Do hockey skates easily scratch or leave marks on ceramic tile floors?

Question

Will they still leave such marks on the tile if I dull them on my hardwood floor or the carpet in my living room first?

I am trying to get some practice balancing outside of the rink times; the kitchen tiles seem the most slippery (especially if I spill soap on it), but I also like my kitchen floor the best. I am more willing to destroy the floors in the other two rooms than the kitchen.

Answer 1

try the basement. how about the front lawn!

Answer 2

First of all, why would you want to wear your skates on tile. Not only will you scratch your ceramic tile, you'll mess up your edges on your skates. You should learn your balance on the ice. That is what you are going to be skating on, not tile. there are a lot of good drills you can do for off ice training. You can start off with doing jumps with both feet. Jump as far as you can, stop, regain your balance and jump again. Then you can do this drill again, but don't stop after your first jump. See if you can jump four or five times without losing your balance. Then try the same drill, but with just one foot. After you get the hang of this using one foot, then switch feet. Don't forget about the knee bend. Can't do this with straight legs. If you can get ahold of a DVD called ATHLETE CONSTRUCTION HOCKEY DRYLAND TRAINING. Just remember, all the dryland drills you do should be standing up. You play hockey standing up, so your drills should be too.

Answer 3

Show this to your mother and prepare to be ejected forcibly from your house! Street uchins don't need to ruin floors with hockey skates (or ruin your skate blades either).
Go search the net and buy a used slab of "artificial ice" you can practice on.

Answer 4

It somewhat depends on your room. If you are not able to make totally straight runs because the room is not perfectly square (many are not), then placing the spacers in vertically will allow you to offset the imperfections in the room with tile runs that are not totally straight. If the spacers go in vertically, you will need to remove them before grout since they will stick up over the top of the tile. When I did my kitchen, I removed most of the spacers. I ended up leave about a dozen or so spacers in and grouted over them. You can't tell that they are there. If you do remove them, let the mortar completely dry before walking on the tile. The spacers will easily pull out of the dried mortar. Plus, for the few minutes you will spend taking the spacers out, you will have them if you ever need to use them again... Good Luck!

Answer 5

The best solution is, can go out and a piece of artificial ice, or just a sheet of plastic a few millimeter's thick it, its the closest you can get to ice without actually using ice its easier on your skates it is cheap and you don't have to worry about killing your floors.

Answer 6

If you can get the blades as dull as they were when you first got them, it shouldn't do any serious damage. I'd be hesitant to put any sort of hockey skate on my wood floors though.

Answer 7

I'm more worried about what your floors will do to your skates.

Put skate guards on them.

The best way to practice is on the ice.

Answer 8

I find it fun to go down the stairs with my skates on but my wife makes our daughter and I play hockey in the cellar the spoiled sport.

Answer 9

well only if you dont plan on using your skates again i would do this..and im not sure about stepping on tiles..but i wouldnt do it on wood floors. hey spilling soap all over the floor and flying around must be fun tho

Answer 10

only if u jump real hard on them... i've taken out ceramic tile and they don chip to easy with something sharp

Answer 11

Dont do it.. you can go online http://www.homeicerink.com/index.html

and look into Artificial Ice or get a large.. thick piece of plexi glass and do it in your back yard or carpeted area..