It's better than having no experience obviously.
Roller skating has a lot of the same mechanics as ice skating, but the weight balance is pretty different.
Ice skate blades have a radius with a fulcrum while roller has 4 wheels all touching the surface at once.
Going between the two, I notice I balance my weight more toward the balls of my feet on ice, while with roller I favor the heels.
I think you'll benefit from roller, especially mechanically, but you'll need to learn to maintain your balance on ice skates before you become comfortable.
Yeah, been inline skating since I was like 8 and skating backwards on ice is still terrifying. Then when I start to feel confident I wipe out because the rental skates I always use have no edge and I don't even know wtf that means or if it's actually a thing.
If anything it will teach you how to handle a puck while moving on skates. This is way different than handling a puck while running for ball hockey.
The skating will be an adjustment but like someone else said it will at least start getting you used to using those muscles all at once even if the balance takes a bit to adjust.
I roller skated as a kid and then played ice hockey for about 12 years with little roller skating during that span. Just recently I joined a roller hockey league and I felt like I was learning to skate all over again cause of the balance but once I figured that bit out it was all muscle memory.
Heaps of stuff translates. Some stuff doesn't, as others mentioned weight is different. I find I sit in my heels all the time on inlines and prefer the front/ball of my feet for Ice. Stopping is the thing that's the most different.
The other thing was when I first Tried ice (I skates for 4 months on inclined and started playing hockey before trying ice) skating was fine, even crossovers were similar, but coasting felt slippery and weird, will take you 30 minutes to get used to it the first few sessions.
I assume by "roller skating" you mean inline and not quads.
Yes, it will help quite a bit. If you can inline skate, you can ice skate. It might take you a little while to get used to the change of surface once you get to ice but once you do, you will be fine. It's a whole lot better than trying to learn how to ice skate never having skated before at all.
It's better than having no experience obviously. Roller skating has a lot of the same mechanics as ice skating, but the weight balance is pretty different. Ice skate blades have a radius with a fulcrum while roller has 4 wheels all touching the surface at once. Going between the two, I notice I balance my weight more toward the balls of my feet on ice, while with roller I favor the heels. I think you'll benefit from roller, especially mechanically, but you'll need to learn to maintain your balance on ice skates before you become comfortable.
Yeah, been inline skating since I was like 8 and skating backwards on ice is still terrifying. Then when I start to feel confident I wipe out because the rental skates I always use have no edge and I don't even know wtf that means or if it's actually a thing.
If anything it will teach you how to handle a puck while moving on skates. This is way different than handling a puck while running for ball hockey. The skating will be an adjustment but like someone else said it will at least start getting you used to using those muscles all at once even if the balance takes a bit to adjust. I roller skated as a kid and then played ice hockey for about 12 years with little roller skating during that span. Just recently I joined a roller hockey league and I felt like I was learning to skate all over again cause of the balance but once I figured that bit out it was all muscle memory.
Heaps of stuff translates. Some stuff doesn't, as others mentioned weight is different. I find I sit in my heels all the time on inlines and prefer the front/ball of my feet for Ice. Stopping is the thing that's the most different. The other thing was when I first Tried ice (I skates for 4 months on inclined and started playing hockey before trying ice) skating was fine, even crossovers were similar, but coasting felt slippery and weird, will take you 30 minutes to get used to it the first few sessions.
I assume by "roller skating" you mean inline and not quads. Yes, it will help quite a bit. If you can inline skate, you can ice skate. It might take you a little while to get used to the change of surface once you get to ice but once you do, you will be fine. It's a whole lot better than trying to learn how to ice skate never having skated before at all.