Why is it that?

[Finallyskating]

I feel like I have more control, and my skills are better when moving faster? For example, my backward crossovers seem so much easier when I practice them fast using the whole ice, instead of going slow around the circle?

[drskater]

I know the answer but can't quite find the right terms--high school physics got lost from my brain sometime in the early 1990s at a rave in LA. 

 To quote the poet, "Underdog where are you?" Except what I really mean is..."Agnes Nitt!!..."

[Finallyskating]

Lol!

[MadMac]

It's a balance/stability issue. Like when riding a bike, stability & balance are very wobbly at slow speeds. Gravity plays a part in it too. Higher speed allows one to use lean without gravity pulling you over. Lean makes the skill more efficient much easier to manage.

[Finallyskating]

makes total sense..I just hope if  and when  I test that I will be ok....I guess I have to practice more at slower speeds..

[nicklaszlo]

Usually one skates along a curve, with a choice of radius.  The faster one skates, the more centrifugal force is available to balance against gravity, using the blade as a fulcrum.

It is sort of like a bike, but a bike also has angular momentum associated with its wheels, which makes things much easier.

[sampaguita]

I feel the opposite. When I go at higher speed, I feel less control. With crossovers, when I can already feel an unnatural lean, I slow down (fear factor?). For moves that require long glides, however, like spirals, I find better balance when moving fast.

[AgnesNitt]

So, I saw the Bat Sign on the clouds in the sky.

The reason that  elements on the curve are easier when you go fast is because of centripetal force.

[jjane45]

Even for straight line glide, some speed helps to balance better. Oh and there is lower and upper speed limit for everything we do