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why do hockey skates have lower boots and less ankle support? What does "ankle flex" mean?
I am a long time skier but just started hockey. I don't understand why most of the hockey skates out there have low boots on the sides (with typically a high plate at the back which is totally useless.) Are hockey players supposed to be able to move their legs left and right w.r.t. the skate (does the term "ankle flex" refer to this?) I can't believe it if it is so!
No matter how tight I tighten up the laces of my new skate (rbk 7k) after skating for a while the skate starts to wobble left and right. I had to tighten the laces at the top so much that I got bruises on my leg where it touches the side rim of the skate. No ski boot would have such a low side support and you can never move the leg right and left without moving the boots with your leg. Why is hockey skate different?
As the other guys said, as you play hockey, you'll come to love and cherish that ankle mobility.
Your knees and ankles have to bend in order to be agile on your skates. Every direction. You can't do good backwards or forwards crossovers, you can't stop and change directions quickly, you can't lean and reach or go down on one knee and pop back up again without your skates giving you room to bend your ankles.
Wobbly ankles (as Habitant and the other guy said) are, sadly enough, just a rookie thing. If you skate a couple of times a week -- I'd take some time to go to public skate and put in your laps when you're not in gear and trying to focus on stickhandling and everything else -- your ankles and feet will strengthen in a couple of months. You'll stop wobbling.
Don't overtighten. Everyone's got a different style/preference, but personally, I tighten snugly around my foot but not too much, then the lace right *at* my ankle joint (not above it) I really haul in on. Then up the rest of my ankle I keep it pretty loose.
The first couple of months are really hard on your feet and ankles. You'll be developing new muscles, callouses, and you'll wonder if it's the skate, or if you're doing it wrong because you're going to wobble and be unsteady and your feet are just going to plain old hurt.
It's a stage, and you get past it. Soldier on. It's worth putting the time in, and once you get through this stage unless you break a foot or something (ahem, not that I speak from experience) you won't have to go through it again.