technique and drills for skating lower

Does anybody have any ideas on how to practice skating 'a little lower now'?

If Cuervo Gold and fine Colombian don't do it, I don't know what else to try. :-)

In every sport or other physical activity that I've tried, I've heard the same thing: "Bend your knees more." I think some of that is just in the way that we're put together. The fast-twitch people who can sprint and jump high and all that seem to have an easier time getting down low too. I wonder if there might a difference in muscle attachment points, in lever arm lengths and mechanical advantages. I can leg press a lot of weight with my legs fairly well extended, but I seem to have a sticking point around 90 degrees where it feels like I just don't have much leverage. I really feel that when trying to do one-legged squats. I'll bet that having fairly long legs doesn't help here either.

I recall watching Jesse Flores from NYC skating a lap around Country Park in about 2/3 of my best lap time, so low that he seemed to have both hands and both feet on the ground. So I know what you mean about Barrie.

But kjg's recollection of Eddy's advice sounds like it's on target. I recall hearing something along those lines too, more or less that the longer you can extend your fall and delay touching down that skate, the lower and better off you'll be. Low is definitely a big advantage both for aerodynamics and for getting a longer push stroke. But there's what's low for me and what's low for the young fast hotrods. And it's better not to mix the two, as someone once sang.

It's hard times befallen 
The sole survivors 
She thinks I'm crazy 
But I'm just growing old 

I remembered something that Eddy had said in the workshop about your fall and just when you are ready to put your foot down lift it up again and modifies it slightly. Every time I finished my recovery and put my foot down before the stroke I bent my knee a little more. I was conscious about stretching my arms down my back so that I wasn't just bending with my back but was actually getting lower and I kept bending with every stroke until I was much closer to the ground and felt like I was flying! Obviously it will take a little getting used to especially it seemed with the stomach muscles but I really felt like I was getting much more power from my push. My GPS is broken so I wasn't able to make a direct speed comparison but maybe that is just as well! This may be old hat but it was quite a revelation to me to translate being told to "get down lower" to making it happen. I was quite pleased.