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?
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. 88)
To quote the poet, "Underdog where are you?" Except what I really mean is..."Agnes Nitt!!..."
Lol!
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.
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..
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.
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.
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.
Even for straight line glide, some speed helps to balance better. Oh and there is lower and upper speed limit for everything we do ;)