Off-ice edge trainer and method

An ice-skating training system, comprising:

• a platform comprising a first surface and substantially planar surfaces which slope downward as the substantially planar surfaces extend away from the first surface on opposing sides of the first surface, and which are arranged at a first angle relative to horizontal,
• wherein the first angle is greater than 0°,
• the first angle is configured to cause a user standing on the at least one substantially planar surface of the ice-skating training system to shift their weight to a predetermined portion of a skate blade;
• and
• further comprising at least one of a structure and an indicia arranged in a base supporting the platform that indicates proper alignment of a skate blade in relation to the at least one angled surface.

An ice-skating training system, comprising:

• a platform comprising three substantially planar surfaces, the three substantially planar surfaces comprising:
• a first substantially planar surface that is arranged at a first angle relative to horizontal and at a second angle relative to the horizontal;
• a second substantially planar surface that is arranged at the first angle relative to horizontal and at the second angle relative to the horizontal;
• a third substantially planar surface arranged between the first surface and the second surface and arranged at the second angle relative to the horizontal;
• a base supporting the platform;
• at least one of a structure and an indicia arranged on the base that indicates proper alignment of a skate blade in relation to one of the first surface and the second surface;
• and
• a material which prevents slippage of the skate blade arranged on the first, second, and third surfaces;
• wherein the first angle and the second angle are greater than 0°,
• the first angle comprises a pitch associated with a width of the first substantially planar surface and the second substantially planar surface and which is configured to cause a user standing one of the first surface and the second surface of the ice-skating training system to shift their weight to a predetermined edge of a skate blade, and
• the second angle comprises a pitch associated with a length of the platform and is configured to cause the user standing on the platform to shift their weight forward or backward.

A training system, comprising:

• a first substantially planar surface that is arranged at a first angle relative to horizontal and at a second angle relative to the horizontal;
• a second substantially planar surface that is arranged at the first angle relative to horizontal and at the second angle relative to the horizontal;
• and
• a third substantially planar surface arranged between the first surface and the second surface and arranged at the second angle relative to the horizontal;
• wherein the first angle and the second angle are greater than 0°,
• the second angle comprises a pitch associated with a length of the platform, and
• the first angle is such that the first substantially planar surface and the second substantially planar surface slope downward on opposing sides of the third substantially planar surface as they extend away from the third substantially planar surface.