the desired track pattern. There fore they put down their left hand (made possible by the natural lean of the skater) so that they can stay a little longer on their right (outside) foot to ensure they stay tight to the apex block (top puck on the corner) which they must skate past with their right foot for any track pattern. The tip has less resistance making it so that the skaters don't lose speed during a pivot. Also, the gloves are made from a cut proof material so that skaters will not get cut by blades.
Are there gay speed skaters?
Yes, American skater Keith Carney is openly gay. There have been closeted Dutch skaters in the past.
World class speed skaters can skate a 3000-mcoursein about 4 minutes what is the average speed?
2996
How do speed skaters dress when speed skating?
They always were short sleeve shirts and shorts because when you speed skate you have to go really fast and you get hot really quick but some speed skaters buy speed skating uniforms that are very light and very stretchy so you can move your legs easily.
What is a sentence with the word glove?
She put on her leather glove before stepping outside into the cold.
Does a left handed glove go on your left hand or does that mean if you are left handed get this glove?
If you are left handed, you throw the baseball with your left hand, so in this case the left handed glove goes on a left handed persons right hand so they catch with glove on right hand and then pull the ball out of mitt and throw with left hand. - It means if you are left handed get this glove but you will wear it on your right hand.
What speed skaters will attend the 2010 Olympics supporting US?
Sasha Cohen
